sulkair

checksix72, that is GREAT! Congrats man!

How long a newhire sits reserve will depend entirely on whether or not hiring continues at this steady clip or abates. If the current rate of hiring keeps up, you can probably expect 6 months on reserve - would be my best conservative guess. But again if hiring slows that will change dramatically.

Within a month or two out of IOE you should be able to hold whatever shift on reserve you desire if days off aren't important to you. Probably even hold long or medium call schedules.

Ages in my recent class were mid forties to early twenties and everything in between.

What's a 318?

Frisco55

Are people still getting DEN out of training? Thanks! Looking forward to it!!

Aero1900

Congrats on getting called for an interview. Frontier is a great place to work, and I believe there will be a lot of growth in the future.

In response to the questions asked about reserve, I sat reserve for six months. I was Chicago based for about a month until I was awarded DEN. It seems like most guys have gotten whichever base they bid for out of training. Seniority is by age in the class, so I would guess anyone over 40 years old will get whatever they want, domicile wise. Remember, the Chicago base is very small compared to Denver.

Reserve at frontier is pretty nice. We have short, medium and long call. 2 hours, 10 and 12 hours. On short call, you can bid to start reserve at 4am, 8am, noon and then 5pm. There might even be a later night reserve too, I just don't remember.

As a reserve, you can bid on trips in open time if you want to fly, or you can view the open time and the list of guys on reserve if you don't want to fly. Personally, I found reserve at frontier to be very easy. I was only called for a last minute show once in 6 months. I did a lot of bidding on open time, so I usually knew my schedule for the next day. Having a line is pretty nice too though

Crazy Canuck

What kind of time are people getting calls with

checksix72

Thank you sulkair and Aero for the insight. That is great information.

Canuck - My times are 3K total, 1.5K ME PIC, mostly mil time (no 121). A buddy of mine got called too with slightly higher but overall similar flight time and quals.

Cheers and best of luck!

Frisco55

Thanks so much for the info Aero1900! I can't wait, start June 30th! Looking forward to the new challenge and Airbus!! Good luck to all!!

tunes

I'm assuming no wiggle room on the 2500 TT?

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Crazy Canuck

Thanks! Congrats check six.

Any word on what they'll call non military guys with?

Frisco55

I have 5000+TT, 4000+multi, 1000+PIC. Mostly 121. Good luck to you all!

sulkair

Guys, I know for a fact that they will call people who only have the min hours.

Frontier's process is quite impressive.

They aren't calling based on any hourly formula or computer generated 'spit you out of the pile BS'. Actual people are looking at this stuff. If you get a call it is because A. your cover letter and/or resume struck a chord with them, and they want to meet you, B.Your F9 buddy's letter of rec struck a chord with them and they want to meet you, C. you got a silver bullet, or D. a combination of all of the above.

This is the way all hiring should be done. F9 is investing in people that will further their culture as well as pass training, and operate their aircraft well.

The one thing I hate about our industry is the "hoops" we must jump through to get hired at companies. "hoops" that have little to do with your abilities, or contributing personality.

There are no "hoops" here. The interview process is adept at figuring out your true intentions, and whether or not you're hard to sit next to for hours at a time. It is a fun and enlightening process. You will meet lots of Frontier pilots as well as other F9 personnel. You'll learn, by observation, more about F9 than you can imagine. The realness of their process is almost wile in it's practical sophistication. If you're the guy for the job, you will get it period. If you're not, you wont.

I'm not a koolade drinker either - I'm just thoroughly impressed with their hiring process, and I wish they would patent it and sell it for millions of dollars to all these other idiotic HR departments at other airlines.

If Frontier as a whole can embody the savvy & integrity that their current hiring process has there will be absolutely no stopping this airline going forward.