Latest Upgrade time
#1
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Latest Upgrade time
With the hiring and movement, what's the latest up-to-date upgrade time at Air Wisc.?
Thanks.
Thanks.
#3
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The last upgrade was a 2011 hire.
However, they are projecting an 18-24 month upgrade time for new hires. So pretty much as soon as you hit 1000SIC.
This was an email sent to us:
However, they are projecting an 18-24 month upgrade time for new hires. So pretty much as soon as you hit 1000SIC.
This was an email sent to us:
Hiring / Upgrades
We plan to hire between 250 and 300 pilots this year, with just as many planned for next year. With this rapid workforce expansion, we expect to accelerate upgrade times to 18-24 months. I know many of you are thinking, “How is this possible, I’m a 5 year FO”. We have ran many different models that show the number of years to upgrade dramatically decreasing. This is due to the amount of pilots we are looking to hire and the large gap between 1-2 year FOs and 4-5 year FOs.
We know the big question is, when are we going to start upgrading again? It all hinges on meeting our hiring goals. As soon as we rebuild the FO staffing, we will start to run upgrade classes immediately. You can help accelerate this by referring pilots to Air Wisconsin. If they are selected you will receive a bonus of $4,000 in referral money in accordance with our referral policy. If you know of a pilot who would like to join the Air Wisconsin team, please refer them by completing the form found HERE.
The good news is, the number of candidates interested in Air Wisconsin continues to steadily rise. Our recruiters are very busy as we are running 2 to 3 interview sessions each week. The size of these interviews vary, but are usually between 5 and 12 candidates per session.
When discussing the sign on / retention bonus, a new FO will earn $15,000 once they complete IOE and another $10,000 after their first year of service for a total of $25,000. After that, new hires will continue to get $2,000 a quarter beginning in month 24 and through month 36 of employment or until they upgrade which makes the bonus up to $33,000. With the bonus and increased First officer pay a new hire can expect to earn between $201,000 - $242,000 in total compensation and benefits during the first three years of service. For this breakdown please reference and share the following document by clicking HERE.
We plan to hire between 250 and 300 pilots this year, with just as many planned for next year. With this rapid workforce expansion, we expect to accelerate upgrade times to 18-24 months. I know many of you are thinking, “How is this possible, I’m a 5 year FO”. We have ran many different models that show the number of years to upgrade dramatically decreasing. This is due to the amount of pilots we are looking to hire and the large gap between 1-2 year FOs and 4-5 year FOs.
We know the big question is, when are we going to start upgrading again? It all hinges on meeting our hiring goals. As soon as we rebuild the FO staffing, we will start to run upgrade classes immediately. You can help accelerate this by referring pilots to Air Wisconsin. If they are selected you will receive a bonus of $4,000 in referral money in accordance with our referral policy. If you know of a pilot who would like to join the Air Wisconsin team, please refer them by completing the form found HERE.
The good news is, the number of candidates interested in Air Wisconsin continues to steadily rise. Our recruiters are very busy as we are running 2 to 3 interview sessions each week. The size of these interviews vary, but are usually between 5 and 12 candidates per session.
When discussing the sign on / retention bonus, a new FO will earn $15,000 once they complete IOE and another $10,000 after their first year of service for a total of $25,000. After that, new hires will continue to get $2,000 a quarter beginning in month 24 and through month 36 of employment or until they upgrade which makes the bonus up to $33,000. With the bonus and increased First officer pay a new hire can expect to earn between $201,000 - $242,000 in total compensation and benefits during the first three years of service. For this breakdown please reference and share the following document by clicking HERE.
Last edited by Fleron270; 05-04-2017 at 05:49 AM.
#4
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I suspect it's going to be slow going for awhile, then improve once the United flying kicks in.
#5
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I'd be salty too if I had to spend my day vacuuming planes.
#6
Where are these mythical new hires? And where are they going to get sim training? We're still rerouting and junior manning FO's every week.
#8
Whos salty. Just saying whats obvious to everyone not drinking the kool aide. Never once vacuumed a plane, we have people for that.
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Retention Pay
1. Retention Amount
The following are the minimum retention amounts, which may be increased at the discretion of the Company, provided that sum of the First Officer retention and his hourly rate annualized must not exceed the sum of the Captain retention and the Captain hourly rate annualized at his longevity level:
a. Captains
Pilots who are being paid in accordance with the Captain pay scale on the date of payment will receive the following minimum retention payments, provided he meets the conditions of paragraph C.2., below:
May 15, 2017 $2,000
Oct 15, 2017 $4,000
b. First Officers
Pilots who are being paid in accordance with the First Officer pay scale on the date of payment will receive the following minimum retention payments, provided he meets the conditions of paragraph C.2., below:
May 15, 2017 $3,000
Oct 15, 2017 $5,000
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Those numbers stated above are minimum amounts. The company recently said that the FO retention is going to go up to 10k per each payment date, totaling 20,000 dollars.
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