Macchi30

i really hope that was by your own choice, not the first available date they offered.. right?

DoNoHarm

You will find that many pilots collect CJOs. They will interview with 3 or 4 different regionals, get CJOs from all, and then decide on which class to take. In theory, at least 1/3 of people that were assigned January class dates will drop out (usually 2-3 weeks before) and go somewhere else. Then, pilots in later class dates move forward.

But, when hiring departments get lazy, they just put new interviewees into those slots instead of the ones that interviewed a month ago. So, it is always advisable to stay in contact with the hiring department if you want an earlier class date. If not, people that interviewed weeks after you may be senior to you.

This is also happening (really for the first time) at the Legacy airlines as well. It is rare today for someone to get just 1 interview at a major/legacy airline. If you get an interview invite from Delta, you are probably going to get one soon from FedEx and United as well.

Wormburner

I'm surprised it was not later than that.

MtnFlying

That's actually pretty short to be honest. Envoy is in about the same range, but they operate on a different philosophy with regards to hiring. They get you into "orientation day" as soon as possible to start pay, seniority, etc... and then you sit and wait for the call to start training, which could be 2-3 months.

These are the latest I've seen from around the forums and from those that posted their training start dates on aviationinterviews.com:
Endeavor is out in the May timeframe
SkyWest is out in the June/July timeframe already for both airframes (think about that for a moment - each class is ~60 pilots and they are running them weekly alternating between ERJ and CRJ)
Republic seems to be hovering around March/April right now

No idea where Mesa, Air Wisconsin, CommutAir, or GoJet are currently at.

As was already mentioned, communication with your recruiter and the training dept are key to getting pulled into earlier class dates. That and be ready to go with 24-48 hours notice.

TallFlyer

Way back in the day I was offered one class date, but mentioned to the recruiter that I could be available for an earlier one as long as I could give the customary notice. A few days later I got a call from PSA offering me the earlier date, and here I am.

As is usually the case, the earlier the class date the better, ceteris paribus.


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FlyinCat

I completed the application in early Dec and earliest interview date was Jan 3. Got lucky with the earlier interview slot. Feb was the earliest class date offered, not my choice. I was relieved actually because I heard of others getting March and April.

I kind of wished I'd taken ATP-CTP on my own so I wouldn't have to focus on the written instead of the actual class gouge up to the training start date. I'd start earlier but I need more than 48 hours notice. A week or two maybe, just so I'm not caught uprepared.

Average

What do you mean class gouge? Like the material they send and say to study and know?

Macchi30

question about this. When did you need to send them your logbook copies? I never received any email after i scheduled except for the interview confirmation. When and where do I send my copies?

Average

I'll send you a message. You should have gotten something from whichever recruiter set it up. Did you do any previous interview with them, like HR or phone/video screening?

Sky Dog

The email I received from them that invited me to the technical interview asked for a bunch of documents including the last two pages of my logbook.