Originally Posted by dragon (Post 1004725)

Just got the e-mail. First, how does this affect the financial deal with the MSP airport authority and second, where on the ATL campus is there enough room for all of the training?

Pretty soon we'll all be facing toward ATL 5 times a day and saying our devotions.

Seriously, I see the need to consolidate to lower the overhead, but having a little bit of room to flex training is a worthwhile cost. We have scheduled retirements coming up and after the May 10 AE, they're still digging out the training backlog on the A320 and the 7ER.

Originally Posted by 80ktsClamp (Post 1004743)

This is what I'm concerned with. With 2 training centers we can't handle the pipeline....

Originally Posted by TOGA LK (Post 1004753)

Anyone else smell an "F" bomb after this next AE?

Originally Posted by 80ktsClamp (Post 1004759)

Still too hard to say. I'm hearing the H word still more than F.

Originally Posted by 944Turbo (Post 1004751)

How many sims are at NATCO? Do they even have enough bays to accomplish this in ATL? Moving all the sims?

I would never leave MSP if I was a instructor. Atlanta just plain blows! This is coming from a guy that lived in Atlanta for 20 years and finally escaped!

Looks like the commute from ATL to MSP will get even harder for those making the commute.

Originally Posted by Bucking Bar (Post 1004766)

Furloughs would not correlate with the upcoming reduction in training capacity.

Originally Posted by NuGuy (Post 1004767)

One thing is for sure, if they feel they will have the excess time to move sims, they obviously feel they won't be needed for pilot training.

Looks like I was right about no hiring in 2011.

Personally, I think Bar was right, just a bit early in his prediction.


Nu