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08-29-2014, 10:47 PM
#2732
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30-40% failure rate?!?????!!! You do realize that's like 20x the failure rate at any decent regional. Right?
And that's even with a "very, very, forgiving" training department.
Green on barely 1,000hr 121 Captains. What could possibly go wrong?
Funny post 121. You have me ELOHEL'ing.
And that's even with a "very, very, forgiving" training department.
Green on barely 1,000hr 121 Captains. What could possibly go wrong?
Funny post 121. You have me ELOHEL'ing.
08-29-2014, 10:49 PM
#2733
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Position: 175 Left
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Quote:
Originally Posted by prior121
All jokes aside.
Just got a friend hired here..so here's the scoop..
Yes still doing phone interviews....
Gotta know someone on the inside or have a very good resume to get the call with no recommendation. (4 year degree from aviation school, plus ATP mins or ATP-R mins, no more than 2 busts, etc)
Lots of guys getting canned (or
given option to resign) during training, IOE or during first 6 months online. About 60-70% of guys are making it thru ground, system, and IOE.
So as guys have said before your interview is about 12 months, starting the first day of ground continuing all the way to the last day of being a probationary pilot.
Alvin Isaacs and Chuck Campbell are good good guys. Not the airline or chief pilots that were here four years ago.
The training department claims a 90% pass rate, so I am wondering how the 60-70% thing comes into play?
Edit:
Did a little research project. Out of strings of consecutive employee numbers on the seniority list, only 15 missing numbers out of 150 pilots hired up to 6/5/14 since the beginning of the year. That comes out to around 90% of pilots hired are still here. While that is no doubt an imperfect way to calculate it (they seem to skip groups of numbers at the change of the month for some reason), it certainly points more towards a 90% retention than 60-70% in the last 6 months.
Originally Posted by prior121
All jokes aside.
Just got a friend hired here..so here's the scoop..
Yes still doing phone interviews....
Gotta know someone on the inside or have a very good resume to get the call with no recommendation. (4 year degree from aviation school, plus ATP mins or ATP-R mins, no more than 2 busts, etc)
Lots of guys getting canned (or
given option to resign) during training, IOE or during first 6 months online. About 60-70% of guys are making it thru ground, system, and IOE.
So as guys have said before your interview is about 12 months, starting the first day of ground continuing all the way to the last day of being a probationary pilot.
Alvin Isaacs and Chuck Campbell are good good guys. Not the airline or chief pilots that were here four years ago.
The training department claims a 90% pass rate, so I am wondering how the 60-70% thing comes into play?
Edit:
Did a little research project. Out of strings of consecutive employee numbers on the seniority list, only 15 missing numbers out of 150 pilots hired up to 6/5/14 since the beginning of the year. That comes out to around 90% of pilots hired are still here. While that is no doubt an imperfect way to calculate it (they seem to skip groups of numbers at the change of the month for some reason), it certainly points more towards a 90% retention than 60-70% in the last 6 months.
08-29-2014, 11:34 PM
#2735
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Joined APC: Sep 2006
Position: ERJ CA
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The training department claims a 90% pass rate, so I am wondering how the 60-70% thing comes into play?
Edit:
Did a little research project. Out of strings of consecutive employee numbers on the seniority list, only 15 missing numbers out of 150 pilots hired up to 6/5/14 since the beginning of the year. That comes out to around 90% of pilots hired are still here. While that is no doubt an imperfect way to calculate it (they seem to skip groups of numbers at the change of the month for some reason), it certainly points more towards a 90% retention than 60-70% in the last 6 months.
Edit:
Did a little research project. Out of strings of consecutive employee numbers on the seniority list, only 15 missing numbers out of 150 pilots hired up to 6/5/14 since the beginning of the year. That comes out to around 90% of pilots hired are still here. While that is no doubt an imperfect way to calculate it (they seem to skip groups of numbers at the change of the month for some reason), it certainly points more towards a 90% retention than 60-70% in the last 6 months.
Right now, a CRJ class of 18 starts every two weeks, and a 175 class of 10 starts once a month. So either the company thinks the pilot pool is gonna dry up completely, or more airplanes are coming.
08-30-2014, 05:29 AM
#2736
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Posts: 1,666
Email from HQ yesterday also said 146 pilots have completed training since Jan 1 which seems to jive too.
08-30-2014, 06:03 AM
#2739
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Position: Bob's Big Boy Front Office Staffer
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