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Old 05-18-2013, 06:46 PM
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No Airbus type required, however they are strict on the 4,000TT requirement. 2,100TT won't be enough. You can try Spirit soon as you get 3k, because they lowered their minimums from 4k to 3k total.
Spirit chief pilot said that you need 4K even though they say 3k at the job fair today.
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Old 05-18-2013, 07:24 PM
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Spirit chief pilot said that you need 4K even though they say 3k at the job fair today.
Oh. Well I know recently a few pilots that did go to Spirit with less than 4,000 total, and one without internal recs.
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Oh. Well I know recently a few pilots that did go to Spirit with less than 4,000 total, and one without internal recs.
Was he a fighter guy?
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Old 05-18-2013, 08:14 PM
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Was he a fighter guy?
No, regional. I said few, I should have said couple. 2 guys.
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Old 05-19-2013, 07:49 AM
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Was he a fighter guy?
No, regional. I said few, I should have said couple. 2 guys.

There may be a change on that in the very near future, not official , but they may be looking for 1000 TPIC. I don't know when, just a rumor I've heard in the last 48 hrs. My 2 c.
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Old 05-19-2013, 09:03 AM
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Really? What's to stop the company from putting all new hires in JFK if they wanted to?
Because our management always does the "right" thing.
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Old 05-19-2013, 10:33 AM
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Because our management always does the "right" thing.
In regards to base cap, it is fixed. As for management recent actions, I thought the reserve recurrent pay over guarantee was doing the right thing. YMMV, but I haven't been treated unfairly in any regards so far.
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Old 05-19-2013, 12:56 PM
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There may be a change on that in the very near future, not official , but they may be looking for 1000 TPIC. I don't know when, just a rumor I've heard in the last 48 hrs. My 2 c.
Yea I saw that, hope that isn't the case.
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Yea I saw that, hope that isn't the case.
From a Spirit line pilot about to upgrade, apparently NK has hired a lot of clowns recently and people are getting bad reputations in training and once on the line. That could explain why they might toughen up the requirements.
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Originally Posted by JoeyMeatballs View Post
Yea I saw that, hope that isn't the case.
From a Spirit line pilot about to upgrade, apparently NK has hired a lot of clowns recently and people are getting bad reputations in training and once on the line. That could explain why they might toughen up the requirements.
It is true, nobody wants clowns, the good thing that spirit has is that eventually they eat those ppl for snacks here. Act STUPID and it'll be short job. There is a few that already are making a name for themselves, it'll be short.

The 1000 pic, may not prevent tools from getting hire, but may just filter the steerage.
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