UA to Hire 4000 Pilots Between Now and 2022
10-26-2019, 01:49 PM
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Additional training is a very mild strain on the system which is generally adsorbed with out any trouble at all. A full retrain is pretty rare in my experience.
10-26-2019, 01:53 PM
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40%? That sounds like a huge and unrealistic number, when you say “retraining” are you referring to additional training?
Additional training is a very mild strain on the system which is generally adsorbed with out any trouble at all. A full retrain is pretty rare in my experience.
Additional training is a very mild strain on the system which is generally adsorbed with out any trouble at all. A full retrain is pretty rare in my experience.
10-26-2019, 01:56 PM
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Uh yeah.... 40% is a number to have to see in writing to believe. But that being said the 737 fleet is the problem child.
10-26-2019, 03:57 PM
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They have the training footprint so small that a few extra sessions is not a failure, it means they have the calendar down to the lowest cost. It isn’t about making a pilot comfortable, it’s about getting through with the minimum time. 40% means 60% didn’t need more time, so they save money
10-26-2019, 04:12 PM
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Airhoss, your opinion:
Have you seen an increase in additional training over the last 5 years at TK? Not looking for "statistics"... more for what you've seen, and if the lower experience of pilots that we are supposedly getting is showing up in training.
Have you seen an increase in additional training over the last 5 years at TK? Not looking for "statistics"... more for what you've seen, and if the lower experience of pilots that we are supposedly getting is showing up in training.
10-26-2019, 04:29 PM
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Does anyone with experience working at the training center know how many new hires that we can actually train in a year? Movement generated by vacancies and recurrent training occupy a bunch of sim time. If available, how many at current capacity, and how many when the new building is finished? We are growing and times are pretty good now, but 4,000 by 2020 sounds overly optimistic unless you are counting from several years ago, or include new regional pilots flying for UAX.
I think the capacity is close to fulfilling what they are forecasting. However corporate always seems to fall short on hiring and training numbers. So take all of that with a grain of salt IMHO.
As long as the demand is there I think we will gear up to do those training loads. Time will tell.
