I'm also in the 5/9 class. What are most people doing for housing during training?

 

$37 an hour first year and they don't offer hotel for training?????

 

Oh, and don't forget about the training note.

 

Why do people even bother going there? can make more at some regionals these days and they pay for housing.

 

I'm waiting for you to tell us what regional you make more money at.

 

For a year, perhaps. Let's compare second year pay and beyond. How about long term stability? We just opened negotiations as well, and it can only improve from where we are now. Your comment is awful short sighted.

 

16 new-hires for March seems a bit on the small side. Plans to have bigger classes?

 

16 March, 16 April. Usual 24ish per month after that.

 

Well said. 12 of the 16 guys in my training class are former regional guys. 5 of them were even captains with around 10 years experience. All sharp guys.
When I first stared flying at my former regional I remember talking to guys passing on AA because their first year pay was 36 a hour, they chose not to flow and stay at their regional. Fast forward about 18 months, and they were all regretting it. Frontier pilots couldn't do anything about the pay scales, hotel situation during training etc. because of the BANKRUPTCY contract. As mentioned before negotiations have now started and will most likely change that. If anybody is on the fence about F9, I would humbly suggest get in now. It would be prudent to accrue seniority and then reap the benefits of a new contract. As opposed to wait for the new contract and then apply. Just my two cents.
Or if one is happy at their regional, by all means stay there and hope for the best.

PS. Don't pay for a hotel during training. There are multiple crash pads within 5 miles of the training center starting at 200 per month.

 

Thanks for the info about your class. Any other info on breakdown of backgrounds in the class? Age, military, times, etc...Appears like they only hire a few out of each interview round.
Thanks