Originally Posted by RJDriver900

For all the CFI Cadets who are in here let it be simply put. 723 PSA pilots are being furloughed. If that doesn't really tell you about the status of the program you are not looking big picture or forward into the future. Before you even have a class date they are going to have to bring back all the furloughed FO's.

This isn't going to happen anytime soon. The day of being a 1500 hour CFI and going straight to airlines will not be coming back anytime soon. There already have been closures of other regionals with pilots who have ATP's and thousands of hours. When hiring resumes that is who you will be competing with. There is still a large possibility even more regionals will go under. Bankruptcy is even on the table at this point for certain carriers. The airlines who have not furloughed or found a way to mitigate it have just kicked the can down the road until March. If things do not drastically drastically change by then, which is not looking good considering the return we've seen, get ready for furloughs round 2 and airlines who did not furlough start doing so.

Keep CFI, see if you can find a good corporate gig, which is even going to be difficult at this point, and find somewhere you'll be happy working the next few years if not longer.


There is your not sugar coated 100% honest to God truth about PSA and the industry as a whole right now.

Originally Posted by Excargodog

Actually, that WAS sugar coated.

Originally Posted by rld1k

How many were furloughed?

Originally Posted by boxthrower

723 furloughs going back just over two years

Originally Posted by Random Task

Any downgrades beyond that?

Originally Posted by Jma313

roughly 300 downgraded

Originally Posted by pangolin

Are you guys dual qualified or do you need retraining for the downgrade?

Originally Posted by Roughlanding

Confirmed. Cadets have D2, and furloughed pilots are D2R