Thanks Peak, I will definitely put in the work through training to be successful.

I suppose that although my background isn't in 121, they probably felt comfortable with the background I do have both in aviation and academically. And I also passed the tests and job interview.

It seems to me that the folks at Compass take pride in hiring folks with vastly different backgrounds and focus on attitude and company fit above all.

 

What is the junior base? How long to hold a line in DTW or MSP?

 

LAX

literally go back one page for line info.

 

Where are the LAX guys flying to frequently and where are you typically spending overnights?

 

SFO, SEA, SLC, over and over and over again. Mostly 1 and 2 day trips with more and more 3 and 4 day trips popping up as the flying picks up. Overnights in Seattle and San Francisco. There will be more expansion out of LAX in the summer and beyond. San Diego, Portland and I think Kalispel coming up. Maybe more.

 

That sounds great to me.

 

DeltaNet is showing LAX-AUSx2 starting June as well. Once a day LAX-SAN and LAX-SMF are so,so there's I saw as well.

 

There is a fairly large uptick in block hours for our LAX Base, beginning in June. This is going to come at the cost of the MSP Base. MSP will shrink to fund the LAX Base. The Company has said recently that there are no CURRENT plans for another western base though.

 

Good stuff. Any word on how far hiring will continue into the summer? And what kind of times are competitive? I picked up on the 121 bit...

 

My sim partner had 1,503 and some prior 121 time. I think I had around 4,600-ish and no 121 but a ton of PIC from 5-years of 135 freight. I think there were only 2 guys in my class of 9 who had any prior jet experience.

So, times are all over the place. There were a couple of CFIs in the classes around me, ex-military guys, ex-121 guys, ex-135 guys, you name it.

Attitude and aptitude seem to count for a lot. Every new hire I've met has been pretty low drama and just good folks.

The tests are obviously very important. You want to pass them. :-)

A friend of mine just got called for an interview next month, so hiring is still happening. It sounds like it'll be a carbon copy of last year: Expect things to ramp up over the summer with a couple classes a month starting in the fall. That's just my guess, btw.

There are another 120-ish flows expected to happen, plus guys leaving for other gigs as well, and we gotta fill behind them so....