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03-18-2019, 04:45 AM

#21

PassportPlump

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Originally Posted by kuma66

Hello folks,

I was recently hired by Zulu Whiskey. I read through the 'managing risk/thriving in new hire training' thread and still have a question for you. Let me say that I am positive on the company based on what the HR and pilots said during the interview and my own research. I am of an age and experience where I know the kind of environment that is right for me--If the whole "family atmosphere" aspect presented in the interview is accurate, then I think this is an environment where I can thrive.

This is still going on? Reminds me of the seat back cards they did a few years ago. There’s no family atmosphere at “Zulu whiskey.” Unless your idea of a family is an alcoholic father who will turn on you at any second, beating you to a pulp and a crack***** of a mother who will shove a plate of food ($hit sandwich—think contract negotiations, denied to maintain rsv coverage -PG, how much does the APU battery weigh) in front of you and tell you to eat it.

Enough about the family atmosphere. I would say that Awa really focuses more on its midwestern values 🙄

03-18-2019, 04:21 PM

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kuma66

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Originally Posted by PassportPlump

Given the profanity in the response, I'm thinking you worked for them and quit or got fired. Want to give more specific example?

03-19-2019, 06:25 AM

#23

BFMthisA10

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Originally Posted by PassportPlump

There’s no family atmosphere at “Zulu whiskey.” [...]($hit sandwich—think contract negotiations, denied to maintain rsv coverage -PG, how much does the APU battery weigh) in front of you and tell you to eat it.

Enough about the family atmosphere. I would say that Awa really focuses more on its midwestern values 🙄

Wasn't my experience at all. My stay was brief: I didn't agree with the domicile planning and some of the scheduling policies, ended up making life there untenable, so I made the big-boy choice to move on.

But while I was there, what *didn't* I worry about? Well, I didn't worry about the next CA I was going to get paired with. The worst, most cantankerous example was...manageable as an FO, and easy enough to get along with. The most enjoyable, I looked forward to when I saw their name on my schedule (btw: how was Fiji?).
I got my fair share of legs, which is important to me because I like to fly; on one ORD-MKE leg the AP was engaged for all of three minutes...so I could brief the approach.
The domicile ACP (now the CP) was responsive to texts, or to sit and shoot the breeze if he was in his office.
...And even scheduling; I got the impression they didn't like some of their **** policies that they were bound to implement any more than I did.
I couldn't stay. But the people I worked with aren't the reason I left.

...fwiw.

04-24-2019, 09:31 PM

#24

tgec

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How long is the whole training footprint these days?

04-24-2019, 09:45 PM

#25

tonsterboy5

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Anywhere from 3 to 6 months depending on your luck.. cpt and sims are backed up and they are out of seniority order. There are people from January done with training while others who still have cpt, sims and ioe left. Which is about 6 weeks of training. There are also people who started at the end of February and maybe even March in the sims and IOE. So it’s a toss up and luck of the draw.