panda1801

Does anyone have any word on the (actual) mins for CQFO? Details would be great as I've read a number of different things that are contradicting. Thanks.

Riverside

If you're ever confused look at the company website.
http://www.transstates.net/careers/Pages/pilots.aspx

Says 2500 hours 1k multi and 1k sic time.

IlliniPilot99

just a heads up...the CQFO program is starting to wind down. Most classes have FO's now. there are about 110 CQFO's in the pipeline and about 15 have hit the line.

With the lowering of the upgrade mins, they won't need 200 but around 140.

just an FYI

FlyingKat

Oxley said it would be slowing down for a few months while they upgrade guys on property because they don't want to pay bypass pay. But expect it to pick up once again later in the year. Still the same number of CQFOs total because the original number assumed just about everyone on property would upgrade. Probably will be a little less in the end due to upgrade mins being lowered, but could change a lot based on attrition. Ox said attrition numbers have been low so far, but I'll be surprised if it doesn't pick up soon as a lot of guys are interviewing and looking to move up....

IlliniPilot99

again I'm passing on the info that both Chief pilots said to me in the crew room last week.

Doesn't anyone remember when Oxley said that he only wanted 130-140 on the conference call?????

Riverside

All I remember was serving food on flights. And headsets that were supposed to approved by now.

Celeste

I heard the same thing from the chief pilots. If I recall correctly it went from about <~20 FOs eligible to they think 60-75. Plus there's still going to be new people hitting the 2500tt mark every month. Plus theres new hires like myself in the training pipeline and in ioe that were hired as FOs, but now meet upgrade requirements or are within a few hundred hours of mins.

Attrition is the big variable that nobody knows. And depending on how that turns out will decide if they need to hire another wave of CQs later this year and how many.

With that being said, anyone that can jump in on the CQFO bandwagon, it's probably still a good deal for people looking to leave their current regional. You'll get some PIC time, and at least $44 per hour for making the switch. And an upgrade shouldn't be too far down the road.

FlyingKat

And in the next breath he said that was based on lower attrition than expected. If attrition picks back up to where they expected then the need for CQFOs will go back up. If what I'm hearing from a lot of guys is true, many will be leaving here over the summer.

Oxley very clearly stated the CQFO program will be slowed down for a while because they want to reduce the number of guys on bypass and they have what we need FOR NOW . I wouldn't expect to see any more until sometime this summer, and that number will depend on how attrition is gong. If all they guys that say they are interviewing get out of here over the next 6 months, then that number will go way up.

FlyingKat

The CPs have been all over the place with numbers over the last 6 months. Not saying they are misleading anyone but there are so many variables beyond their control anything outside of 30-90 days is reading tea leaves. The biggest variable here is attrition which has been lower than expected. If attrition goes back up the numbers will change again. We have no flow or any ability to manage attrition so these numbers are going to be all over the place for a while.

TeamRamRod

If one of them was the IAD chief… take it with a grain of salt. There's been a bit of misinformation that has stemmed from mgmt personnel in that crew room over the past few months. Not saying everything that's said is a flat out lie, but don't take everything you hear from there and go spewing it all over the forums. Just my .02.