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07-13-2013, 01:07 PM
#541
escaped
Joined APC: Aug 2011
Posts: 227
Reading about all you folks getting classes is uplifting.
Like watching a great movie and identifying with the character's triumph.
Well done!
Hoping to join you soon.
SF is fabulous in the summer...(and Fall and Winter and Spring)
Like watching a great movie and identifying with the character's triumph.
Well done!
Hoping to join you soon.
SF is fabulous in the summer...(and Fall and Winter and Spring)
07-14-2013, 10:39 AM
#542
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Mar 2007
Posts: 1,067
Congrats to all of you joining us soon.
Here is what I have heard out of the school house-
6 pilots every two weeks indefinitely minus the holiday season. They are expecting some attrition from the FO ranks as well as junior captain ranks. Upgrading captains can expect at least 2 years on reserve. The school house is looking for 3-5 additional sim instructors to handle the demand between upgrades and new-hires.
Here is what I have heard out of the school house-
6 pilots every two weeks indefinitely minus the holiday season. They are expecting some attrition from the FO ranks as well as junior captain ranks. Upgrading captains can expect at least 2 years on reserve. The school house is looking for 3-5 additional sim instructors to handle the demand between upgrades and new-hires.
07-14-2013, 10:49 AM
#543
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Apr 2013
Position: Golf course, mostly.
Posts: 292
Originally Posted by NEDude
Congrats to all of you joining us soon.
Here is what I have heard out of the school house-
6 pilots every two weeks indefinitely minus the holiday season. They are expecting some attrition from the FO ranks as well as junior captain ranks. Upgrading captains can expect at least 2 years on reserve. The school house is looking for 3-5 additional sim instructors to handle the demand between upgrades and new-hires.
Here is what I have heard out of the school house-
6 pilots every two weeks indefinitely minus the holiday season. They are expecting some attrition from the FO ranks as well as junior captain ranks. Upgrading captains can expect at least 2 years on reserve. The school house is looking for 3-5 additional sim instructors to handle the demand between upgrades and new-hires.
07-14-2013, 11:01 AM
#544
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Mar 2006
Position: KCCO
Posts: 767
Originally Posted by NEDude
Congrats to all of you joining us soon.
Here is what I have heard out of the school house-
6 pilots every two weeks indefinitely minus the holiday season. They are expecting some attrition from the FO ranks as well as junior captain ranks. Upgrading captains can expect at least 2 years on reserve. The school house is looking for 3-5 additional sim instructors to handle the demand between upgrades and new-hires.
Here is what I have heard out of the school house-
6 pilots every two weeks indefinitely minus the holiday season. They are expecting some attrition from the FO ranks as well as junior captain ranks. Upgrading captains can expect at least 2 years on reserve. The school house is looking for 3-5 additional sim instructors to handle the demand between upgrades and new-hires.
07-15-2013, 02:48 AM
#546
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Mar 2007
Posts: 1,067
Originally Posted by Tee1Up
Great news NEDude. Thank you. How long would you think new FO's will be sitting reserve if the new hiring goes like they're saying?
Again all just a guess. We were told last fall no real hiring for two years. This spring we were told a little hiring to cover attrition. Now it has become indefinite hiring. Come October they may put the breaks on again. Like any airline, hiring and upgrade plans change daily here. It is just the nature of the beast.
07-15-2013, 02:53 AM
#547
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Mar 2007
Posts: 1,067
Originally Posted by Tee1Up
I didn't ask. Sorry. I'm still not sure how big the class on the 17th is. I know of 2 guys from my interview group that start the 17th, but haven't heard a peep from anyone else on here. There's one more guy left from my interview group that may end up with us on the 31st. We'll see.
07-15-2013, 07:48 AM
#548
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Apr 2013
Position: Golf course, mostly.
Posts: 292
Originally Posted by NEDude
This is pure speculation on my part but my guess is for someone hired in the first few classes it would be around six months. The company has around 300-320 FOs and wants to get to 15% reserve coverage. So the bottom 45-50 guys will be on reserve. If you figure 6 per class and every two weeks that puts you off reserve at around 16 weeks, so about four months. But you have to figure in the holiday hiring breaks plus there will always be a few guys who jump ship soon after training which may keep you in the bottom 15% a little longer as well. So that is why I am guessing six months. If you get beyond the first few classes, towards the late part of 2013 I am guessing it will be in excess of a year. Not until the 2015 deliveries begin.
Again all just a guess. We were told last fall no real hiring for two years. This spring we were told a little hiring to cover attrition. Now it has become indefinite hiring. Come October they may put the breaks on again. Like any airline, hiring and upgrade plans change daily here. It is just the nature of the beast.
Again all just a guess. We were told last fall no real hiring for two years. This spring we were told a little hiring to cover attrition. Now it has become indefinite hiring. Come October they may put the breaks on again. Like any airline, hiring and upgrade plans change daily here. It is just the nature of the beast.
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