TexanDriver

Anyone know what the drop is?

Bandit702

320 nyc 1
717 atl 10
717 nyc 2
88 nyc 5
737 dtw 10

rbigred300

If you have a choice for an aircraft you want that's not in your desired base...how often are AEs? And are they regularly scheduled or just due to needs of the company?

tunes

They try to publish a new ae every 60-90 days.

Ray Red

They are at the companies whim, but they are coming every 2-3 month.

HTBH

Can somebody explain the timeline on hiring and the AE's for me? I'm seriously not trying to be a confrontational about this, it just don'e make sense as I see these drops compared to the AE's.

The latest AE shows 40 A320's to NYC, 40 NYC 717's, and 80 88's to NYC....and not a single 737 to DTW.

The said this AE is for Summer hiring. Summer is here in less than a month. Based on the churn I see in some of the schedules...it's already here. So if they are going to fill the 110 320's, the 110 88's and the 110 717's for summer...when will these people start and finish indoc, as well as the 6 weeks of training depending on sim availability, plus AE? Are they expecting most of the 320's and 737's to be from guys bidding off the 88 and 717 after a year? It just seems there should be more 320's in the mix, as well as 88's and 717's to NYC. Especially considering NYC didn't have a single day of reserve availability for the entire month of May in the 320, and that doesn't even compete with what's going on with the 717 schedule right now...

They keep saying we need to hire for the summer push. Ok, starting in May may be a little late to the party. Somebody on a drop today may not start sims for another month, then another month plus there, plus waiting for AE. So they start flying at some point in July?

Are the network/schedulers/hiring people/etc..etc.. that out of touch with what's going on schedule-wise, or is this all part of some sort of bean counting exercise where it's worth it not to hire people? Or am I totally missing something?

MoonShot

Sims maxed out maybe?

crewdawg

Next time you are down in mecca, swing by the crew scheduling office and ask them. They'll most likely be able to answer this way better than anyone on this forum. I would actually like to hear their answer as well.

blulavboy

Would someone please give a rough idea of the time frame from initial application to interview? Thanks! B-boy

WhatNow

They way over post the bottom positions. No new hire can be awarded any position that has not first been offered on a AE. They post the kitchen sink so it leaves them the opportunity to put new hires wherever they want.