Originally Posted by
NoCoairbus
I was told by a guy who used to do interviews that management would say no to guys who they thought would leave for other airlines. "He's got Delta written all over him." Kind of thing.
Basically they aren't interested in hiring pilots who would want more money then we are willing to pay.
Every other airline hiring is wiling to pay you 40-50% more money then we are. There is no reason to accept anything less then what United would pay you. Do not "just be happy working for Frontier." You deserve more then what we are offering. Period!
Our latest update showed our D0 was 54% and our A14 was in the 60s. The operation is a mess, the pilots and fa's are ****ed and our pay is horrible.
These are facts, not opinions. This place is going to suck for a while. The majority of our flights into Denve after 6pm are waiting over 30 minutes for a gate due to lack of rampers. I personally waited 50 minutes Tuesday night.
It's true F9 won't hire you if they have even the slightest doubt you'll leave for another airline. Those who didn't get selected this week shouldn't stress, you'll get other/better opportunities in this hiring environment.
Right now we have about 1,000 pilots, you'll probably need to reach about sixty percent seniority to upgrade. Best case scenario for those hired today will be an upgrade 3-4 years from now, most likely longer. Before recently speaking with management and the union I was 99% sure a strike or the threat of an imminent strike would be necessary for any movement in negotiations. Now I'm 100% sure that's the case. Maybe we'll get lucky and the NMB will release us in a reasonable amount of time, but I wouldn't count on it. Any potential new hires should prepare to fly under the current contract for the foreseeable future, one where a 321 pilot operating an aircraft with 230 seats is making less than a new hire RJ driver.