Quote Originally Posted by alfonso2002
Looks like heads have rolled over this situation DOMINIC ZURLO is leaving. I for one will miss him he really wanted this program to be a success. But there was no money to hire more employees and this backlog just got bigger and bigger.So as an outcome someones head had to roll wrong place at the wrong time. I'm seeing a lot more apps moving through the system now but will still have a backlog for another 1-2 months.
Dominick's leaving was of his own accord, as were the two ladies. To replace them, the Secretary moved 5 full time employees from other departments to do nothing but work on getting the apps flowing again. I don't know how any one could think that 3 part-time employees were going to handle over 1,000 applications! I'm disappointed that it took the loss of experienced personnel to get the Secretary to wake up and hire more people. Dominick has stated in the past the reason for the high renewal fees for the producers was to hire 5 to 7 full time employees. I am hearing that they are down to 2 weeks turn around. Now, if my brother-in-law would finally receive his PPL, that would be nice.