Macchi30

the program WAS open though. I clicked on the link and it worked. It brought me to the career page and it showed the position was open

LoneStar32

Mistakes were made and people were fired. The airline industry is in turmoil. Mass furloughs come Oct 1. Nobody is going to be hiring for a long time so there is no incentive to keep these costly cadet programs going.

jdebrey

Thanks for reply’s. That’s what I was thinking. I was like there is no way they are restarting it this quick

Macchi30

I'm a cadet with PSA, and they sent out an email saying they are going to keep the program going. And they actually just mailed me a check with a few thousand dollars as part of my cadet bonus.

I just like to keep up with what other cadet programs are doing right now.

R0GER BALL

Humm, which envelope sounds better? One with a check? ....or a pink slip?

VegasChris

That's awesome.

Air Wisconsin told us to expect the program to end around Oct 1. They went from 4 recruiters to 1. Not sure how many of us are left in the program or what the cost of the program is to have us do software training once a month and 5 min phone call to the recruiter. We pay a couple hundred a year for the the UA flight benefits- so I don't think there is any cost to keep us on that. I am hoping they keep us as it can't cost much and if they survive this having a small pool of candidates would be good to have

Skywest has not said anything to those of us currently in the program. I can’t imagine us costing anything to skywest at this point, so why not just keep the pool and send us an email once a quarter to update what is going on.

Thats good news for PSA. I haven't heard anything from anyone at envoy or piedmont.

I don't know anyone with class dates elsewhere.

I am staying in my current career for the foreseeable future. It will be nice to have a "hire date" for skywest in 2019 if I don't start class until 2021 or 2022. Good seniority for the flight benefits and 401k contribution rates. Maybe I will accrue vacation way faster too (no idea when the first increase is) I am just trying to see anything positive at this point. Same thing for AirWis- but with what Kirby was saying about decreased 50 seat jets I am leaning towards carriers with the e175 now or crj7/9

LoneStar32

That's interesting because word at PSA is to expect ~20% pilot furloughs come Oct 1.

colonials13

...Source?

Macchi30

I was actually very surprised when I got that email from PSA. They said that it is seen as a high priority within the company to keep the flow of cadets. I suppose maybe in the future they will rely more on cadet hires vs street hires. I'm not sure.

I hear about Air Wis. That sucks. Hopefully they can keep it going.

LoneStar32

Came out of the Meeting of the Chiefs a few days ago. Told to expect Wanrord for 400 pilot furlough, or about 20%.