pending my interview i might be interested.

Why did it take 12 weeks? Where was the waiting time?

Anyone in the know how often they're starting indoc classes!?

Not really sure. They better start training 20 to 30 a month right now though. Otherwise, come July and August of next year, this airline will be in an extremely understaffed position. That is even considering 90 day hold backs for the 2015 flows.

I hear they are finalizing the training plan now. Talking with a couple recruiters they are swamped and have a pool of people ready to go ASAP. Hopefully it works.

is LA still junior? if so, will it be junior for a long while?

just wondering because compass is at the top of my list. however, i'm only at 1200tt and currently working at an operator which will have me at 1500 by the end of the summer and i'd love to stay on the west side of the country....

It likely will remain junior. But will mostly depend on the people we hire in the next month's. Also, pretty sure with our new LOA, the company is now able to hire pilots with restricted atp's and less than 1500 hours.

Thats cool. Only thing is that the university i went to isn't on the "Institution Authority" list for the R-ATP. So i have to have 1500. Otherwise i'd apply right now!

Here is a chart I made of some month-to-month staffing numbers for Compass, as the flows depart and as more of aircraft come online next year. While this chart is not going to be completely accurate, I do believe it illustrates the need for us to be filling classes of more than 20 per month, beginning now. Even if we did start right now with 20 per month, it still leaves Compass with an extreme understaffed situation come fall of 2015.

Some of the assumptions for the numbers in the chart(BTW - This does not indicate what I think will or should happen. These assumptions are for demonstration purposes only):

*470 seniority list pilots needed to staff the 42 airplanes Compass currently operates for Delta.

*20 new hires a month beginning in July

*1 pilot per month on average leaving Compass for anything other than DL Flow

*Active Pilots in this example only refers to the number of pilots who are NOT in initial new-hire training or Upgrade training. In this example it has NOTHING to do with instructor pilots, other non-biding pilots, etc.

*Pilots in training number of 80 (for most of the months) is assuming 60-70 new-hires in training at any given time, as well as 10 -20 upgrades for any give time. Yes, I know this is not accurate, it will most likely be more than this for any given month. Again, just an example.

Thanks for the chart. What do you think upgrade times will be from here going forward? My hire date is June 12 2014. I know it's really a guesstamite based on current information .


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