Think its bad now? Wait until the schoolhouse goes to CLT (Nov1) and almost non of the AAA/MDA groundschool instructors decide to go. Yep, you guessed it, E-170 grondschool comes to a halt.... Almost all the guys I had teach in the past 4 weeks said they are done at the end of OCT and are not moving to CLT. They have told management this and they say management just brushes them off. Guess this means thoes of us that get to the line at the end of sept/start of oct will be worked like crazy as the pipeline of freshly trained guys gets stopped up.stb said:is so bad, they have to park 2 new ERJ's for Sept since the pilots are leaving so fast.
Mgt. think the pilots have a commuter pilot attitude of "I need the PIC time" I'll be gone in a couple of years. That is furthest from the truth. 15%-20% of the pilots trained have left MDA, for other airlines or out of aviation altogether. 5 have left in the last week and another 10 will be gone in the next few weeks.
If U is around next year, MDA might be hiring off the streets next fall.