Hey pinnacle hire me I have 4000hrs.......however I do have 3 faa failures (private, cfi and ATP single engine) why I had to get an ATP single engine after I had my ATP multi I dont know. stupid stupid stupid.:confused:

You are not alone. Good luck. I have heard contradicting tales of "pinks" and interviews.:)

Staffing issue caused by a lot of things. Our block hours went up in January to about our summer average. February is just as high. We have also lost people since summer, but I know we have new hires somewhere (I haven't seen many).

The company continues to blame above average numbers of unplanned absences, but I would like to know at what point the average changes because that excuse is getting old.

O please do tell

I just finished up not too long ago from the Sept 27th class, each class normally starts off with 14 and ends up with about 12 acutally completing training. They are very short staffed by all means.

Last time I was there there were only 2 sims working in MEM, However my whole class got sent to STL flight Saftey to do our sim training up there cause they could spread it out a little better. None the less they are running classes about every two weeks and I was told that they are going to be running them for a few months to come. With FEDEX hiring soon , I would imagine were going to loose pilots to them, We have a good number of Fedex legacy kids here that are waiting in line to leave.

For those who want it keep applying , they are not taking the cream of the crop in my opinion, they really just want cool people that are safe and can stand you in the cockpit for hours on end. Failed check rides is not a dead end for those who have em, a few people in training had some and they all got hired.

good luck, timing is everything

This is just sad to read.

Don't worry.... we'll be applying the same hiring criteria to Mesaba soon enough ;)

Probably a stupid question, but do you also need to do this if you already hold an ATP?

Not as much attrition, but I'd expect it to start picking up as airlines hire later this year. We lost a few to jetBlue, Emirates or just straight up saying "Screw you guys, I'm goin' home." FedEx opening the application window has guys in MEM salivating like rabid dogs. I think it's more the block hours that are hurting our staffing right now. We're still experiencing "high instances of unplanned absences," but that SHOULDN'T be a shocker considering the time of year and weather. Unfortunately, any time someone calls in sick, it's a shocker to the "plan for the best and ignore what could possibly go wrong" style of management here, which is why EVERYONE is required to bring a doctor's note, even if you just have a sinus headache that would go away on it's own in a day or two. I've still been getting calls for JMs on my days off and burning extension refusals, and I've seen the "no FO/no CA" for cancellation reasons on the SOC Dashboard on a daily basis.

KIGONYE

I have read/heard conflicting reports of having a bust or two is an instant DQ to be hired at 9E. I cannot/will not tell you that because of your track record you will not get an interview. BTW I do not work at 9E. Best of luck in the job search!