Ive been apart of APC and Flightinfo from the dial up days of 1997. So i feel obligated to keep it going. But yes. This and what you see here of people is 1% of peoples life. (Except maybe domino. Its 100% of his life) I have so much more then what people see or guess on here.. for me. The math works. I have so many other hobbies and interests and family. That come first. Work is not even second… I go to a major. Sure. I give most of the things i worked for so hard up for a few years. Is it worth it.. nope.. i can ride this gig out and punch out to better things.

 

And indeed, for you in your stage of your life and career it may well be the thing to do. But it would not appear to be the right thing for the majority of regional pilots - certainly not those just starting out.

 

Absolutely. I have always said. Your young and line flying only. No LCA, ect. Get in. Get out!!! Im even telling people to go to the crappiest regional (minus gojet) so you don't get comfy at SkyWest..way better offerings at Mesa or Envoy/PSA right now…

 

Same here. Originally 2/10 CTP for CRJ, I haven't heard any update yet.

 

I was originally scheduled for the 2/10 CTP and 2/20 indoc for CRJ and am now in the CRJ class for 3/20. I am not sure how they chose who got into that class but I like to picture my recruiter just sitting at her computer hitting F5 until a new class showed up and then throwing me in.

 

You know regional captain is a quarter mill job.

 

Hey inbound FOs. I don't have any insider info but wanted to share my experience thus far so you could hear first hand where training schedules are. I went to indoc 5 Dec and was told on day two training was getting backed up for CA upgrades. They initially said 27 Feb ground school start but mine got bumped a week to 5 Mar. I got confirmed into that class date today and just started CBTs. That's a 12 week break from indoc to ground school with one of those being a down week for the holidays. I know they are working to grow the size of training classes but it's only going to be as big as they can successfully train to OO standards.

Regardless of your thoughts on the overall loss of CAs and FOs over the past year, the company seems to be doing everything they can to balance the CA/FO ratio and doing right by the both current and future pilots. I know this doesn't do much to ease the nerves for those waiting to hear about start dates but maybe it'll help with expectation management. Best of luck.

 

Were you paid during your break?

 

Short answer: yes. Anyone who made it into and passed Indoc (100% pass rate for my class) got paid the training rate while we waited. I think the rationale for it is that by the time the training pipeline started backing up in mid Nov, those of us with late Nov/early Dec Indoc dates had already given notice or left our other jobs. If they had changed our dates after we had done that, or furloughed us after Indoc, we would have been really screwed financially and/or lost all trust in them. This is why I feel like they are trying to do the right thing. I know it might not feel like it to people in other situations though.

 

Side question, are some people failing Indoc in recent classes? I know there are a few new hires in many classes being dropped at the systems level.