Originally Posted by
HumptyDumpty
The mil leave doesn't really play into the hiring requirements. I am pretty sure they man based on knowing that percentage of guys are on mil leave at any one time. Especially with as high of a percentage of active military folks that we have. Bringing all of them back doesn't help the fact that we are 80-90 short in the 727 SO seat alone.
We are in desperate need of pilots, period. Add unexpected retirements in and we have ourselves a mini hiring boom in 2011.
I don't think we are 80-90 short in the 727 now....agree that we will be by next spring/summer.
I would be surprised if they hired direct to an FO seat (...unless it's a vacant FDA FO seat).
Direct hire to 727 or 757 FO seat would trigger passover pay for many that they have worked hard to eliminate.
Not sure they are going to try that experiment again.
YMMV.