I can understand the hotel. But a standby ticket on there airline. That's a little strange. Even the Regionals will give you a standby ticket.

Thats the way Hawaiian operates. I know guys that had to drop close to a grand for a ticket because of the short notice interview.

Hawaiian knows there are a TON of guys/gals out there that would kill to work there (me included) and the competition is stiff. It shows how commited you are to wanting to join the family.

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It's sad to read this, because I hate hearing about another company that wants to be cheap-ass.

Ultimately, it's just another airline that will do without my services. I'd love to live in Hawaii and fly for them, but I will not cover costs that should be born by the (potential) employer. They can ask whatever the market will bear, and that is their right. However, I will not subsidize them on my end. I have made other arrangements which suit me just fine - I'm really not complaining. It just still surprises me how Mickey-Mouse even legacy carriers can be these days.

Cue SkyHigh on how utterly worthless the airline dream has become...

No it doesn't! Dumbest thing I've ever heard. Got a guy at my present company, who paid for his B747 type and got hired as a walk-in during a new hire class. Just because he had enough money to buy a type rating; doesn't belie the fact that he's a bonehead - money doesn't have anything to do with being committed!

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They don't provide tickets because that is an easy free flight to Hawaii. You are always welcome on the jumpseat. If you don't want to that's fine.

Aug. 7 class had 8 pilots for A330 (some are non ex-Aloha). Aug. 23 class will have approx. 20 pilots for all 3 fleet types. Seniority based on last 4 of SSN.

A hand-full of the Phase III folks asked to come back and re-take the 900 question psych test. Once you clear psych test, the shrink's personal phone interview and your psych report is submitted, should get a job offer!

I did the shrink phone interview last week, still no word!

In this day and age I am surprised more companies are not conducting video interviews, especially when they wont provide tickets to fly guys out to HI several times for the interview phases. I know HAL uses video interviews for other employees, so why not extend it to potential pilots.

That's great.

What if you're furloughed or not currently employed by a 121 carrier?

A free ticket to Hawaii and a hotel room should be just a cost of doing business. Alternatively, they could conduct the interviews on the mainland.

I really don't mean to impugn Hawaiian - I'd love to work there. I probably won't get ever get called anyhow since I don't have any strong ties to the islands other than having flown there many times. Unfortunately, due to circumstances even if I was called I couldn't afford to go interview, and that shouldn't be the determining factor in whether a company hires an individual or not.