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ATIS
From the recent interview it looks like Flexjet has enough applicants and only those with an internal recommendation are looked at.
No need to waist your time applying according to the CEO.
A Chat with Flexjet?s Chairman and Chief Executive ? Robb Report
It has been reported that the aviation industry is suffering from a pilot shortage. How is that impacting Flexjet?
KR: There is a pilot shortage if you’re a commuter airline and you’re trying to find somebody who can sit in the right seat of your aircraft and build time. We’re not experiencing that at all. In fact, we’re seeing the opposite. When we expanded and we knew we were getting more planes, we had an opening for 65 pilots. To make sure that we were getting the kind of pilots that we wanted, we asked our existing 700 pilots to recommend someone. [A prospective applicant] couldn’t apply on our website without a recommendation from one of our existing pilots. In two weeks, 1,000 people got onto that website for 65 positions, and we didn’t even open it to the public. It was referral only.
I read that too! I’m not sure why they went to the job fairs. It seems a little mean to go to job fairs when they never had any intention of hiring except through internal recommendations.