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Originally Posted by TheNotoriousPIC (Post 2661601)

They told us in no uncertain terms not to do any commercial flying, instructing included, during the delay in training. People asked, the answer was no.

Spend the time studying, you are still getting paid and there is a lot of material to cover.

This.

Chancellor, it's not a part 117 thing, it's a YX company policy with roots/reasoning based in managing flight times and complying with 117. Bottom line, it's a company policy - once you're hired (to begin training as a FO/CA), no commercial flying of any kind, line status or not.

looseombi, as Goose said, it's playing with fire - I'd stay away from violating a company policy that they explicitly go over...

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Originally Posted by mfflyer (Post 2661348)

I was in the 8/21 class for anyone who has specific questions feel free to ask. The original plan was Indoc, Ethos, Systems Review, Panel Trainer, and then sent home to wait a few weeks for sims. Through research/review of their last few classes they decided the gaps in training were not good, and it was better for us training wise to keep the footprint condensed. When they broke the news in my class, all my classmates myself included were pleased. Nothing changes as far as pay/bonus pay out/benefits etc.

FWIW, I was a Piedmont new-hire who sat for months after indoc in complete blackhole darkness. After being told one thing by piedmont recruiters, another thing by indoc instructors, and something completely different by MF, as well as being kept in the complete blackhole darkness, the move to republic was probably the best decision I could have made at this current time. The Indoc experience at Piedmont in my opinion was horrible...Not to sound like the RJet cheerleader but my experience so far with RJet has been wonderful.

Our class was split into two groups, one returning mid September, the other returning beginning of October, and we will all be done with sims by the end of november/beginning of december with this new training timeline.

When they decided to break the news, the entire leadership team was there including Bedford himself. Loved the transparency.

Just curious, how many were in your class? There were 47 in the class before you.

Does anyone know if these training delays are for new hires only or are they carrying over to upgrade classes as well?

You delayed guys get your travel benefits yet? :D

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Originally Posted by VASBYT (Post 2661687)

Just curious, how many were in your class? There were 47 in the class before you.

There were 57 of them

If you’re scheduled for an interview (meaning no class date yet), once hired I’m assuming this delay means class dates will be backed up and new hires won’t be given the same sweet deal you all got out of this?

Are all the Sims in STL, or do they use other sites too?

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Originally Posted by jt130 (Post 2661746)

Are all the Sims in STL, or do they use other sites too?

Lately new hires have also been using Cincinnati, which was previously only used for upgrade and Atp-Ctp

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Originally Posted by Thunder Pig (Post 2661738)

Nobody knows for sure unless somebody from recruiting/training posts in here which I highly doubt. It's not like they let the pilot group in on every detail. The only reason I knew is because I was around HQ recently.

The recruiting department is hitting it out of the park as far as the number of people they are bringing in. More then expected, and since sim time is booked (I am guessing here) months in advanced, maybe longer, it takes a while to adjust to the influx. Hence the delay in training.

There was some talk about slowing down hiring, but they are not doing that at this time. They are planning years in advance and know the retirements both internally and at the Majors are coming. Plus there are big plans to expand, both organically and possibly through acquisitions (they will not do a merger). The order for 100 new aircraft will be additional aircrraft to our current fleet and will NOT be used to replace older aircraft. There is an option on the order for more planes, that will be used to replace older aircraft and possibly more growth, but that won't be until the mid 2020s. So in 5 years Republic's fleet could be 100 aircraft higher. That will take a lot more pilots then we currently have.

Fact is that due to our Regional industry leading on time performance and reliability 2 out of the 3 Majors wants a lot more flying out of us and money is coming in to fund it.

Will all the classes be AQP soon?