Frontier Hiring.
 

Looks like the animal is hiring. Great news for guys who have been stuck at the bottom of the list there since the Rjet intermingling. Regardless of F9s future plans, they are in dire need of more pilots.

https://re2o.ultipro.com/rep1003B/Jo...D58EF6C23278E1

Looks like 2500 total with 500 jet/turboprop.

Frontier Hiring.
 

Keep in mind getting hired at F9 just means you'll be employed by Spirit soon as well.

New type ratings are never a bad thing.

Frontier was always one of the companies I wanted to work for. I spent more time in their jumpseats than any other airline. Great pilot group, good bases and I truly believe(ed) in their service and product, but after the whole RAH acquisition, I wasn't so sure.

I will probably still apply and hope everything will work out for Frontier!

So are you basically applying to Republic at this point? The application mentions Republic Airways quite a bit (which I understand since they own them). Just would hate to get the job then be placed in a Q400 class at the bottom of the RAH seniority list.

Isn't it all one list? What's to say this is Frontier hiring and not Republic?

I didn't see any mention of RAH in the job posting on the Frontier web site. Republic has their own web site, application web site and requirements.

Back in the mid to late 2000s I was flying on Frontier quite a few times.
I remember wondering what I was going to do when I retired and all of my peers were getting on with the airlines. I remember riding on Frontier and thinking - I really like what I'm seeing from this airline. The planes (the cabin of course - never saw the cockpits), the FA's (and once how she handled an unruly passenger who wasn't listening to instructions!), the CSAs, the on-time performance, etc....and I thought - this would be a great airline to be with.

Then I retired. Then I started to learn more about the airline industry. I learned that many of my perceptions of the lifestyle and day-to-day workings were somewhat colored by fairly senior people in the airlines or at least at the majors. Then they were bought by Republic, and I thought to myself - I don' think I would want to work there now.

I don't know really. I'm not knowledgable enough to make a call on what life is like at Frontier - but I remember wishing them the best of luck as they seemed to go through some tough times. I look forward to flying on them if given a chance and I hope that they are still the same airline that I thought I'd want to be a part of. Class act Frontier - at least from my seat.:D

If your lucky!

Hmm...

Thank you for your interest in the FFO1012 - Pilot position with Republic Airways. Your application has been received. We will review your application and contact you if we believe your background, experience and skills are a good match for this position.

Sincerely,

Republic Airways Holdings
Recruitment Department


After seeing this confirmation e-mail I can see why some of you are skeptical now. If I get a call from Republic for anything other than Frontier and Airbus position, I will tell them to stick it.

Nothing prevents a good ol bait-n-switch. I heard QR was infamous for that. They'd hire you for the 777 class and when you show up day 1 you'd find out it was an A320. If Republic gets desperate, nothing stops them from baiting and switching last second due to "operational necessity."

On the app it says military time conversion applicable- but it does not state what the conversion is??? maybe .3 per military sortie? or 1.3 x flight time? any thoughts?

Oh yea, you're going to apply.

Is the airline getting bought by Spirit, or are they just taking the planes after Frontier Parks them? The latter you'll be stuck at RP when the planes get parked and not go to Spirit.

That's a big ole vomit!

I've been commuting on them for over a decade now.

Not they're the ONLY one to go through a transformation. But it was sad to watch the transformation of a company that was pretty good, had mostly happy employees, a good customer base, etc get pretty much wrecked by RAH holding.

Of course, the spin could go multiple directions on that, but just sayin'........

No, Frontier is not being bought by Spirit, nor are the planes being bought by Spirit.

This hasn't been confirmed, but conventional wisdom says an investment vehicle by the name of Indigo is purchasing Frontier.

Really think I should?
What do you think would be the advantages? :)

I think you've got a pretty good gig right now USMCFLYR, I'd hang on to it. ;)

:) I just wanted to know what he thought might be the pros!
They always say keep an open mind right? ;)

Haha! I wanna see too.

Wait! I came up with one pro: no reports with Frontier!

Kind of a strange application, but really easy. Nowhere did it ask for any pilot stuff. The only indication that I'm even a pilot is my most current employer and position.

I don't claim to have any inside knowledge, just a guess.

But maybe it's simply an HR pre-screen.

There was a few SW app windows where all you had to do was use the pilotcredentials site.

Then on the last one (IIRC/I think) you had to fill out a basic HR from as well as pilotcredentials.

Frontier is currently short FO's and we are taking delivery of another aircraft in Q4 so they need to hire a small class.

The fact that this position is currently being advertised by RAH instead of F9 is actually perfect. We plan on hiring again later this year/beginning of next after we separate and this is one more thing to bring up to the NMB. Frontier will handle future job openings, not RAH.

If you apply for a F9 position prior to the separation there is still no way you can end up at RAH. RAH has held numerous new hire classes and vacancy bids over the past year and none of those positions were open to F9 pilots. Similarly, F9 had a staffing adjustment when MKE was closed and CHI was opened. No RAH pilots were allowed to bid.

This is an F9 job and hopefully the last F9 job posting that will ever be managed by RAH. Best of luck to everyone on both sides of the fence, we will all probably need it as we go our separate ways.

Thanks for the clarification Zoo. It will be F9 management and pilots conducting the interview as well correct?

So, how is Frontier to work at these days? QOL, future, etc....

Wow, it took only 12 hours to get the "Thanks but no thanks" email. The email itself is not unexpected, but why so quickly?

I'm very curious about this, because like I said in previous post - there wasn't much in the application to distinguish me from any other pilot.

Maybe it is one of those deals where they need a small class and plan to grab them all via powerful internal recs, but for the sake of propriety must post the vacancy to the public?

Whatever helps me sleep at night :)

Just ask the last set of new hires how well they were treated!

Did you get the "your application has been recieved" email first?

Frontier Hiring.
 

The ones that gave up their seniority rights and did not screw over the rest of the Frontier pilots were treated pretty well.

How many are they looking to hire?

I got the Thanks but no thanks email today also. Quickest one I have had

The Fly... Yes, I got the application accepted email last night, 30 minutes after I submitted, and then this morning the rejection email.

They are working furiously to get a class ready for Sept/Oct (we are extremely short on the FO side). I would imagine they are going through the apps as soon as they come in, but i have no idea what their rejection criteria is. It's amazing how quick things get done when desperation is involved.

Chicago (ORD/MDW)

Shouldn't this be in the regional area?

Ouch! That was uncalled for. Last I checked they flew narrow bodies.

Hey Tom14,

You got a 4 year? I only have an associates, I bet that's what killed me so quickly. Other than that - no flight times, or types were asked, so I'm thinking that's all they had to go on. Unless my spilling the beans about the ticket I got for not registering my car within 60 days of moving to Florida put the nail in the coffin.

[Warning TMI]

You know, getting hired at a Major is more of a lifestyle than anything. When I rolled the dice on waiting to register the car, I never even thought "Airline Career could be in Jeopardy" Probably should have. Or all those years I tried to convince myself that a decade's service to my country in the US Navy, pulling sea duty on several aircraft carriers, would carry as much weight as a bachelors degree. Boy that was a deep dark and dirty little lie I whispered to myself, cuz it don't! Not even close. But we all know this, and I'm an idiot for not knocking it out. Never too late, I suppose.

PS. :eek:I purposely used the word don't when I should have used doesn't.

I wouldn't take it too personally this first time around. With class being run so quickly, they probably are looking for specific jobs held at that persons current airline and are being very picky.

I hadn't thought of that. You're probably right; instead of "pilot" in the box, perhaps "check airman" would grab. I got ya.