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Are newhire FO's getting the 170 these days ....or I guess a better question would be what is a typical class drop of acft assignments look like.

of course newhires are getting the 170/175. all the FOs that are on those airplanes are "newhires" because we can't transfer from the 145 to the 170 (or vice versa) as an FO. If anything, from this point on we will be doing more hiring for the 170/175 than for the 145. This is because all of our new deliveries are 170/175s, while we begin to reduce (and eventually phase out) the 135/140/145.

I just got hired into the 170 as a newhire. I am finally finishing indoc tomorrow. On to systems on Thursday.

Tadd

Is all the ground school in INDY and the sims?

indoc for CHQ is in Indy, RW and s5 hold indoc at FSI in STL. Simulator for CHQ is either STL, or Houston. Simulator training for the 170 is in STL and here lately some people have been going to Paris. Have fun!

170 Sims also end up in Canada sometimes (YUL I think). Either way, it's a free-for-all on the 170 since that's where all the growth is at. Some guys are upgrading to the 170 in two years now...but they'll be on reserve forever.

Yup, 170 RW newhire here just about to finish IOE. You'll know when you are offered the job what certificate and aircraft you are assigned to.. Standard warning though, all FO's are paid the same. The only real reason to pick one over the other is bases near where you want to live.

Recently announced we are replacing all 16 170's at Delta with 175's. 10 of the 170's will be added to the United system and the other 6 will go to the Frontier operation on the Republic certificate. So hiring into the 170/175 will be robust for the forseeable future. The 175's for Delta start coming next year. Also we continue to take delivery's of th 175 for Republic Airlines(USAir). Due to 145 upgrades there are some new hires going to the 145.

I also just heard that we have secured some sim time in Orlando with JetBlue's sims.

ERJ CA

Just got the call and offered Shuttle FO class date in Nov..... wonder if ATL is even a possibility......

Congratulations. Most junior ATL FO has a 4/9/07 hire date, so you may be able to hold it after a few months.