Originally Posted by
hockeypilot44
I've heard rumors that we are going to hire 300 this year. To me that means in 2010. We're not even going to start interviewing until August. First class will probably happen in late September or October. Does that mean we're going to hire 100/month for 3 months? It seems like the classes are going to be pretty big. Maybe 50/class? Is this to bring in more off the street pilots than flow pilots?
The 300 would include recalls. They don't need to be picked for an interview, interviewed, visit the shrink, background check, etc. So it could start quickly - I don't know how much notice the recalls are given - I think we'll hear it on here when those letters go out. Same with with Compass and Mesaba flow-throughs.
If I were Delta, I'd start recalling in early summer so that those pilots could be in the training pipeline when the sims aren't busy. One of the reason I heard why the current AE isn't going to train until the fall is that we need those pilot to fly the summer schedule.