I'm pretty sure that all the PIPs who are going to come to CAL have already been identified, interviewed, offered jobs, and are in/awaiting training. My understanding is that there were 400+ who were eligible, less than 300 who accepted the second offer to interview for a job (the first offer was before 9/11), and 200+ who passed the interview process and were offered jobs and accepted those offers. They have been/are being merged into training classes in clumps of 2 to 5 between now and probably Jan/Feb 06. If this is the case, then new hires are not competing with PIPs anymore at the interview stage. They are "taking up" a 2 to 5 spots per class so that reduces the number of off the street hires, of course. Any XJT pilots interviewing right now are doing so without the benefit of the "Preferential Interview" status, I believe. Someone with more knowledge of this is welcome to correct me on this.
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