Originally Posted by
CE750
On the airline profile here on APC it says Evergreen is hiring, is this the helo and ROV jobs? or is this into the 747s?
It's for the 747's. The helo and ROV jobs are a separate company, Evergreen Helicopters.
While I won't post specifics, I can confirm that Evergreen Airlines management is telling the pilot group within the last 5 days that we are looking to grow the crew force, add aircraft, and possibly add a new base. Information coming from non-pilot sources in the training department confirms that they have been told to formulate plans to train more crews (plans can go awry).
Originally Posted by
jrutt
they are hiring for the christmas furlough
True. Evergreen has historically furloughed (60% of the time) after UPS peak the last decade. They last did it in 2008 - hired about 25 pilots that year from Jan-July 2008, furloughed all of them Dec. 31 2008. Some were back as early as Feb. 2009, last guy back in Oct. 2009.
None of us know if this will happen again. UPS has furloughed themselves, so it is an open question whether Evergreen will even fly UPS 2010 peak (IPA protection of their furloughs should kick in, hopefully). If we get additional aircraft, I'd doubt a furlough occurs. If we don't, it could happen (buyer beware). So far, lots of talk of 400's coming over the last couple years from management, and in the last couple months. Only 1 on property as of this writing.
There are other threads discussing what it's like to fly for Evergreen. Check them out if you're interested.