Hiring Slowdown?
 

Ahoy, should any type of hiring/training slowdown during the holidays be of concern to someone like me who is planning on sending in apps around the middle or end of this month/beginning of November? I have no evidence of this other than hearsay from some randoms so I'm just curious as to the validity of such a thing.

Gracias

i got hired in the month of nov and i'm not aware of any slowdown during the holidays, i had a pretty easy time getting hired actually

No need to be concerned, it's normal for most airlines to slow hiring during the holidays. Many reasons contribute to the slowing. Just to name a few; Mgmnt & training departments take time off and attrition slows down. This is also dependent on how bad they need pilots. Expect hiring to continue but training to slow and pick back up in Jan.

Last year SKW didn’t run any December classes and I think they will do the same this year. Not sure, maybe someone else knows when SKW last ground school is scheduled.

Either way, keep plugging along or you’ll be in school before you know it.

Good Luck.

haha the reason they don't run classes is because the training guys don't feel like going to work during the holidays. :p Go get hired now, take a couple weeks off and then go to class on Jan 1st.

Slowdown is normal. There is a need for pilots late in the year due to timeouts and increased holiday flying, but if they don't have in class by early OCT, you're not likely to finish training and be on line for the Dec rush.

On Jan 1st. all the timeouts come back, so they get an instant staffing boost followed by the mid-january slowdown...which lasts until spring break. So they don't really want a bunch of fresh-out-of-training new-hires sitting around on reserve doing nothing.

I sent apps out last year about this time, and by the time I got hired for my dec class, I had been called for five interviews.

i guess you just have to wait and see what they think winter demand is going to be

Last year, I was interviewing around November, and even December. I have been told by friends at other airlines that they will continue to hiring steadily through the new year. Put your stuff in NOW. Seniority is everything!

Yeah yeah I hear you. Just have to get these last two weeks of school out of the way and I'm golden.

There was a 12/4/06 CRJ class. Instead of keeping their 3 week spacing (12/25 class anyone?) they started the next one on New Year's Day. Trainees got Christmas week off, instructors flew the line.

Hmmn,

I will be sending out a handful of applications tomorrow, I will keep you posted.

I don't mind having to start in January if necessary, but I just don't want to be at my current job anymore :p

Check your crystal ball...
 

Anyone have a good estimate on when the glut of regional hiring will start to slow down or end completely?

Does anyone know the upcoming class schedules for Republic, ASA, and Air Wisconsin?

Thanks

Wally... i know there are classes at RAH the end of this month, plus a CHQ class on 10/22, S5 and RW classes on 11/27....... there may be more but thats what I know.

Thanks Herc, I have a buddy in the 145 Oct 22 class, but I will not meet the 100 multi by then. I was hoping for maybe a Nov Class date, but then again I have not been hired yet.

Just worried about getting stuck in a holiday slowdown.

Its also my understand ( could be wrong ) that the classes thru the end NOV are close to full. I know that I asked to move my shuttle class up if possible and they only had ONE slot in the class at the end of the month.