djrogs03

I think it already is...with holidays they are trying to get everything they can out of us...we've seen a 10% increase in flying starting this month...I don't know about other FO's but I've seen my turn times this month go from around an hour to 30-40 minutes

I'm not sure on the #'s but our new spurt if you will....probably started somewhere in late August early Sept...the union rep that i talked to said anything over 9 900 FO's per award means we are hiring for something none of us know is coming...

V1 Cut and Run

Hi All. New to forum, interviewing with Mesaba on 30 Oct. Lots of great info here, so thanks to all for posting. Anyone else interviewing this date?

TheSultanofScud

Anyone know if the hiring is slowing/stopping? I've seen so much of the conversation about upcoming hiring and interviewing drop off, and I'm still waiting for the call or the rejection. I applied and updated on September 29th & 30th, respectively.

I know there were a lot of other guys and gals in my boat...anyone from the mid to late Sept still hanging on?

V1 Cut and Run

Sultan,

Obviously those already on the "inside" would better know, but I can at least ask the question about future hiring while I'm there Thursday. I'll post what I hear.

TheSultanofScud

You're the man, V1.

LIOG41

I haven't started class yet but I was offered a class date/job and know that hiring is supposed to continue until early next year...

I personally haven't heard any talk of it slowing or stopping.

erjpilot7

I agree with you about 5-on, 2-off. It sucks. I just finished a year of sitting reserve at my last company and predominantly saw 4-on, 3-off and 5-on, 2-off schedules. If I got offered a job at Mesaba, in MSP or MEM, 5-on, 2-off would be bad. In DTW however, it would be no problem. I commute from CLE. The western suburbs specifically. If DTW was just a little bit closer, I could set reserve at home!
Primarily, I just wanted to make sure that days off were mostly grouped together instead of being pitched in between pairings, making a move to base necessary. Thanks for the info.

rorwizard

I can't speak for anyone else... so I don't know how much other people are sitting around. Yes, I am on the 200.

Nobody really knows why we are hiring right now. The airplanes we have on property are staffed adequately. You will see a hundred different theories on this thread and board as to why we are, but no one, except management knows whats going on for sure. Most everyone expects that we will find out once the merger is finalized.

OK, I take it back, you can get off of reserve on the 900 quickly if you're willing to go to the base with the most junior crews.

Also we continue to hire for the 900 and the SF3. There was a 200 class in the Middle of May and then there was no other class until the beginning of September (With new hires). Between these two there were a lot of (more) senior FO's that moved from the saab to the 900 so that somewhat worked to your disadvantage. The class that started at the beginning of September just finished sims and is about to hit OE. As soon as they are done you can expect SF3 and 900 New hires every subsequent two weeks, except for the one class where 10 new hire 200 FO's were thrown in. This is simply because we've had a new hire SF3 and 900 class every two weeks since the beginning of September except for the September 25th class that had the 200 vacancy.

So in summary from the vacancies between beginning of September to now you can expect 44 -900 New Hires and 51 SF3 New Hires to come on line and only 10 200 new hires to come on line... hence making the 900 and SF3 possibility to get off Reserve much quicker. However, you are correct in saying that if you want to hold a particular base it may be an extended stay on Reserve as well.

Also look for another vacancy by the end of this week.

rorwizard

I will say that scheduling has been surprisingly responsive to requests to move reserve days around. I have been able to get days off that I wanted by moving reserve days around on several occasions, so I imagine they would be willing to move reserve days around so they're grouped for you as well.

proprat

For those of you on the 200... How are the lines? How long are people sitting on reserve these days? How much flying are newbies getting while on reserve?

Thanks!