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03-09-2019, 07:05 PM
#213
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Jan 2019
Posts: 363
He's not wrong. Why do you think JB targets people without 121 experience? It's so much easier to manipulate and indoctrinate them. Perhaps you are a good example of that?
On that note, Vets In Blue isn't there to help Vets. It's there as a PR stunt and to recruit pilots who will blindly follow Giggity's orders.
On that note, Vets In Blue isn't there to help Vets. It's there as a PR stunt and to recruit pilots who will blindly follow Giggity's orders.
03-09-2019, 07:15 PM
#214
Covfefe
Joined APC: Jun 2015
Posts: 3,001
He's not wrong. Why do you think JB targets people without 121 experience? It's so much easier to manipulate and indoctrinate them. Perhaps you are a good example of that?
On that note, Vets In Blue isn't there to help Vets. It's there as a PR stunt and to recruit pilots who will blindly follow Giggity's orders.
On that note, Vets In Blue isn't there to help Vets. It's there as a PR stunt and to recruit pilots who will blindly follow Giggity's orders.
03-09-2019, 07:55 PM
#216
Covfefe
Joined APC: Jun 2015
Posts: 3,001
VIB is one thing I think JB does well. I have a lot of friends hired thru VIB. Some end up being company guys, some end up angry at the company, and some end up bailing for a legacy. It's probably a similar or equal distribution to every other demographic hired here in that regard. I don't think it should be viewed as anything other than an opportunity to offer vets a free job fair and an opportunity to get looked at that they otherwise wouldn't have, and an opportunity for bros to look out for their bros from their prior life. Are there selfish reasons JB does ViB? Perhaps...it makes for good press. It loads up new hires hired thru that program with blue juice before they even hit JBU, and even spreads a positive image about JB to those who went to VIB who end up not coming here. It gets people involved in volunteering to set up and run the program. Everyone is entitled to their opinion, but I for one thank hyper for his work with VIB and think its good stuff.
03-09-2019, 08:15 PM
#217
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Apr 2007
Position: Ending the Backlog one claim at a time
Posts: 486
03-10-2019, 03:33 AM
#218
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Joined APC: Dec 2016
Posts: 478
He's not wrong. Why do you think JB targets people without 121 experience? It's so much easier to manipulate and indoctrinate them. Perhaps you are a good example of that?
On that note, Vets In Blue isn't there to help Vets. It's there as a PR stunt and to recruit pilots who will blindly follow Giggity's orders.
On that note, Vets In Blue isn't there to help Vets. It's there as a PR stunt and to recruit pilots who will blindly follow Giggity's orders.
As to your disparaging VIB comments, it might be more believable if only JB hired a large number of military pilots from VIB. But at 10% hire rate, that is NOT a large number who will "blindly follow". And a fair amount of VIB attendees are already in the 121 world.
03-10-2019, 05:53 AM
#219
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Joined APC: Oct 2016
Posts: 369
He's not wrong. Why do you think JB targets people without 121 experience? It's so much easier to manipulate and indoctrinate them. Perhaps you are a good example of that?
On that note, Vets In Blue isn't there to help Vets. It's there as a PR stunt and to recruit pilots who will blindly follow Giggity's orders.
On that note, Vets In Blue isn't there to help Vets. It's there as a PR stunt and to recruit pilots who will blindly follow Giggity's orders.
You understand how difficult it is to get hired here? Do you understand how competetive it still is, and that I, and many others had to jump through crazy hoops to get that phone call? I have friends who have been applying for years who still can't get that invite.
I've had 1 captain so far in my JB career (He seemed like the type that would post here daily) say that this place is a huge craphole and to GTFO as soon as possible. Meanwhile he's making $300k/yr with half the month off and rants that 'I should have stayed at a regional and gone to Delta'. Yep, because I forgot that I can just call up Delta or United and ask them for a class date thats convienent for me.
I've had my frustrations here, but this is by far the easiest and best job I've ever had.
03-10-2019, 06:00 AM
#220
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Joined APC: Dec 2016
Posts: 478
Jesus. Either some of you are really good trolls or absolutely out of your effin minds.
You understand how difficult it is to get hired here? Do you understand how competetive it still is, and that I, and many others had to jump through crazy hoops to get that phone call? I have friends who have been applying for years who still can't get that invite.
I've had 1 captain so far in my JB career (He seemed like the type that would post here daily) say that this place is a huge craphole and to GTFO as soon as possible. Meanwhile he's making $300k/yr with half the month off and rants that 'I should have stayed at a regional and gone to Delta'. Yep, because I forgot that I can just call up Delta or United and ask them for a class date thats convienent for me.
I've had my frustrations here, but this is by far the easiest and best job I've ever had.
You understand how difficult it is to get hired here? Do you understand how competetive it still is, and that I, and many others had to jump through crazy hoops to get that phone call? I have friends who have been applying for years who still can't get that invite.
I've had 1 captain so far in my JB career (He seemed like the type that would post here daily) say that this place is a huge craphole and to GTFO as soon as possible. Meanwhile he's making $300k/yr with half the month off and rants that 'I should have stayed at a regional and gone to Delta'. Yep, because I forgot that I can just call up Delta or United and ask them for a class date thats convienent for me.
I've had my frustrations here, but this is by far the easiest and best job I've ever had.
JB is far from the Mesa of the majors, in spite of what 8 or 9 regular posters try to spout. I would think that with as unhappy as some are to "work" here, they would have moved on to a legacy by now.
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