Virgin America hiring pilots again, 2013
01-23-2013, 11:05 AM
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And JFK is super senior, there's no way you'd get it as a newhire. You can expect either LAX or SFO right off the bat.
01-23-2013, 11:13 AM
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Just remember, as some of our most esteemed resident free-market capitalists on this forum have pointed out: despite the chest-beating and grand-standing of the most ardent union supporters, the greatest predictor of a highly compensated employee group is a highly profitable employer. If I was anywhere on the VX seniority list I would have grave concerns about the competence of my management group and longevity of my employment. If they cannot figure out how to make more money than they spend, you will never be a well-compensated pilot group. All your hard work and enthusiasm and customer service will be for nothing. All you will get is just enough pay and propaganda to inspire maximum productivity until the well runs dry, and then: lights out.
In the end we all make decisions based on what we feel is important: Some are gamblers, some are enticed by the excitement of something shiny and new, some like the idea of doing something “different” that everyone else out there just doesn’t get. Then again, some look at the numbers and say to themselves “this just doesn’t add up”. Remember Greenspan’s “irrational exuberance” comment?
In the meantime, you should not be surprised by the less than enthusiastic support of your other airline colleagues whose financial well-being your very existence is holding back by flooding the market with underpriced product (and I’m not talking about wages here, I’m talking about selling tickets at a cost less than that required to provide the lift). This hurts the bottom line of ALL airlines, not just your own.
In the end, I guess I’ll try to stay positive and just say: I truly hope that everyone who wants to work for Virgin America gets their wish.
01-23-2013, 04:33 PM
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Curious concerning something about VA...I have flown 121 but not for a bit, about two years ago I put the app into VA and have kept updating it...nothing happened.
I put an update in during December of 2012 (the main update was a renewal of my Examiner status on the 737 NG to include "All 737 types) and heard nothing.
Then today I get an email directing me to a link which was a "entertaining" multipart thing of simple (but you had to think of them) word problems in logic, some personality questions, some situation questions and then after that another email directing me to another VA page which wanted some specifics on my flying stuff and to reaffirm I was interested in a flight deck position there.
Is this just normal when they cull the apps or what?
thanks in advance for the answer..
I put an update in during December of 2012 (the main update was a renewal of my Examiner status on the 737 NG to include "All 737 types) and heard nothing.
Then today I get an email directing me to a link which was a "entertaining" multipart thing of simple (but you had to think of them) word problems in logic, some personality questions, some situation questions and then after that another email directing me to another VA page which wanted some specifics on my flying stuff and to reaffirm I was interested in a flight deck position there.
Is this just normal when they cull the apps or what?
thanks in advance for the answer..
01-23-2013, 06:05 PM
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Curious concerning something about VA...I have flown 121 but not for a bit, about two years ago I put the app into VA and have kept updating it...nothing happened.
I put an update in during December of 2012 (the main update was a renewal of my Examiner status on the 737 NG to include "All 737 types) and heard nothing.
Then today I get an email directing me to a link which was a "entertaining" multipart thing of simple (but you had to think of them) word problems in logic, some personality questions, some situation questions and then after that another email directing me to another VA page which wanted some specifics on my flying stuff and to reaffirm I was interested in a flight deck position there.
Is this just normal when they cull the apps or what?
thanks in advance for the answer..
I put an update in during December of 2012 (the main update was a renewal of my Examiner status on the 737 NG to include "All 737 types) and heard nothing.
Then today I get an email directing me to a link which was a "entertaining" multipart thing of simple (but you had to think of them) word problems in logic, some personality questions, some situation questions and then after that another email directing me to another VA page which wanted some specifics on my flying stuff and to reaffirm I was interested in a flight deck position there.
Is this just normal when they cull the apps or what?
thanks in advance for the answer..
01-23-2013, 06:12 PM
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Curious concerning something about VA...I have flown 121 but not for a bit, about two years ago I put the app into VA and have kept updating it...nothing happened.
I put an update in during December of 2012 (the main update was a renewal of my Examiner status on the 737 NG to include "All 737 types) and heard nothing.
Then today I get an email directing me to a link which was a "entertaining" multipart thing of simple (but you had to think of them) word problems in logic, some personality questions, some situation questions and then after that another email directing me to another VA page which wanted some specifics on my flying stuff and to reaffirm I was interested in a flight deck position there.
Is this just normal when they cull the apps or what?
thanks in advance for the answer..
I put an update in during December of 2012 (the main update was a renewal of my Examiner status on the 737 NG to include "All 737 types) and heard nothing.
Then today I get an email directing me to a link which was a "entertaining" multipart thing of simple (but you had to think of them) word problems in logic, some personality questions, some situation questions and then after that another email directing me to another VA page which wanted some specifics on my flying stuff and to reaffirm I was interested in a flight deck position there.
Is this just normal when they cull the apps or what?
thanks in advance for the answer..
01-23-2013, 07:53 PM
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01-23-2013, 07:55 PM
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01-23-2013, 07:57 PM
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thats the magic email you want, means your going to be called for an interview. just don't dick up the answers on that questionnaire or bad mouth you last job
01-23-2013, 08:23 PM
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