I'm surprised I haven't seen this asked/answered on the forums (maybe it's understood) but...

I get that for pay purposes time on property transfers (ex. a 2 year FO upgrades and is paid as a 2 year CA) but when looking at R1 times, etc., is it the same? If the chart shows 2.4 years CA to be R1, does that mean that upon upgrade the same CA in the above scenario just needs another .4 to hold the line, or that the clock started over at promotion and he had another 2.4 to go?

It has been asked. Buried somewhere in the thousands of dusty pages of PSA threads. I believe that the times you see for CA are from hire. So yes, it would mean 2.4 = .4 till R1.

I had a question about the study guide they sent out for initial. When you are learning the flows, is it a Challenge, Do, Verify style of checklist, or are both pilots doing their flow from memory with a checklist backup? Just wondering if I have to memorize the flow items or just the structure. Thanks

Memorize the flow not the checklist. So yes each pilot performs Their memorized flow, then the checklist is used.

I have mentioned this before. The current time to be a line holding captain at PSA is about 2.5 years. Not only did the current upgrades get to upgrade quickly, they also spent very little time on reserve.

Personally, I have only spent a couple months on reserve as a FO and captain combined.

It isn't just the upgrade time that matters. Some friends at other airlines upgraded just as fast as me, and now they will spend the next 18 months on reserve, while I sat reserve for 1 month as a captain.

You will learn the flows during ground school. You will get a cockpit poster and a POH. Sit in your room with your partner and practice them. Then, you get 10+ sessions in the IPTs to practice them over and over again.

Just study the memory items and limitations for a few days before class. It is pretty easy.

If you are looking for things to study before class, see recruiters post above. There are lots of things to study.

Everything you need to pass training, search for anything on quizlet;

Plane Bombardier CRJ-700-900-SERIES

https://quizlet.com/subject/PSA-memory/

FYI for incoming new hires, they are planning on some 200 classes coming up due to Sim availability in CVG with the 700/900 as the differences training.

Genuine questions. What difference does this make for the new hire? Advantage and disadvantage of one way or the other?

Will systems class training focus more on 200 if starting out in 200 sim?

Which classes will get this?

Thanks

How many total pilots are leaving per month on average? This includes FOs leaving, captains, flow, etc.

25-30 a month, depending on the month. The average would be somewhere in there, depending on what time frame you are looking at.