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Old 05-07-2007, 08:19 AM
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Ftrooppilot
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I'm Curious.

This ia a REGIONAL discussion group wherein Compass is "touted" as a new NWA regional . Reading the threads on most regional interviews reveals that applications, interviews, hiring notification, and report for training dates are compressed into days and weeks and rarely more than two months. LTPs (said with respect) are finding positions .

Now lets look at some differences at Compass:

Address in VA, interviewing in MSP (at Mesaba training Center)
Interviewing with NWA HR
Interviewing high time pilots (4000 - 8000 hrs) only
Candidates pay hotel and "other then airline" transport / expenses
Screening on 727 sim (steam gages ?)
Alpa negotiation ongoing to make Mesaba + Compass one "pilot group"
Actual "begin operations" have been shifting for months.

All this for a 76 seat EMB-175. Mesaba will be flying a 76 seat CRJ-900.

Has any pilot been hired (notified in writing) or is everyone in a "pool ?"

Will the ERJs be assigned to NWA not Compass? Will these high time applicants be offered employment at NWA under a different pay scale? Will the requirement for a ALPA one pilot Mesaba/Compass pilot group disappear ?

Lots of food for thought !

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