I completed CRJ-700 training early this summer and will probably not fly the thing until Dec or Jan 03. I noticed all of the new hires going to the 700, but at the rate we are moving over to it from the CRJ-200 it will be a long time before these guys actually fly it.
If they (new hires) started training today, they should be ready to fly in about 60 days. But, there are plenty of more senior pilots already trained and awaiting IOE that are ahead of them. It looks like these guys will sit around for a long time doing nothing, unless the company has a lot of CRJ-700's coming in that we don't know about. I doubt this will happen since production is running behind from the strike.
It looks like ASA will spend a nickle (new hires sitting around for months with no flying) to save a penny (new hire pay of $19.02 per hour instead of $37 to $42 if they let someone more senior bid over to it).
If they (new hires) started training today, they should be ready to fly in about 60 days. But, there are plenty of more senior pilots already trained and awaiting IOE that are ahead of them. It looks like these guys will sit around for a long time doing nothing, unless the company has a lot of CRJ-700's coming in that we don't know about. I doubt this will happen since production is running behind from the strike.
It looks like ASA will spend a nickle (new hires sitting around for months with no flying) to save a penny (new hire pay of $19.02 per hour instead of $37 to $42 if they let someone more senior bid over to it).
