American Eagle to hire
01-19-2011, 06:32 PM
#2342
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Jul 2010
Posts: 3,371
Lol, RK was the head of pilot recruitment for a while, he has since left the position and VA is the one who does the job.
As far as the CRJs go...
In the Jan 17th class there were slots for OFC (ORD FO CRJ) and I would guess that will continue. In regards to NFC (LGA FO CRJ) I personally dont think you will see many more slots offered in the near future for that equip/base.
The company currently has 70 NFCs on the seniority list, and is expecting to have a total of 14 CRJs based in LGA. At 5 crews per plane, that equals 70 FOs and 70 CAs. There are currently 86 NCCs (LGA CRJ CA) on the seniority list, but the top 15-20 will probably be gone to AA in the next few months, so that should level off around 70 as well.
There will be a few NFCs who transfer out to ORD in the future, so you might get lucky and see NFC being offered every now and then, but I think OFC is much more likely.
Since we are on the subject of CRJs, the company plans (at the moment) to put the remaining 33 CRJs in ORD. Which would create 165 CA/FO CRJ ORD slots. We currently have 170 OCCs planned on the seniority list, but only 98 OFCs. That means there should be a lot of OFC slots offered in the near term, I would say 5-10 per class at least.
As I said previously, this is all what we as line pilots have been told. Those plans change all the itme and we are usually the last ones to know. So take this with a grain of salt!
As far as the CRJs go...
In the Jan 17th class there were slots for OFC (ORD FO CRJ) and I would guess that will continue. In regards to NFC (LGA FO CRJ) I personally dont think you will see many more slots offered in the near future for that equip/base.
The company currently has 70 NFCs on the seniority list, and is expecting to have a total of 14 CRJs based in LGA. At 5 crews per plane, that equals 70 FOs and 70 CAs. There are currently 86 NCCs (LGA CRJ CA) on the seniority list, but the top 15-20 will probably be gone to AA in the next few months, so that should level off around 70 as well.
There will be a few NFCs who transfer out to ORD in the future, so you might get lucky and see NFC being offered every now and then, but I think OFC is much more likely.
Since we are on the subject of CRJs, the company plans (at the moment) to put the remaining 33 CRJs in ORD. Which would create 165 CA/FO CRJ ORD slots. We currently have 170 OCCs planned on the seniority list, but only 98 OFCs. That means there should be a lot of OFC slots offered in the near term, I would say 5-10 per class at least.
As I said previously, this is all what we as line pilots have been told. Those plans change all the itme and we are usually the last ones to know. So take this with a grain of salt!
at least I have already 10 below me... =) Networking man...
01-19-2011, 07:36 PM
#2343
SDQ Base Chief
Joined APC: Mar 2006
Position: 320 CA
Posts: 5,665
With 59 ERJ airframes based in ORD and staffing 5 crews per plane that would mean the company wants a total of 295 ORD ERJ FOs. Currently, only 274 ORD ERJ FOs on the list. The Jan 17th newhire class had 6 OFE slots, Jan 31st class will have 5 more, and a vacancy bid just came out for 17 additional OFEs. I'd expect to see a steady diet of OFE openings for newhire classes in the next few months, maybe 3-6 per class.
So you can definitely see there is some movement already for the bottom of the list, and additionally there will be movement at the top of the list with the senior ORD ERJ FOs bidding for upgrade opportunities on the ERJ and CRJ in ORD.
Good luck on the checkride!
01-23-2011, 05:40 PM
#2350
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Aug 2008
Position: forever fo
Posts: 2,413
Fingers crossed, and I have some other solid options that I can fall back on, so I am not sweating huge bullets just yet. But R.K. said that the board had to be moved to Monday, and a few other places have confirmed that. So we shall see, I really want to make a home at Eagle, I will be beyond bummed out if I do not pass final review. I am hoping I do, I was 100% honest, have nothing bad in my closet, and I saw all the forms my employer sent in, which included a letter of recommendation.
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