Originally Posted by NedsKid

What 'certain type' is the flavor of the month?

When I was down in MIA @ Airbus recently, I talked to some of the new hires, including a former AStar DC-8 Captain, a former military guy who's a United furlough, an ex-corporate guy (Lear's) and a former 1900D pilot. One of the pilots was in the mid 20's, others were late 40's.

The only thing they all had in common was they all knew that they were fortunate to be picked up at Spirit (there's lots of competition for any job that could be considered a 'career' job right now, hopefully AA furloughs aren't coming) and all had someone on the inside help get their application noticed.

Not sure what 'type' we're looking for, but I know from experience what it's like to get the 'thin letter' as a well qualified applicant while watching others without your quality of resume get picked up. Unfortunately, pilots don't hire pilots these days, so we all watch HR pass on some great applicants.

Hopefully you find something even better, 'needtofly'. If not, give us another chance - maybe in 6 months we won't make the same mistake.