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08-22-2017, 01:56 PM
#3992
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Joined APC: Jan 2007
Position: B717 CA
Posts: 447
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08-22-2017, 05:52 PM
#3993
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Joined APC: May 2009
Position: Square root of the variance and average of the variation
Posts: 1,602
I interviewed in February. I was told I needed to go to a regional at the end of April. Should have come up before the "you passed phase two " letter. I was told that the pilot hiring committee was deadlocked. Would I do it again? I would have taken the corporate job I turned down in expectation of a class. And saved about 70K that I lost by going to a regional. Water under the bridge now. Not the worst year of my life but in the top three.
08-22-2017, 06:11 PM
#3994
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Joined APC: Mar 2008
Position: B6
Posts: 1,047
I'll corroborate that story. Was told the same thing 4 yrs ago. GIV instructor at FSI. 125 in last 12 months (over the North Atlantic). International Procedures Instructor. CRM/Human Factors program manager. NTSB trained investigator. Zero failures in nearly 3 decades of flying. Published author. Event speaker. 9000 plus hrs at the time.Fortune 20 flight department consultant. Former 121 CA. I've told this story ad nauseum here. Yes, that's how they roll at JB. Astronaut? Do you have 300 hrs in last year? No? Can you go to a regional for a year then? Yep, six figures right to $400 a week as a first year FO on an aircraft I already had a PIC type and 3500 hrs in.
I asked.... is integrity a core value? But you want me to train on a regional's dime for 200 hours. Answer- do you want a class date or not? Uh, since I resigned my job when I passed phase II only to be told go to a regional I guess I'll suppress my morals since my family is accustomed to living indoors.
Watched 7 military guys in my interview group of 8 get the TBNT because of recency. 2 were at AA six months later.
I asked.... is integrity a core value? But you want me to train on a regional's dime for 200 hours. Answer- do you want a class date or not? Uh, since I resigned my job when I passed phase II only to be told go to a regional I guess I'll suppress my morals since my family is accustomed to living indoors.
Watched 7 military guys in my interview group of 8 get the TBNT because of recency. 2 were at AA six months later.
08-22-2017, 06:52 PM
#3995
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Joined APC: Mar 2011
Position: A320 CA
Posts: 199
I had two military friends that both attended Vets in Blue on two separate occasions within the past year and a half. . .both highly qualified recent retirees. One had a desk job in the past 12 months. He received an interview, was told that he would be hired after going and getting 200 hours somewhere else. . He subsequently went to Frontier, tried to get ahold of the person at JB who told him this after he was flying the line for Frontier. . .never heard back and is now at UAL. The other friend went to VIB, never received a call for an interview and is now at SWA. I will not take the time to write letters of rec or recommend friends attend VIB. In my experience helping transitioning military friends, it has not been positive.
08-22-2017, 07:36 PM
#3996
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Joined APC: May 2013
Posts: 2,594
I had two military friends that both attended Vets in Blue on two separate occasions within the past year and a half. . .both highly qualified recent retirees. One had a desk job in the past 12 months. He received an interview, was told that he would be hired after going and getting 200 hours somewhere else. . He subsequently went to Frontier, tried to get ahold of the person at JB who told him this after he was flying the line for Frontier. . .never heard back and is now at UAL. The other friend went to VIB, never received a call for an interview and is now at SWA. I will not take the time to write letters of rec or recommend friends attend VIB. In my experience helping transitioning military friends, it has not been positive.
08-22-2017, 08:00 PM
#3997
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Joined APC: Oct 2012
Position: 190 captain and “Pro-pilot”
Posts: 2,928
08-22-2017, 08:38 PM
#3999
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Joined APC: Oct 2012
Position: 190 captain and “Pro-pilot”
Posts: 2,928
08-23-2017, 08:03 AM
#4000
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Joined APC: Nov 2006
Position: Out
Posts: 448
While I appreciate the BPF and contribute to it myself the truth of the matters is that if we had the protections like the real Majors do, we wouldn't need to BPF.
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