Will ExpressJet continue to hire….

[TEXAN AVIATOR]

With the losses that CAL is experiencing will "jetlink" discontinue hiring temporarily? Overheard a rumor regarding the subject today amongst some Express guys.

I freaking hate rumors but what the hell.

TA

 

[Tooslow]

Yes, according to P.S., slowing down for a month or two because they are behind in CA upgrades, once cought up....full steam ahead until the last 10 XR's arrive. After that who knows.....He mentioned some 480? lines this summer in IAH. 3,000 pilots total!

 

[Flyeys]

Yes, according to P.S., slowing down for a month or two because they are behind in CA upgrades, once cought up....full steam ahead until the last 10 XR's arrive. After that who knows.....He mentioned some 480? lines this summer in IAH. 3,000 pilots total!

I have heard the same thing as far as the reduction in hiring. We are still hiring though, I know some peeps who interviewed 2 days ago and were placed in a pool for their class date.

 

[coolyokeluke]

Some were given a May 16 class. Some were placed in a pool. I asked one of the new poolies if he'd been given an estimate of when a class date was or what he might have been told, he told me possibly they'd be running a class in June. It's expected that 100 pilots will go to CAL, they might be waiting to see when that happens. They will be hiring more to fill slots for the 11 jets they are getting this year, route expansion west, and frequency of flights. There was talk that the pace of hiring might slow. More hiring by CAL could obviously stoke the fires at XJT. I talked with the CAL crew while I was a pax, they said CAL would hire 500 pilots total this year, though obviosly they'd be hiring off the street as well as from XJT.

 

[Superpilot92]

Crew planning came into our class last week and told us that hiring has suspended after june until they figure out what cal is going to do with the preferential interview group. Thats straight out of the crew planners mouth. They have hired 288 so far this year and still have alot of hiring to do but they are on needles till CAL comes through and takes our Capt. hang in there they are definitly not done hiring just slowing a bit for now.

hope this helps.

 

[AviatorTx]

The worse that can happen IMHO is CAL only takes 8-15 pref interviews a month, ratioed with OTS and ATA hires. It will be just like it was in 2000. Until the last airframe hits the property later this year.

Then things will slow way down, but not stop. As long as CAL is taking approx 10 pilots a month from XJT, there will have to be some hiring. It won;t be much though.

 

[Whiskerbizkit]

Not everybody is going to go to CAL that were hired in the original PIG. I think once the last XR comes things are going to come to a grinding halt.

 

[Flechas]

By then hopefully people will realize that there are other places other than CAL, seems to me that a lot of CAs are just waiting for CAL.

 

[Nova]

It will be just like it was in 2000. Until the last airframe hits the property later this year.

Our last airframe/aircraft will be delivered 1st or 2nd quarter next year, not the end of this year.

 

[FlyChicaga]

By then hopefully people will realize that there are other places other than CAL, seems to me that a lot of CAs are just waiting for CAL.

When you spend 6-9 (or more) years of your career at XJT with the mindset you will be flowing through to the mainline partner, it isn't easy to suddenly change your mind completely. Most of the captains I have flown with were under the impression that they would be at CAL in the near future, until 9/11 and the ending of the flow-through.

 

[Flechas]

When you spend 6-9 (or more) years of your career at XJT with the mindset you will be flowing through to the mainline partner, it isn't easy to suddenly change your mind completely. Most of the captains I have flown with were under the impression that they would be at CAL in the near future, until 9/11 and the ending of the flow-through.

I agree, I'm not complaining, all I'm saying is that hopefully that'll change. You know, like I want to move up on the list....

 

[FlyChicaga]

I hear ya bro, but at least for me the goal is to not move down and off the bottom of the list in the next couple years. Particularly after 2007...

 

[Flechas]

I hear ya bro, but at least for me the goal is to not move down and off the bottom of the list in the next couple years. Particularly after 2007...

Same here, and movement is the only thing that will keep us from the bottom..

 

[Superpilot92]

How many pilots are needed per airframe?

Around 10 pilots per plane required.

 

[Nova]

I don't know the exact number but it's somewhere around there. We should end up with about 3000 pilots with 274 airplanes when everything is said and done.