Don't underestimate the financial bump having a relief line can give you. I've averaged about $800-$1,000 extra a month on first year pay since I got a relief line about six months back. No matter how crappy a line might be when you first get it, you can always trade it to suit you and vastly improve it, particularly if you live in base. Until two weeks ago I hadn't done a single four day trip in three months and I averaged 106 hours of pay a month. I live in base so I look to swap for day trips, two days and three days.

 

Is Expressjet still actively hiring?

 

yes, classes scheduled through October for now.

 

How easy would it be to hold EWR right out of training? I'm guessing it's the most junior base.

 

Earlier in this thread, it was stated there would be five classes from July through October. At 16 per class, that means about 80 new hires. That's pretty good considering what is happening at Pinnacle and Eagle, but it seems to be a bit slower that what XJet had been doing since they began hiring last summer. They seem to be caught up, but any future hiring at any airline is probably a function of what happens with the economy over the next six months.

 

So what are the classes up to now? How many classes in May and June? Anyone know exactly?

 

Early in April our CEO stated that hiring would continue for "the next few months." There were 4 classes in April (3 ERJ 1 CRJ) and those have already been filled. I haven't seen or heard anyone talking about having a May class date, although I'd assume that they're out there.

Officially, the company seems to be taking it month by month (based on what they're telling us). Our monthly attrition data on the ERJ side as of early April shows that 44 pilots have left the ERJ side in 2012 (half of those are CA's), and only 14 have left the CRJ side (only 3 of those are CA's) So, on the ERJ side we're losing about 15 a month, and on the CRJ side about 5 a month. I would assume based on attrition alone we would need to continue hiring to keep up throughout the rest of the year...that's just my uneducated, hopeful guess though. If we keep losing pilots at this rate on the ERJ side, that would mean we'd lose at least 175 this year (assuming about 15-20 leaving each month)....

 

An earlier post said there were a classes in May, but there were none scheduled in June. Classes, according to the post, would begin again in July. Some indicated XJet was essentially caught up for the summer flying.

 

Easy. Nearly everyone is getting EWR or CLE, some IAH out of training right now. Hasn't been anyone to ORD in the past few classes.

 

How long would it take to get to Houston if I can't get it out of class? Just wondering.