JetDoc

Agreed.....

phalanxo

I mean, we're not Mesa. If somebody shows up unprepared they aren't going to get hired, but if you meet the mins and get offered an interview it is yours to lose. As long as applicants do well on the test and interview well they won't have any problems getting hired, but it's not "can you fog a mirror" yet to my knowledge. There are enough applicants they can still be selective and fill classes decently far out, and I think that will continue considering what is going on with Republic right now...anybody there who was on the fence before is probably headed over now. Our upgrade time is about to drop drastically again and I wouldn't be surprised to see it go to the street or close, there just aren't enough guys here with the upgrade mins to sustain 24 CA/mo for long without bypasses (especially when you can only count 40/mo). I think most jr CA was a June or July hire. A relatively quick upgrade with or without 121 time, good pay, and movement with decent bases/QOL is fairly attractive to most applicants...

magneto

I would assume that if applicants really want the job they would show up prepared. Glad to hear they are not like Mesa, (and I'm a former Mesa guy!)
I guess my question is more along the lines are they getting mostly applicants that are just around the mins or are there a bunch coming from other regionals with higher times and maybe PIC time.

morerightrudder

It's a wide range. 1501 hour CFI, Part 135, aerial survey/mapping, refugees from other regionals, military getting current, ex-121 returning to the industry, corporate. Compass really does get all types.

Da40Pilot

Compass is going through a major shift when it comes the quality of its pilots. Remember this fact throughout this post.

Before the hiring wave started (due to flows, the new AA birds, the shortage etc...) the hiring minimums were ridiculous - you're talking 5k-7k hours with previous 121 experience, masters degree etc... This caused the overall pilot group to be very experienced from the get go. These are the legacy Compass pilots, most of them having had been part of the flow, some of them stayed behind and are still here but very few are left.

Then you have the Compass pilots who rushed in when news of AA and the flows made their rounds promising the quick upgrade and were hired late 2013 to late 2014 - and made the lateral move from ExpressJet, Great Lakes etc....these were peepz with a few years of experience, who had been on reserve forever but had the 100-500 min multi time Compass required at the time. These guys went through the 3 stage interview process with the cog test, the psych and the delta 50 question quiz.

As of summer of 2015, when those pools dried up, Compass now lowered the mins to 25 hours of multi and removed the Delta style interview and just kept a 50 question ATP style test along with the panel interview. Most new hires today are CFIs.

You can see where the trend is going....

Point is.....Compass today is hiring pilots they would NEVER have hired a few years ago when they could still be extremely picky and selective.

That's just the way the cookie crumbles, nobody can afford to be picky anymore, and that will affect the overall quality of the pilot group a few years from now when the Top 2 tiers leave for greener pastures...

Hope that puts thing into perspective as it relates to your question.

Tailfloatski

I concur. In my new hire class plus the adjacent classes that I interacted with there were representatives of literally every category above.

newhire1234

It looks like they added the lay over credit into our advance checks for March.

Maingear

Anyone heard back about LCA interviews? I know some people got TBNT right when it closed, but didn't know if anyone has heard good news.

Ar Pilot

TBNT is automatic if you don't meet the mins. Your app is still reviewed by a human even after you get the TBNT though.

cal555

So, what does APC mean when they say Compass is getting 8 planes? Its listed on the quick-take on Compass's profile. Just curious if anyone knows the latest rumor. Miami base? United flying? More Alaska? RAH flying?