Originally Posted by
dashtrash300
Just what I heard...whoever was teaching ground school came in and said they were just in JK office asking what is going on. Hopefully the next batch doesn't mess it up. Does anyone have any idea on how many are going and when? I have heard there are someone PDT guys leaving later this month.
Originally Posted by
Piedmonster
Assumption: They are talking about the recalls who are going through training right now. A significant number of those recalled are the guys who were hired 3 years ago (under the Pref hiring agreement) from PDT and PSA who got on line and shortly there after were furloughed. They are not talking about any of the "pref hiring poolies". Those guys are still at PDT and PSA waiting.
I could be wrong, but I don't think so.
There were only about 15 pref-hire folks from PDT to mainline in early 2008. The first 10 of them (66%) completed all training and were line qualified on the A320 and B737. So anyone who might have heard that they can't work an FMS would be perpetuating a flat-out lie. The remaining 5 or so guys completed basic indoc, but each of them continued on to complete different parts of systems, simulator and type ride, and IOE on the E190 before all of them were furloughed. If any of the PDT pref-hire guys coming back to mainline from furlough are having trouble in training, I would guess you're talking about a very small number (as in 1 or 2) of those last 5 guys who never finished IOE.