Interviewing is one thing, warm bodies in class is another. Actually I prefer warm bodies on the line and still there 1 year late.

Either way, August supposedly we had 28 new hires. Havent had those numbers since pre BK in 2011.

That is what I was thinking. Plus I am guessing, it takes about 2 1/2 months to go from Indoc through IOE. I am sure they would rather send a new hire home for a few weeks rather than not having enough qualified pilots which is why I would guess they would start them by early December. I guess we won't know until they actually get offered in class.

I echo the advice though, in an industry ruled by seniority, getting on as soon as possible is wiser than holding out for a certain aircraft. Years later when you are bidding a CA spot or a Flowthrough class, you are not going to care what you flew as a newhire. Especially if the news about the flow and returning block hours creates a wave of newhires, you further one is on the front side of that wave the better their QOL, upgrade and flow prospects will be.

There are 7 guys in a CRJ 700 class that just finished systems.

Yeah I'd say that's a pretty significant amount. Sounds like they are doing a decent job recruiting.

Wholly owned with a flow is the way to go now. Shinny jets and fast upgrade in a private/publicly held company is so very uncertain right now.

True. Although Envoy has the added benefit of also having "shiny jets". Or soon to have them in a couple of months I should say.

I would think that as the regionals shrink due to the shortage of pilots, will Parker invest in the wholly owned over a contractor. Why would they put money into RAH, Mesa, Xjet, SKW while letting their own assets sit idle? I would expect AAG to continue to offer more incentives for their wholly owned companies while refusing to pay more at the contracted carriers.

Hahah that's funny!
So what's the current upgrade an ENY?

LOL! You mad?

Hate all you want...makes no difference to us.

About 8 years. Should that matter to a new-hire? If so, please explain to me how...I'm dying to hear your rationalization!