You definitely need to do more than just complete an application. Market yourself. Follow and participate on the FB Frontier recruitment page. Do the same on LinkedIn. Make plans to attend the RTAG event in October to meet Frontier recruiters in person. I believe it’s the only “in person” event in 2021. You don’t need to be a Veteran to attend. https://www.rtag.org/events

Thanks for the suggestions
 

Thanks to everyone for the replies to my (and other) questions about steps to take beyond the application. It seems that there are a few things we can do to help get noticed. I'll look into the FB group and keep an eye out for any "meet the recruiter" type events.
Appreciate the suggestions, thank you!!!

To throw my experience in to the mix, I applied via airlineapps.com back in February. I do not know a soul at F9, and my background is largely Part 91 with a stint some years ago at a 121 regional. I received the assessment in June and the invitation to interview in July (I have not yet reached the interview date).

I have a fistful of type ratings, 5,000 plus PIC, and have held management positions. All anyone of us can do is try to check the boxes we can, put forth our best effort when applying, and keep our fingers crossed.

I really appreciate the individual above who took the time to spell out so much about scheduling, etc.

Would anyone be willing to explain a little bit more about the minimum monthly credit required?

I understand the company requires 60 hours per month 6 months of the year and 70 hours per month 6 months of the year. Is this just a contractual agreement with the union or is this something that is enforced?

I was talking to a couple of Frontier pilots in the Denver terminal and they had indicated there are months you can drop well below 60 hours.
Is there a vacation requirement to do this? If so could anyone explain the vacation accrual rate?

What happens if you are below 60hrs?

At my current carrier I've had dynamic months such as 100 credit hours per month other as low as 30 but there is no reprimanding or trouble that is associated with flying such low credit for a month.

Also if anyone could explain the long call reserve. Are long calls called first, with frequent conversions to short call?

Thanks

I'm no reserve expert. I'll let someone else chime in on that.

You got your minimum hours correct.

The minimum is credit hours and not block hours. You must reach the 60 or 70 hrs by the end of the month. You can drop below those numbers during the month as you play with your schedule but by the time the month is over you better have 60/70 hours of credit. If you have a vacation week, it pays 35. So you may need to fly between 25 and 35 hours during the month to hit the 60/70 credit hours.

Hope that answers your question

If you don't meet the min credit you leave yourself open to potential disciplinary action by the company. As far as long call goes...called first with a 12 hour callout. The company may convert to short call for up to 6 reserve duty periods a month for free but no more than 2 consecutively. Additional conversions cost them 1 hr of pay above guarantee. They cannot convert you on your last day of a block.

Yes it did. Thanks for clarifying. Would you happen to know how vacation is accrued? I.E. Vacation hours earned for hours flown? I'd assume the rate progressively increases with years of service?

2 weeks of vacation per year during your first full calendar year through year 5. 3 weeks year 6 through year 10. 4 weeks thereafter.

PBS defaults to 35 hours per vacation week. If you have one week vacation in a month, PBS will add trips to build on those 35 hours to get you to the average line value (ALV). For example, if the ALV is 75 hours, PBS will build you a line with an additional 40 hours of credit. There's a little more nuance to it but that's the basic idea.

Good info thanks. So it sounds like vacation time is just allotted 'once per year?' Ours is accrued per flight hour. Therefore the more you fly the more vacation one earns.

To make sure I understand, One would have 70hrs vacation given in the first year and once those 70 hours are used, no more vacation can be accrued until the following year?

Vacation is accrued the prior year at 75h/yr or 15 days for years 2-5. Everyone gets the same. The only variable as noted above is years of service.
you can also sell back your vacation; the credit hours added to your monthly total and subject to the 125% accelerator over 82h credit.