Originally Posted by
kirstypie
Does anyone know where I can find information on how many furloughed pilots each airline has? I specifically want to know about Mesa Airlines.
They have called my husband and invited him to interview. He is a recent grad from the Farmington Mesa Pilot Development program, which for those of you who have not heard, will be shutting its doors soon.
My husband is worried that the interview is a sham and that they're just holding interviews so that they can fulfill their obligation of the "guaranteed interview" and then can wash their hands of the school.
If they have 200 furloughed pilots, that would make me think that they have no intention of hiring these poor graduates...
http://www.airlinepilotcentral.com/a...-lcc/mesa.html
This should help you out with your question. You can also search all the other airlines as well. To answer your other question I don't see Mesa hiring anyone else anytime soon. They're wanting to go down to around 800 pilots total with the loss of the United flying next year, which means they are looking at around 300-400 more pilots to furlough on top of what they have now. The regionals will be hiring within the next few years but your husband is going to have to except the fact that there are 6000 + pilots on furlough/Out of jobs (ie: Midwest, Aloha, ATA) that are going to be hired before anyone from the flight schools will be hired. Not to say that it will be impossible, if that's what he wants to do then he can't give up, but it is going to be very difficult. His best bet is to try and instruct for a while, or try and get a job towing banners or anything to where he is not paying to build flight time. It's pretty cutthroat out there right now and I do wish you both the best.