Some of the new schedulers are former NWA who didn't move to ATL. My experience, they were some of the best I ever worked with.

Yup. The DC9 afternoon scheduler went to Compass. She's a great gain Compass guys. She'll help you out whenever she can.

When we heard these things from NW folks we were hopeful and excited to have some experienced people join the team, unfortunately we were deeply disappointed. The lack of knowledge of how to operate within the contract may be acceptable for a short time while you learn the ropes, but after this much time, its no longer acceptable. The newhire reserves are suffering by being consistently put into precarious situations having to tell schedulers no or I can't do what your telling me to do. I don't know which ones are former NW, but I'm not impressed with any of the new schedulers work. Not operating within the bounds of the contract is unacceptable and most of us are sick of it.

Relatively new Compass Training Scheduler is ex-NWA. She is first-rate...sometimes cannot accommodate requests, but only with good reasons. One can only ask that best effort to accommodate requests be made, which is how she operates. If she is an example of ex-NWA, those personnel were quite fortunate under her tutelage; in my previous life, I dealt with some really BAD-attitude schedulers. Sam the Trainer.

If her first name begins with 'A' then we are speaking of the same person. She is very fair, & will help you out if she can.

Benefits
 

Compass folks,


How are the benefits? What are the premiums for a family plan? Do you have dental and is there orthodontic coverage?

How soon do they get you into cass? I wonder if I would be able to nonrev right away if hired being that I've already paid my $50?

Thanks
J

It was a real loss for us when she left. I think we have some of the best schedulers around.

Benefits not great not horrible. as of 1/1/09 $320.00 per month for the family. 750 deductible for the fam then 80/20

Dental yes 22 per month for the fam. dont know of orthodontic

Takes about 1 or 2 weeks for cass once you are hired.
Yes on the non rev

No offense but she is not as good as Gary. He always took request and never had a problem accomodating. He also knew the contract. She has yet to learn.

Are there confirmed classes starting in Jan, Feb and so on? I'm assuming the classes in Dec. have been filled.

Any recent newhires on here, how long before you got a call for an interview? Did you have an internal rec.?