Flight Keys just got delayed. Good news for possible Third Class early next year
AMERICAN HIRING June 2022.
- Thread starter Troy McClure
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Flagship_dxer
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Agree with this sentiment. Given the fact that flight keys is delayed due to staffing on midnight Euro desks, I would not be surprised at all to see one or two more classes before domestic rollout next year so that domestic doesnt have a long delay for staffing.
Each international division takes about 1-2 months to train a new dispatcher. A new domestic takes 5-6 months to train on average so a domestic delay would be pretty long if staffing was short at flight keys rollout date.
airdave37130
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has anyone from the pool been contacted yet for a class date??
RegionalDXer
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has it been rumored that class/emails went out oris this just a question because of previous posts saying a 3rd class is possible
LumberjackAviator
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Any rumor updates on a 3rd class in January?
rivetor
ornithopter it
No, but I can start one if you like
Is the length partially due to the requirments for being trained on every type in the domestic fleet?
iono
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learning DECS is probably more frustrating than learning different fleet types
Should make classes go much smoother and perhaps faster once DECS is dead.
Pancake
Person experiencing illiteracy
DECS will outlive the heat death of the universe. I don’t know how, but it will.
Delta Echo
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In my experience DECS was far easier to use than Shares or Apollo.
FlightKeys
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Any rumors on when AA will be hiring again? I imagine the pool is expired.
Troy McClure
Ah say boy...Whattcha got there son?
I spoke with a few of the classroom instructors and even they have no idea. They said, "maybe" late 2023 another 30. Big emphasis on maybe.
dxdispatch
Active Member
I have heard staffing is at very low levels, they can't afford to not hire. Hopefully a new posting goes live sometime this quarter.
MountainsOrBeach
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@Frenchie asked what was happening with AA training on the DL thread so just popping over here to answer. From what I heard just a few days ago there are still 32 people from both the September and October class that need to check out… actually 31. One passed yesterday. 11 from September and now 20 from October. I have only seen the same 6 or so people doing the 3 day comp checks for everyone. There are more qualified ATS but I know some have been pulled to teach recurrent training and Flight Keys training so I personally have only seen the 6 so far. However a couple of those 6 will be taking vacations this month and next straining it even more. There have been a small handful that have not passed the CCKs and are having to re-do them. It is very back logged, bottle necked or however you want to say it. Trainers are exhausted and burnt out from training 150 new people over the last year. No word on another new hire class yet either. But that’s pretty much the gist of it now. Just waiting for each other’s turns to go. Still training on the desks in the meantime.
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Flagship_dxer
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I think there will be more new hire classes. There are still over a hundred dispatchers at or near retirement age that will be leaving within five years or less. The current dispatchers in training were hired when management was planning to have Flight Keys rolled out domestically by this month. Thats been delayed indefinitely. Flight Keys requires more training and longer term staffing increases than originally planned. This is likely good news for job seekers.
Troy McClure
Ah say boy...Whattcha got there son?
I was hanging out at the watercooler and heard a few of the old guard saying there will be at least 2 more classes in 2024.
But what do I know?
But what do I know?
