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Old 05-29-2019, 01:06 PM
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Originally Posted by bjtdrvr View Post
No.reason to hurry if they cant get you a training slot.
That must be the issue. Especially for the phenom. I had to book my recurrent a year out for the 100
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Old 05-29-2019, 05:32 PM
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Well I applied April 27th. Got an email yesterday May 28th for a phone screen and couldn’t get in until July 3rd. Sooooooo. I think they are backed up or short staffed on recruiters.
If you're hot to get in the door, you can email them with that request and likely get put in the queue sooner. They offered that to me, but I'm good waiting.
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Old 05-30-2019, 08:06 AM
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Thanks. I’m good waiting. I’m hoping not to start until late October or early November. My current contract will be up then. I’m just hoping they will let push a start date that far out.
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Old 05-31-2019, 08:34 AM
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Thanks. I’m good waiting. I’m hoping not to start until late October or early November. My current contract will be up then. I’m just hoping they will let push a start date that far out.
That bit me in the @$$ last year with FJ. I wanted a December date after interviewing in the summer, and they kicked me to the curb. If you're really not available until late Fall, I would recommend setting up your phone interview for September-is. Just a thought.
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Old 05-31-2019, 09:03 AM
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Good idea. I just did that. Just made it for September 3rd.
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Old 06-04-2019, 02:20 PM
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Originally Posted by 1212135 View Post

Managment seems to be more willing to work with pilots now more than ever before. They saw what happened at the regionals and realized treating pilots like POS may not fly...
How naive. How do you think they will treat you during the next downturn when they realize the operation is overstaffed and money gets tight? You might want to freshen up on aviation history. They only play nice when they need to. Unions are the only ones to stop them from throwing sand in your face when it suits them.

Good luck, you're going to need it!
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Old 06-09-2019, 05:37 AM
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How naive. How do you think they will treat you during the next downturn when they realize the operation is overstaffed and money gets tight? You might want to freshen up on aviation history. They only play nice when they need to. Unions are the only ones to stop them from throwing sand in your face when it suits them.

Good luck, you're going to need it!
I laughed at RH propaganda letter - did anyone else notice that he said that over 1/2 of our pilot group has 2 or less years of seniority? We had close to 800 pilots a few years back and now we are approaching 700 again. For all those thinking of coming here you might want to consider why well over 400 pilots have left since the RH and Ricci reign began. Most of these pilots were on the higher end of the pay scale here. You should ask yourself why people would take a significant payout after working here for so long and start over. It may be because they know the truth about this pace. I can assure you its not because KR and RH treat you so well. Merit based placement for IRL basically means they will ask you if you will ***** yourself out and give up any semblance of a family life to enable KR to give ND band camp lessons. Mind you he can give away money to his alma mater with ease but won't pay his flight crews. But hey the idiots who voted out the union got their shiny new jets at substandard wages and crappy lifestyle.
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Old 06-09-2019, 04:17 PM
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Oh how quickly we forget. After the Options/TravelAir merger we grew to almost 1100 pilots. For those that don't know, that was about five years before the Flexjet merger. In all fairness, a lot of those customers didn't belong in those jets.
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