OKLATEX

To be fair, past year or two, UAL, DAL, and AA have taken a pause, or slowed down hiring. Now it is our turn.

Company has said in their latest update they should resume hiring in 2020. I look forward to us hiring again and don't think it is truly anything out of the norm.

Frankly, if I were in a pool with any airline, even the one I wanted, I wouldn't stop updating my app/interviewing. Until you have a class date it doesn't mean much. If you are in a pool and get hired elsewhere, start with who offers the first class date. Want to be somewhere else and get hired there, go for it. That's the beauty of the current environment.

abides

If I were in the pool, I would think long and hard if you and your family are willing to be based in HK, Clark, or wherever.

coryk

Why? It's a volunteer position. You won't go there unless you choose to.

abides

If you’re on property, yes.

If you’re in the pool, you might be offered HKG to take a class date. Given the situation at the moment, this is a question you might want to think about what your answer might be. That’s all I’m saying.

PurpleToolBox

Seriously, who gives a ****. Go to DAL if you want a worthless DC-9 type and to be a deltoid. Been there. Done that. Don’t want to go back.

i couldn’t care less if others are hiring.

Serious question, are you a millennial?

rvfanatic

You seem really angry, are you ok? Who hurt you?

PurpleToolBox

I am fine. What I don't like is reading stupid comments like yours. "Rationale is it’s better to hire, train, use for summer, and retrain than to lose quality applicants to other companies."

FedEx flight ops was already authorized to hire extra pilots to be ahead of the pilot deficit. They did exactly that. We hired 600+ last year and clearly we're fat on pilots. They did exactly what you're advocating for.

Smith is defiant that his plan to ditch Amazon and focus on other retailers/e-tailers will pay off. I believe it will. I also believe the TNT merger will eventually pay off. When this company starts losing money, then I will be worried. Until then, I think it would be foolish to jump ship. However, I wouldn't scold anyone who does. The Big3 aren't going anywhere. The only thing I see happening in the airline industry is more consolidation. However, Delta seems to be losing more higher paying jobs (international wide-body jobs) to the code shares and joint ventures. This was one of the main reasons why I left DAL. In year two I held a wide-body position at FDX and I currently have an award to a wide-body CA slot (7 years on property). Hopefully the next bid will be kind to me.

Italianaviator

I happen to like my DC-9 type. Great airplane.

abides

It’s no 75/76, but okay.

Stonewall

Purple, why are you asking if he/she is a millennial? For the record, I am not a millennial, but all the millennials I have flown with are pretty great people. Your reply to RVFanatic said their comment was “stupid”. Chill out man! Quit being so rude. It gets really old reading grown ups hit each other back and forth acting like little kids.