Fortune #1 Company Hiring Pilots - 10/7/08
 

Ok guys, it's on the public website. So call your friends who may be furloughed or otherwise out of work and willing to consider a move to Arkansas.

1. Go to: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. - Search For Available Positions
2. Click the green "Search for a position" button
3. Click DETAILED SEARCH and enter the job ID number below.

Job ID: 26968
Title: Learjet Pilot
Location: Rogers AR
Relocation Available: Yes
Date Posted: 10/7/08

Requirements:
1. Second Class Medical
2. FAA Commercial AMEL with Instrument Rating
3. Relocation to within 1 hour drive of Rogers, Arkansas
4. Ability to achieve Learjet 30 series type-rating

Recruiting video available here:
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. - Aviation & Travel

Thanks for the info! FWIW, I have heard people say negative things about both pay and QOL flying for Wal-Mart. It's all hearsay and I have no solid evidence. I'm just repeating something I have previously read on other forums.

Skyward80

I hate to regurgitate unfounded info, but do they make their pilots share rooms on the road like the execs do? I know its part of their corporate culture but certainley they give the pilots a break since they are on the road so much. Otherwise seems like a very stable place to work and I've heard Arkansas is beautiful.

I've had many friends who flew for WallyWorld and no, they do not share rooms. Pay is good, QOL is good, bennies are good, cost of living is low in Bentonville. I've never heard a single one of the 14 or 15 Wal-Mart pilots I have known over the years complain. You just have to be willing to live in the top left corner of Arkansas. Of course, being able to buy a 2500 sq.ft. house with 4 or 5 bedrooms and 3 baths may ease the pain if you're coming from a Metro area....

I knew several Walmart pilots and all of them have told me they have very little RON. Most trips are out early home by late afternoon. and few weekends. Dont even have to worry about catering except water.

psst...Zap may or may not wear a blue vest while flying his Learjet...

Okay, I have to ask...What does the acronym RON stand for?

Furthermore, what are realstic times that would be considered competitive?

"Remain Over Night"

Most of the negative that you hear about Wal-Mart Aviation is several years old and outdated -- a lot of internet myth very little of which is based in reality.

I applied, so we'll see what happens. :confused:

4. Ability to achieve Learjet 30 series type-rating....


On who's dime?

Seriously? It's a Fortune 500 company, not Joe's Flying Service.

Company paid training (not that it even needed to be said). Wal-Mart flies every airplane with two PIC type-rated pilots up front and the pilots attend FSI recurrent twice a year.

Is anyone else having trouble copying and pasting their resume? For some reason it won't let me. Not sure if it's my computer or what???:confused:

I am guessing they can attract some good candidates. I would guess 4-5k total time with 500 jet PIC (and a few type ratings) minimum...

RON = Remain Over Night

USMCFLYR

Walmart Paranoia
 

A while back someone posted a link to Walmart aviation which I watched. The thing that struck me as odd was the number of security cameras housed in the ceiling of the office where the schedulers worked. I can understand a couple of cameras looking at the doors or the cash drawer but this looked like a LOT. I guess we can't have the employees looking at emails or taking personal calls while at work
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. - Video: Wal-Mart Aviation

Look at 2:30,2:40,3:06 into the clip.

Call me paranoid if you like

if you look at the cameras carefully, they are the same two. so i think that covers the door and cash drawer.

Seriously?

How did you hear about our company?

For some reason there's no "I haven't been living under a rock for the past 20 years" option.

If you apply via the job posting should you also send a resume via email?