Originally Posted by
randomroute
Who was responsible for confirming?
Did they [119x2] know?
Did they [COO][119x2] know and hope no one would find out?
Did examiner care to validate?
Did check airmen care to validate?
Did [COO][119x2] intentionally keep recruitment/training/AZ FSDO (FAA)(([POI])) out of loop?
Why?
Does [IAG] have enough pilots to maintain contracts?
Increased recent pilot attrition.
Is Swift what [IAG] thought it was?
[COO] on contract damage control?
[IAG] why are [CEO][COO] in Europe? Why no IWA/MIA/ENV/AEX visit?
Value of contracts? or Value of NG's?
Why send [CEO] ahead of [COO] visit?
Value of contracts? or Value of NG's?
Growth without enough pilots=no growth.
R
Check airmen it’s not our job to verify their eligibility per the FAA, that’s what management is for. We are sent pilots to be line trained who show up to have their ATP with 737 type, medical, fcc etc with instructions from scheduling and training to provide line training saying they’re good to go. Outside of that we just fly and fill out paperwork.
The selection process is not done by us but by management and the contract company. I have no idea how the feds view foreign airline PIC time. They requested info from the contract captains to verify their information I guess by the POI.
We have about 30 pilots in the training pipeline about half are in Europe awaiting OE or some stage of OE.
Increased attrition? We’re about the same rate. Losing guys to JetBlue, Spirit and other bigger opportunities. 171 pilots with 10 more who started on Monday.
August class being built if all candidates successful estimate about 15-20 for August to have us about 200 or close to by fall after Europe is over.
Ceo was in Europe signing deal with our partner in PRG for 3 more years. He took opportunity to talk to us. The only bases that are easy to visit are MIA since we actually have facilities. Everything else we don’t really have bases so to speak. We have always been a very remote based airline with online meetings and conference calls, nature of the beast.
What damage control? Every day is the same day fly fly fly fly. Adapt and overcome. They always find a way whether it’s the hard road or easy solution.