Can confirm that classes are back to normal sizes. I was told late summer/fall, possibly 2019 for a class date at interview in February. Recently got a call about classes open as early July! Looks like things might be back to normal since the merger deal fell through?

I interviewed beginning of March and received a call yesterday for a July 9th class

By normal you mean 25-30 per class, 2 times per month?

We're hiring 55/m, 2 classes/m starting in July. Normal service has resumed.
As an aside; a number of junior FO's have mentioned reserve times are falling; in NY at least.

Not true about reserve times. July bid pack still has 900 fos hires from last September 18th still on reserve. The June pbs award shows about the same. Reserve time will not fall in nyc 900 fo until 900 fos begin accepting upgrades into the 200 versus having these positions go to “street captains” and the company realizes they don’t need 100 900 reserve fos a month at the expense of credit pushing junior 900 fo lineholders into 11 day off schedules... worse than reserve.

Ok so when did those September hires get online? Are we looking at 7 months of
RSV.

After washouts and mainline hires is this net growth of 10 pilots a month?

3-4 months typically, so probably 6 months, but who’s to say. It’s really dependent on the company’s plans for growth and the mood of the senior fos (whether they upgrade or not).

Attrition here runs about 25-30 a month, not including training washouts. Company does not publish training washouts but it’s less than Or around 10%. So that’s about a net gain of 20 pilots per month, enough to grow the fleet by 2 planes a month...last time they were hiring 55 pilots a month we were growing by 2 planes a month (first 200s then 700s and 900s)...

If you want a 900 upgrade and aren't a street CA you will probably get one as it is. As long as you're ok with starting in NYC.