Question about Spirit
05-23-2008 | 03:41 PM
#21
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We pilots need to press our training departments to do preferential hiring for furloughees like Atlas, Polar, NetJets, and others have. We really need to stick together in these tough times. The Riddle guys will have plenty of chances to work a normal career progression, helping them gain flight time and experience, without hurting more qualified fellow pilots that are currently unemployed.
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05-23-2008 | 05:14 PM
#23
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From: A320 CA
Hey Captscott,
I have a TON of friends from 135 Yip - SDF days and a ton of friends from KHA that all went to Spirit.. Virtually none of them had glass time, but all had PIC turbojet and lots of experience..
When I heard the recruiters at the job fair telling people that, I felt like saying, "Well, you didn't have glass time when YOU got on there.."
My point here is that there are many more qualified pilots on the street that need jobs more than the 8 whiz kids from Riddle (No matter how good they are), who may still have the benefit of Student loans and may still have parental support.
We pilots need to press our training departments to do preferential hiring for furloughees like Atlas, Polar, NetJets, and others have. We really need to stick together in these tough times. The Riddle guys will have plenty of chances to work a normal career progression, helping them gain flight time and experience, without hurting more qualified fellow pilots that are currently unemployed.
In Unity,
B727DRVR
I have a TON of friends from 135 Yip - SDF days and a ton of friends from KHA that all went to Spirit.. Virtually none of them had glass time, but all had PIC turbojet and lots of experience..
When I heard the recruiters at the job fair telling people that, I felt like saying, "Well, you didn't have glass time when YOU got on there.."
My point here is that there are many more qualified pilots on the street that need jobs more than the 8 whiz kids from Riddle (No matter how good they are), who may still have the benefit of Student loans and may still have parental support.
We pilots need to press our training departments to do preferential hiring for furloughees like Atlas, Polar, NetJets, and others have. We really need to stick together in these tough times. The Riddle guys will have plenty of chances to work a normal career progression, helping them gain flight time and experience, without hurting more qualified fellow pilots that are currently unemployed.
In Unity,
B727DRVR
To be fair, I dont know when your friends were hired here, but we have been an all airbus airline for a very short time. Im sure that a few years ago their experience made them very attractive to the hiring folks at Spirit.
Im not trying to pick sides here, and I do disagree with some of the recruiting methods here. However, every airline has their own "thing" that they are picky about....and here they want glass time.
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