Any 'serious' rumors about the next PSA base?

They are opening another one, right?

[Mainly inquiring because I'm thinking of applying to PSA...1350 hours and counting...]

 

DCA and ORD seem like the biggest rumors as far as a base. One of the CPs was on our flight last week and really seemed confident on DCA when talking to us...but don't believe a word they say until someone is actually based there.

Honestly I can believe DCA more than i can with ORD.

Just my 2 cents

 

Who would you consider management pilots? I didn't know we had such a thing.

 

If you take a look at the seniority list, there are many pilots listed as "management". Those would be the full time management pilots. There are others that are part time. People who do more for the company than fly the airplane. Chief pilots, fleet managers, training department managers, safety department, operations, and others.

 

I believe that we are adding 35-37 more CRJ700's. That alone will add about 200 captain vacancies. They should be coming late first quarter or early second quarter 2017. (about 5-6 months from now). That should give us time to get people through new hire training, upgrade a decent number, and get everyone through IOE before the airplanes start arriving.

PSA has proven they they can successfully add a lot of airplanes to their fleet in a short amount of time - provided there are pilots available to join the company. The addition of the 900's went very smoothly with all things considered. The major hiccup was hiring enough pilots.

With the additional money available, there should be more than enough pilots to fill all of the vacancies.

I have heard that we have over 50 interviews set up for the next 2 weeks alone. We will easily be able to fill October 10th and October 24th with no issues whatsoever.

There are quite a few lateral transfers coming on board soon as well.

 

That could be why I was getting emails every week from recruiters a few months ago to come in for an interview (I deferred because my wife was having a baby and I didn't want to relocate at the time), but when I updated my app a few days ago I got a TNBT's email!

 

I would try and talk to a recruiter on the phone I'm sure you'd have no problem getting an interview setup.

 

I've heard of a handful of qualified applicants getting the TBNT emails. We've been inundated with applications though so it actually appears it is competitive to get hired here now.

 

I've got a couple of buddies that are recruiters here. If you want, I can give you someone to reach out to.

 

Supposedly having someone refer you actually makes your application stand out. This is true for all of the WO. Just find someone to refer you before you send in your application.

I would expect skype interviews for the current 121 pilots from other regionals to start up within a month or two. If they have 5000 hours in the CRJ with AWAC or Mesa, they can easily pass our technical interview. A quick skype "get to know you" is all that is really needed. This isn't rocket science.