SKW Hiring Ops Update 1st & 2nd Q07'
 

I know most of you have read the announcement regarding Midwest Airlines but I wanted to give you a little more detail on our delivery schedule for those aircraft etc.

The in service dates for Midwest are as follows:

CRJ-200 Deliveries:
April 1, 2007- 2 aircraft
May 1, 2007- 2 aircraft
June 1, 2007- 2 aircraft
July 1, 2007- 3 aircraft
August 1, 2007- 2 aircraft
September 1, 2007- 2 aircraft
October 1, 2007- 1 aircraft

We will have 1 spare aircraft based in MKE. All aircraft will be painted in Midwest livery and will be dedicated to their system. We will have a maintenance & CREW base in MKE.

DL Growth
CRJ-700 Deliveries:
February 05, 2007- 2 aircraft
March 10, 2007- 2 aircraft

CRJ-900 Deliveries:
January 31, 2007- 2 aircraft
March 1, 2007- 2 aircraft
April 1, 2007- 2 aircraft
May 1, 2007- 2 aircraft

All 900’s to this point have been delivered in the 70 seat configuration. Beginning with our March deliveries all aircraft will be delivered with 76 seats. All 900’s in the 70 seat configuration will be retrofit to 76 seats over the next year.

• We currently have 294 pilots in training and we are running all simulators 20 hours per day in both SLC and ATL.
• We will begin using the 700 simulator in DFW and the 200 simulator in YUL the first part of February. We expect to use more than 30,000 hours of simulator time this year.
• Pilot attrition is averaging 21 pilots per month. We lost a total of 243 pilots in 2006. (99 RJ CP’s, 79 RJ FO’S, 39 EMB CP’S and 26 EMB FO’s)
• We have a total of 2069 active line pilots, 32 simulator instructors, 295 in training and approximately 71 inactive pilots on either FMLA, Military or Medical leave.


Training schedule:
PILOT CLASS DATES 2007
UPDATED DATE TYPE # OF CA FO'S
February 5, 2007 UPGRADE EMB 10-CA
February 12, 2007 RJ NEW HIRE 25-FO
February 19, 2007 RJ 25-CA 20-TransitionFO
March 5, 2007 NEW HIRE EMB 8FO
March 5, 2007 UPGRADE EMB 10-CA
March 5, 2007 RJ NEW HIRE 25FO
March 12, 2007 RJ 25-Ca 20-T/FO
March 26, 2007 RJ NEW HIRE 5-FO
April 2, 2007 RJ 20-CA 15-T/FO
April 2, 2007 NEW HIRE EMB 10-FO
April 2, 2007 UPGRADE EMB 10-CA
April 16, 2007 RJ NEW HIRE 5-FO
April 23, 2007 RJ 20CA 15-T/FO
May 7, 2007 NEW HIRE EMB 20FO
May 7, 2007 UPGRADE EMB 10CA
May 7, 2007 RJ NEW HIRE 5FO
May 14, 2007 RJ 20CA 15-T/FO
May 28, 2007 RJ NEW HIRE 5FO
June 4, 2007 RJ 20CA 15-T/FO
June 4, 2007 NEW HIRE EMB 20-FO
June 4, 2007 UPGRADE EMB 10-CA
June 18, 2007 RJ NEW HIRE 5-FO
June 25, 2007 RJ 20-CA 15-T/FO
July 2, 2007 NEW HIRE EMB 20-FO
July 2, 2007 UPGRADE EMB 10-CA
July 9, 2007 RJ NEW HIRE 5-FO
July 16, 2007 RJ 20-CA 15-T/FO
July 30, 2007 RJ NEW HIRE 5-FO

TOTAL: 253 New Hires - 280 Upgrades - 140 Transition (Emb-RJ)

This is an email from early Jan about training classes for the first half of the year. Once we get the second half I will post it as well.

GOOD LUCK ALL!!!!!!

These numbers are only through JULY 07!

That seems like crazy fast expansion to me. Predictions on the experience levels of the guys they're going to have to hire to fill those seats? I have to think that the averages are going to go down down down?

I know four people who interviewed with the 1000/100 minimums and did not get the job. One person had 900 SIC at Trans States and it was his second time interviewing. Also, four 121 people during my interview did not get the job, 3 AE and 1 Mesa. I have no idea what they are looking for when they interview, but I highly doubt considering the people they have turned away that they are going to lower their mins. However, in the past four months or so they have taken quite a few people from the EMB to the RJ earlier than the one year seat lock. I was told that was because we were high on the EMB side from the person who does the bid awards. But, this post was a company email and I have no reason to believe it isn't accurate.

What is the DOH of the junior EMB captain? Just curious...

Good for you guys, loooks like a bright future, anybody wanna walk my resume in hhah, Good luck guys :)

If I didn't already have 3 years in at AWAC I would be pounding on their door.

I am going to start pounding on their door :)

The most junior is 3/06... (probably had the captain mins when he/she started)

The next most junior guy is from 9/05...

Most junior CRJ CA (in training now) - 5/05

Is the only way to get in through a meet and greet at one of the open houses?