Airline hiring is going up, up, up worldwide. As each month go by, the big overseas airlines (Qatar, Emirates, KAL, Chinese airlines) and the US regionals will get more and more desperate. In a year or so, it will make early 2008 look like a walk in the park for regional recruiters.

Flight/Duty/Rest changes, necessitating LOTS more regional pilots, will be in force prior to 1 Aug of next year.

cliff
VCP
PS-ex-Waterskier

i agree cliff. with nearly every airline hiring or recalling, supply and demand is now in effect. ive recd 3 job interview in 2 days--- ive been testing the water--- the jobs are there but the pay isnt.... yet

I realized the other day that putting all of my eggs in one basket was an extremely stupid idea. I told my employer what was going on and finagled a deal to stay on the books as an independent consultant with an offer to "come back at any time". Not all hope is lost...

...yet.

eventhough i enjoy my current job and like my boss, i think im gonna go out in a real blaze of glory, screaming and swearing. probaly threaten a few people on my way out too. make real sure i cant go back there. as for the retraining...im not surprised were only getting 3 days of class, i am surprised were getting four sim sessions, i cant believe theyre being so generous. eventhough, as i look through other contracts, most get full ground school/sim training over after being gone 1+ year. oh well...

It's because we are just that good :D

But seriously, this is going to be challenging to say the least.

The challenge will be the 4 days of sim. I'm pretty sure everyone will be able to fly the plane normally as soon as they get in but as far as the failures go, it will definitely be a challenge especially the checklist stuff.

The written tests have always been a joke so no one should get taken out by those.

The oral and the rides are the things to worry about. Its been a while since the check airmen have seen "newbies" they have been used to doing checkrides with guys that have multiple years in seat so it may be an interesting transition.

I do have a few questions for the guys coming back though.
1. How long have most of you been out of TSA?
2. Have you guys/gals had flying jobs since you left?

Good luck. Systems wise not much has changed so you can look at your old books real quick and the powerpoint from class and get the stuff back in your head.

If you guys want you can PM me and I can try to answer a few questions...They have been flying the crap outta me cause we are super under staffed so it may be a while before I get back, but I will try to get back fast.

So there is no Jan 3rd class? They've only given out 3 classes right so thats about 18 recalled so far?

That's pretty much what I've deduced as well and there are 2/08 new hires in the Jan 24th class so that means that somewhere around 18 out of the first 100 have accepted. Looks like a mandatory is just around the corner.

1. Two years, almost exactly.
2. Negative.