Originally Posted by flyingkangaroo

HAHAHAHA WHAT?! I swear I don't know where you guys get this stuff?! ok so lets assume that this rumor isn't complete bs.... (and it is)... you have to staff about 140 aircraft. That means at 11 pilots per a/c you have to hire around 1500 guys... On top of that you have to hire for attrition likely about 300 a year on just the ASA side, that equates to 900 over 3 years... Then you need to compensate for the change in duty rules I would guess about 15% more pilots but a more conservative approach would be 10% if we have 300 a/c then we have 3300 pilots on the old staffing model and would have to add 330 for the new model... lets add that all up people; 1500+900+330= 2730 pilots.... It's not realistic and likely never going to happen. That would mean hiring 900 pilots per year. We have about 1500 active pilots as it is. Hiring 900 pilots in a year is 60% percent of our current active pilots. Even if it were plausible to to find this ammount of people (which it's not, and I mean that seriously), there is absolutely no chance we could train at that level without using every single CRJ sim in the entire world, around the clock, 365...


Gentlemen, there is a difference between growth and healthy growth. Airlines generally want the latter. I'm eager for an upgrade people but if we get this ammount of flying it would probably come at a cost of mainline jobs. Regional airlines do not in any way benefit our long term career objectives. Just my .02

Originally Posted by spudskier

He didn't say I was lying, he just doesn't believe it until he sees it. Fair enough. I've been here a little longer than him and I've heard the same crap from SH. Five years doesn't mean much around here...
This didn't come from SH. This came from the FAA and the training department. Believe what you want, no skin off my back. Just sharing info I believe to be sturdy.

Originally Posted by unit monster

All knowing Trip7 has been here five years and he says you are lying.

I also very specifically remember SH in recurrent summer of 2008 - "We've done our research and you can expect EFBs to be online by January or February 2009."

Originally Posted by Trip7

Summer 08? Back when ACARS had just been installed a a couple ATRs were still running around not to mention iPads didn't exist. Sorry, but I find it highly unlikely this was said back then

Originally Posted by Rotor2prop

This is why ExpressJet is preparing to grow!


Delta Air Lines orders up to 70 Bombardier CRJ900 NextGen Jetliners
Bombardier Aerospace announced that Delta Air Lines (DAL) has placed a firm order for 40 Bombardier (BDRBF) CRJ900 NextGen regional jets and has taken options on an additional 30 CRJ900 NextGen aircraft. Based on the list price of the CRJ900 NextGen aircraft, the firm order is valued at approximately $1.85B, and could reach approximately $3.29B if the 30 options are converted to firm orders.

Originally Posted by JustAnotherPLT

Trip, you're getting wrapped around the axle about the 5 years. 5 years is how long I've been here. The joke was that I feel they've been talking about iPads since I've been here... iPads didn't exist. Clearly you're not into my joke. It's like when someone uses the phrase: "feels like forever, feels like eternity, never ending." I can certainly post more if that doesn't help.

EFBs however have been talked about for some time, not 5 years like the joke but I would say much longer than the iPad idea.

Originally Posted by Trip7

I think the hiring surge is for AMR flying and the MIA base/DFW expansion.

Originally Posted by astec

MIA base? is that confirmed?

Originally Posted by Trip7

If it was confirmed I wouldn't say I think