I think so. Keep in mind, we are just at the beginning of the wave of retirements at the majors, these next 6 years are going to see some tremendous attrition taking you along for the ride.

To more directly answer your question though, it does appear as though 6 month upgrades are a reality at PSA right now and for the foreseeable future, but only for those that already have (or will have) the 1000 hours of 121 SIC time that will be required for upgrade. You on the other hand do not have the 1000 hours, so it will take you at least 15 months optimistically to acquire that time, probably closer to 18 months.

PSA has two things going for it in your favor. First attrition, which most regional airlines are seeing. Second though is growth. Only a handful of regional airlines are growing and adding aircraft.

 

Excellent. Great information, I appreciate the input!

 

For new hires, the training footprint is realistically 4 months from Day 1 to end of IOE. There is a ~1 month break between ground school and sims, and a 4-6 week break between your sims and IOE.

During the first break, you will spend one day doing your oral, and during the second break, you will spend 4 days in differences training.

The attrition has hit the most senior people in the training department pretty hard, and PSA has lost some check airmen and training captains. Fortunately, PSA has picked up some really good people from other companies (primarily Comair). This has led to a delay in getting to IOE.

But, you are paid during this time off, and you have travel benefits. After you finish training, you need to finish your 1000 hours. This will likely take at least 13 months. So, 13 months on the line plus 4 months in training puts you around the 17 month mark. That is why I was "guessing" that upgrades would be around 18 months.

 

For the 10/13 class, which was four months and a day ago, only 5-6 of 35 have started IOE, and no one is finished yet.

If there are indeed more checkairman in the pipeline I suspect that will start to drop soon.

Just one datapoint.

 

DUDE! Your like a damn 13 year old girl who's arguing with their mom about everything in the world! How old are you again? maybe you should take some time to look in the mirror, realize that your not a teenager anymore and start helping people out on issues. Not discriminating other peoples advice. Chill out and be a team player. Everyone here has the same goals. Way to set an example for the newbies who come on here looking for answers.

 

Does anyone have an idea on how the commute is from Atlanta to DAY, TYS, CLT? My class starts up tomorrow and I'm just trying to figure out living arrangements.

 

I think you got 4-5 months to worry about that...

 

All 3 should have direct flights from ATL. CLT has the most plus is served by US giving you better jumpseat priority.

 

Good luck in class, and enjoy the Fairfield Inn. Let us know the demographics of your class (prior 121, CFIs, military).

 

Yes....lol jk I wanted to make myself feel good. Just like all the other haters on this website :-)