JBLU hiring with 0 TPIC?
03-30-2007 | 10:59 AM
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Hows about Southwest? They're just a big canyon blue regional.
Or even better, US Airways...a bunch of small carriers put together into one big regional.
THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A JET "REGIONAL". Anything longer than a 400nm stage length is not "regional"...unless you're counting the continent as a region.
03-30-2007 | 02:40 PM
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03-30-2007 | 03:18 PM
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03-30-2007 | 03:40 PM
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Mangement has the pilot group by the ying-yang.
It is starting to remind me of the movie "One Flew Over the Cuckoo Nest". Anyone who upsets the populous gets a lobotomy.
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03-30-2007 | 04:37 PM
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Not that FAs are much less qualified than the typical HR type to determine your suitability, but at least the HR folks are trained and that is their specialty. What of substance an FA would add to the mix I can't imagine. Might as well bring in some ground folks too.
Will the FAs be flying the jets there soon?
03-30-2007 | 04:51 PM
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Is this true or more flamebait?
Not that FAs are much less qualified than the typical HR type to determine your suitability, but at least the HR folks are trained and that is their specialty. What of substance an FA would add to the mix I can't imagine. Might as well bring in some ground folks too.
Will the FAs be flying the jets there soon?
Not that FAs are much less qualified than the typical HR type to determine your suitability, but at least the HR folks are trained and that is their specialty. What of substance an FA would add to the mix I can't imagine. Might as well bring in some ground folks too.
Will the FAs be flying the jets there soon?
Another true fact: A buddy of mine finished up B6 A320 training, and ran into a new-hire B6 F/A. She had been training with my buddy's new-hire class for 4 weeks of F/A initial. She actually said "You mean if I stayed 2 extra weeks, I could be a pilot"?
03-30-2007 | 07:39 PM
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100% true. I was there. Not flamebait, trust me. Ask the B6 guys.
Another true fact: A buddy of mine finished up B6 A320 training, and ran into a new-hire B6 F/A. She had been training with my buddy's new-hire class for 4 weeks of F/A initial. She actually said "You mean if I stayed 2 extra weeks, I could be a pilot"?
Another true fact: A buddy of mine finished up B6 A320 training, and ran into a new-hire B6 F/A. She had been training with my buddy's new-hire class for 4 weeks of F/A initial. She actually said "You mean if I stayed 2 extra weeks, I could be a pilot"?
I love Flight Attendants, God bless them, they do a job I could never do. Having said that, they will never even come close to what we go through in order to get there, hence, they will never, ever, make as much money as we do, and they will never, ever, have the visibility with the company that we do....simple as that.
03-30-2007 | 07:48 PM
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I know two guys hired at JB with no fixed wing turbine PIC. One had A TON of helo PIC, the other just 121 time.
The secret to both of them, knowing people to help them out as well as being persistant, going to the job fairs.
The secret to both of them, knowing people to help them out as well as being persistant, going to the job fairs.
03-30-2007 | 09:16 PM
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Thanks, that was helpful and what I was looking for. I guess I'll need to pony up the $2k needed for the ATP practical.
I figure jetblue can't be any worse of a place to be than a regional these days. At least they are working for themselves. That being said, if I was a regional CA (at least at my company) I probably would not leave for them. But I'm not
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