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08-19-2016 | 07:28 AM

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They said 40 new hires per month now. Don't see how they can do it, but we will see.

08-19-2016 | 07:33 AM

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I was told in the last class of 12, 6 never showed up.

08-19-2016 | 07:35 AM

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My buddy is in class now. I believe they have 10. 18 are scheduled for next class.

08-19-2016 | 07:37 AM

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I was told in the last class of 12, 6 never showed up.

Not what I heard. 2 no shows. And this was from guys in that class. Latest class is said to be 18 (2 new ground instructors)

08-19-2016 | 07:38 AM

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In the interview on Wednesday they said 30 per month is the plan.

08-19-2016 | 08:06 AM

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Originally Posted by ropestart

They said 40 new hires per month now. Don't see how they can do it, but we will see.

They are still expecting 5 320 NEOs by the end of the year. 1 in Oct, and 4 in Nov. I don't see that coming true, but it's probably why there is a spike in training.

08-19-2016 | 08:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Left Handed

They are still expecting 5 320 NEOs by the end of the year. 1 in Oct, and 4 in Nov. I don't see that coming true, but it's probably why there is a spike in training.

Just curious, what has normal hiring per month been for the past year or so?

Also, is end state staffing for you guys 5-6 crews per plane or a little fatter?

08-19-2016 | 09:03 AM

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Originally Posted by ropestart

They said 40 new hires per month now. Don't see how they can do it, but we will see.

My guess is they are going to either have to rent sim time in MIA or start sending new hires up to dfw to the new sim opening next month.

The other option is trying to pressure new hires to train in the middle of the night while getting some instructors to ***** out for those sessions

08-19-2016 | 09:09 AM

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In the interview on Wednesday they said 30 per month is the plan.

It will be interesting to see if this will work out if this is indeed what is planned. When I was in training (not that long ago), there were major issues with the FTDs being unreliable as well as a limited amount of sims. It looks like the training department will have some major work ahead of them. We had a class of 14 and were already bursting at the seams.
Lots of longs waits ahead for that single elevator and no stair access at the training center.