Check out the PDT News and Rumors thread. Most of it is pretty accurate and the last few pages deal with recent hiring and upgrade questions.

The reason most of the stuff you see online is negative is because morale is average at best. Most people are apathetic to the situation. Show up. Do the minimum. Go home. We've been in negotiations for two years with almost no progress. Company wants current book while they continue to post profits. My biggest problem is that management asks pilots to help them out since we are understaffed, but the door doesn't swing both ways. If management would invest 25% the amount of energy they do to making PDT look good to Tempe into employee QOL, it would be great!

Right now we are severely understaffed. I was assigned a 3 day trip. On my last day, was assigned to stay on duty for 5 1/2 hrs after returning to base then fly the plane back to LGA to overnight and start a LGA 2 day the next day. My 3 day turned into a 5 day. Just to give you an idea of what your life will be like.

They are hiring because FO's and CA are leaving. If you are willing to live in one of their bases its bearable. I don't know how people commute for reserve. I've been at PDT for almost 4 years. Missed furlough by a few numbers and just next month am finallly off reserve. Most recent upgrades were an April 05 date of hire.

If you don't mind, report back to us on what they are saying to new hires about Why Piedmont? According to them, what makes Piedmont better than everywhere else that is hiring?

If you have any questions, feel free to PM me as a current PDT FO. Therer are good and bad things about PDT and I'll try and be honest and unbiased as I can.