Originally Posted by acl65pilot (Post 806411)

Shiz;
Lets make a wager. Do you think we will hire more or less than 240?

I hope 2011 is a banner year and they are scrambling with 100 a month in February! :D

I do not have all the answers nor all of the data, but 240 is uber conservative. My hunch is that we will see more than that, but we need to start with at least 240 and the reevaluate this Sept and then again in Dec, and March to the numbers needed for next summer and beyond.

Either way it will be conservative so that if the economy tanks we are not throwing bodies in the sea to save the ship. After 2011 it will at a min be a steady stream.

I am glad to see us doing this now. It show forward thinking and will allow the pipeline time to get the correct bodies in the correct seats.

Originally Posted by acl65pilot (Post 806412)

It is 20 a month from CPS and 9 a clas from Mesaba. Mesaba can actually flow more per year than CPS is classes are every two weeks.

CPS is limited to 25% of the list. Mesaba is not.

Originally Posted by FlyinPiker (Post 806378)

We'll probably have a vague idea here in a few days when the AE comes out and a even better idea in a few weeks when the results follow.

If they close out MSP DC9, I'd say there would be a pretty good chance of commuting to DTW or LGA.

Glad your gamble is paying off. Will be happy to see you aboard in a few.

Originally Posted by boog123 (Post 806423)

Can't wait to hear the new DC-9 FO's from CZ/XJ complaining how the regionals are taking all the mainline flying.... ;)

Originally Posted by Vikz09 (Post 806425)

The irony is I always wanted northwest but was told they would never hire from the outside and new hires would onlu come from compost and mesabe. Then the day of my type nwa opens the app window and begins the process of hiring a 150. Now former co-workers get hired at nwa and I am locked into compost for 30 months. One thing that worked in my favor is that no hiring took place after those 150 at the old nwa and I had 3 years of rock star seniorty.... which may never happen again.

Originally Posted by acl65pilot (Post 806435)

It will, but you will be 64.5 years old :eek:

Originally Posted by Vikz09 (Post 806425)

The irony is I always wanted northwest but was told they would never hire from the outside and new hires would onlu come from compost and mesabe. Then the day of my type nwa opens the app window and begins the process of hiring a 150.

Originally Posted by boog123 (Post 806423)

Can't wait to hear the new DC-9 FO's from CZ/XJ complaining how the regionals are taking all the mainline flying.... ;)