Is this slowdown normal for this time of year? I heard that PDT will still go through its seasonal slow-down, just wondering if this is it. Hopefully it wont get any worse...

And Steve lies again!

The letter states:
Although US Airways announced a reduction in their flight schedule for the fall, that will not occur at Piedmont.

Seasonal slowdowns are usually pretty normal at every airline. Often such slowdowns are operationally necessary so heavy checks can be done on aircraft also. That being said I was hopeful that Mr. Farrow was telling the truth. Fortunately, we haven't lost too much, and we've kept a lot more than most other airlines (*knock on wood*).

"Although US Airways announced a reduction in their flight schedule for the fall, that will not occur at Piedmont." Steve Farrow - Aug 4

"September is the first month of the Airways system wide schedule pull down, which also reduced our utilization." Steve Farrow - Aug 10

Seems clear to me.

Sept class starts on the week of 9/8 Good luck to all the ones that will be there ;)

So they are holding a class in Sept??

Or is this the upgrade class?

I think it is just 6 upgrades, maybe there is a new hire class???

have any of you guys in the pool heard anyone getting an FO class??? I am hoping since we got that email last month more ppl have left.

I haven't heard anything either way - there is a class in Sept. that should be just upgrades as far as I know. The likelihood that PDT is bringing on new-hires when each base has about 10+ F/O's on reserve is very very slim, IMO.

Yea, I've flown once in the past 2 weeks. July was a pretty good month. Hopefully September will be a better month, then August is proving to be.