SEA base? Will it happen?

 

Thanks for the info Jarretk, good point about the training structure. What is in their training so different from other regionals? Is it the self study piece? Sim?
So, they may need to change the training a little to account for possible increase in non 121/135 applicants (?) unless they continue to fill the majority of the new seats with junior regional FOs from other carriers.

 

There is a lot of things they expect you to know before even arriving on property, small things like bidding a schedule and flica were not mentioned or explained so I'm having to learn that on my own. You have to know a lot when you return from at home study because they will not hold your hand and walk you through indoc or systems because you have 30 days to learn it (14 now I guess). Systems was 5 days, 4 hours a day then an oral 2 days later so if you don't know systems when you return you will struggle. I don't know how long other airlines training is but I left Dallas on a saturday and was driving back after LOE exactly 6 weeks later, some airline have like 2 weeks of sims and we had 6 sessions before a maneuvers validation. We do have a week in touch screen procedure trainers but thats all it is, your not flying or moving any controls. From my experience Compass actually gives a sh!t that your there and wants you to succeed, they aren't going to boot you for one screw up like some places.

 

Yes. Please. Put me on a leash. I'm out of control. Thank you for the intervention.

We could keep this on topic if the SKW guys would stop coming over thumping their chests.

Bottom line is that Compass is the place to be right now. If any SKW guy, Facebiter, air101, etc, want to apply I can see about putting in a good word for you This bromance is ready for the next level.

 

Last company conf call they said we'd be out of the LGA market by October. That's only for the Delta side of things obviously.

 

This only makes sense. The majority of the route growth is now happening in SEA. It's Delta's focus city so I would bet a lot that SEA will become a new base.

 

Lots of them!!!

 

Hey since you're givin out recommendations would you like to give me one? I've actually been trying to get over there for the past year or so... I don't have a bachelors though... Did 4 years of tech college which may be why they haven't called...

 

There's been some changes recently in the hiring dept so I'm not sure what they're looking for specifically. However, in the past they've been very strict on their requirement of a bachelors degree. That may be why you're not getting called? With that said, things are changing quickly so keep updating your resume/app and don't give up! Hiring will really be picking up.

 

Ohhh, four corners....

LAX, SEA, LGA and......MIA!

Move MSP to STL and consolidate everything under HQ at TSH. Make a small base in STL so that they won't have to pay for hotels for new hires, or sim instructors and every crew in the system would be exactly a 2.5 hr flight away!