Nice to see you again, Denton. Whatever happened over at ExpressJet?
Thanks.
Well, I was hired by ExpressJet in Nov 07 and never saw a class date which in the long run turned out to be a good thing. XJT just recently furloughed over 250 pilots. I think the most junior FO was hired April 07.
Since then, I've been hired to fly for Republic Airways. I actually had an EMB-145 training date with them under the Chautaqua certificate, but then they lost their Frontier contract when Frontier filed bankruptcy and as a result canceled all new hire classes. Since then they've furloughed around 50 or so pilots. Dodged another bullet there, especially as they have a $15,000 training agreement.
In July I was hired by SkyWest. They assigned me to the EMB-120 Brasilia, but have also postponed new hire classes. Last I heard they were offering voluntary furloughs and don't anticipate any training classes until next year.
So for now I've accepted a "promotion" as Assistant Chief Flight Instructor at my current job and am also chasing some corporate jobs.
Speaking of which, I gotta go fly.
See ya around.