All crj 200’s gone......
#41
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Joined APC: Mar 2017
Posts: 559
This appears to be VERY true. It’s what you did when you were there....not where you did it. The guy who upgraded in 18 months and became an LCA the following year has a HUGE advantage over the guy who can’t upgrade after 6 years......despite working for a “better regional”.
Even if you went through Mesa or PSA, but you have all the rest, you’re still a respectable candidate.
My point is that the whole mantra that airlines only care about the FAA certificates is a load of crap. Especially and the major level, checking boxes is only part of the minimum requirements.
#45
Meh.
1. You don’t find new hires or FSI teaching at XJT. I know of one guy who became an instructor at PSA after one year, no prior 121 or Jet time. He was good, but not that good. Something about “the blind leading the blind”.
2. You see XJT FOs getting hired at majors, LCCs and ULCCs on a regular basis. No statistics, but it seems to happen more than other regionals.
1. You don’t find new hires or FSI teaching at XJT. I know of one guy who became an instructor at PSA after one year, no prior 121 or Jet time. He was good, but not that good. Something about “the blind leading the blind”.
2. You see XJT FOs getting hired at majors, LCCs and ULCCs on a regular basis. No statistics, but it seems to happen more than other regionals.
#46
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Joined APC: Mar 2005
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I guess I was speaking of the CRJ side. I don’t think we had anyone less than 15 years on property who was an instructor. I assumed the ERJ side was the same.
#47
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Joined APC: Jan 2019
Posts: 24
So XJT identified a lot of pilots early on as good instructors? Then UNITED also tapped these guys to join them at the Top 3 Legacy level? Sounds like XJT has a good training department with instructors like that..🤔
#48
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Joined APC: Nov 2016
Posts: 896
The classes full assumption is that the CJOs actually show up for class. We have people at 9E that don't even show up to class because they hot tired of waiting.
#49
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Joined APC: Nov 2018
Posts: 832
Boy, life would be a lot simpler if I could put my head in the sand and drink management's koolaid. The rate of change in total pilot count has definitely slowed, but still trending down.
Xjt pilot count
6/1 - 1865
7/1 - 1824
8/1 - 1769
9/1 - 1687
10/1 - 1642
11/1 - 1597
12/1 - 1541
1/1/2019 - 1502
2/1/19 - 1470
3/1/19 - 1458
Avg net loss (# pilots) per day
june 2018 1.3
july 2018 1.7
aug 2018 2.6
sept 2018 1.5
oct 2018 1.4
nov 2018 1.8
dec 2018 1.2
jan 2019 1.0
feb 2019 0.4
Xjt pilot count
6/1 - 1865
7/1 - 1824
8/1 - 1769
9/1 - 1687
10/1 - 1642
11/1 - 1597
12/1 - 1541
1/1/2019 - 1502
2/1/19 - 1470
3/1/19 - 1458
Avg net loss (# pilots) per day
june 2018 1.3
july 2018 1.7
aug 2018 2.6
sept 2018 1.5
oct 2018 1.4
nov 2018 1.8
dec 2018 1.2
jan 2019 1.0
feb 2019 0.4
#50
The plan is to bring the E145 fleet up to 126, staffing permitting, while also fully staffing the 25 175’s this year. The E175 staffing is the higher priority.
Upgrade for a new hire will likely be very different from the 7+ year waits that people experienced in the past.
Upgrade time dropped 2.5 years in the recent bid, and future bids should cause it to drop significantly as well.
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