Frontier Hiring.
#2001
Do you think they will take my 500 hours at a 121 Grand Canyon operator into account......I am half laughing but half serious.
#2002
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I honestly don't know. Right now it's a dog and pony show. Prior 121 or military, four year degree or BETTER, Africa mission work, Nobel peace prize, etc seems to be the minimums. I'm sure that eventually us knuckle dragging 91k types will be 'qualified' but behind how many seniority numbers?
#2003
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Wow, that's really low. My goal is a legacy but I was looking to get some 121 time for 12 months to help my chances. @38K would I be better off going to somewhere like Endeavor with the retention bonus or Trans States as a CQFO? I think annual pay is around 45-50K if I went that route.
This being said, I'm not sure exactly WHAT Frontier is offering to offset its lower than average first year pay.
Honestly, all I can come up with as an offset is the possibility of a relatively quick upgrade. Kinda reminds me of when I first hired on at Mesa in 1999. I was offered captain on the 1900 when I had 60 hours in the plane as an FO and less than 200 hours total multi-engine time.
I flew with a new hire the other day who had run all the upgrade numbers. By his math, he thought he may upgrade right around the 2 year mark. I think that's probably a bit optimistic, but probably not by much.
#2004
Yep. It's nothing short of pathetic. Historically mainline, career carriers have short-changed new hire pilots and have replaced reasonable first year pay with promises of a rosey career and untold riches soon to follow.
This being said, I'm not sure exactly WHAT Frontier is offering to offset its lower than average first year pay.
Honestly, all I can come up with as an offset is the possibility of a relatively quick upgrade. Kinda reminds me of when I first hired on at Mesa in 1999. I was offered captain on the 1900 when I had 60 hours in the plane as an FO and less than 200 hours total multi-engine time.
I flew with a new hire the other day who had run all the upgrade numbers. By his math, he thought he may upgrade right around the 2 year mark. I think that's probably a bit optimistic, but probably not by much.
This being said, I'm not sure exactly WHAT Frontier is offering to offset its lower than average first year pay.
Honestly, all I can come up with as an offset is the possibility of a relatively quick upgrade. Kinda reminds me of when I first hired on at Mesa in 1999. I was offered captain on the 1900 when I had 60 hours in the plane as an FO and less than 200 hours total multi-engine time.
I flew with a new hire the other day who had run all the upgrade numbers. By his math, he thought he may upgrade right around the 2 year mark. I think that's probably a bit optimistic, but probably not by much.
#2006
Here is my solution bump everyone up 1 year pay and start new hires at yr 2 pay. I am sure F9 would have lots of great pilots to choose from!
#2007
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That seems like a high price to pay for an already experienced Netjets pilot to have a 'chance' of getting on. But as we all know, these carriers can make pilots jump through any hoops they want for the time being.
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