If you're talking Eagle agreement it's no interview, no medical, but still probationary. That doesn't apply to those already with numbers as they'll be non-probationary, but first year pay.

 

So how are the recalls/ acceptance rate going?

 

According to the eagle guy i talked to, Eagle did this to get pilots. They were down to 1 resume per day, and were going to run out of applicants by Oct. They were calling anyone who ever interviewed at Eagle, and anyone with info in the system they were so desperate, plus guys now at other regionals.

With the -121 ATP requirement starting in 2 years, they wanted to get low time guys in now so they would have a good shot at 1500 hours by 1 Aug, 2013, and would not have to stop flying until they got their ATP.

They announced that everyone at Eagle by Oct? XX? gets an AA class seat, and that the mins were reduced to 500/50. If you had less than the standard 800/100, then you needed an jet transition course before you started at Eagle. Eagle is paying for the jet transition course for the low time guys.

First time I have heard of a US airline paying for training outside of the airline, since the '60s/'70s.

cliff
GRB

 

Considering the fact that this AA opportunity for Eagle guys came from a geivance between the Pilot union and the company I don't think it was done to recruit specially when 12 hrs later the parent company announced that they were separating Eagle into it's own company. So no it didn't come out of not having enough resumes on file. As far as the ATP course, something similar was done a few years ago and is probably something that soon will be a norm in this industry!

 

Confusing statement, or at least I didn't understand it, about the recall acceptance rate. Somewhere between 10-20%, which is about what was expected.

The good news is that there is no announced plans to stop recalls and the rumors, supported by flight department statements, is that recalls will continue until off the street hiring starts next spring.

Lots can happen, lots can change, but let's hope it comes true.

 

Any news if some guys will take early retirement due to the recent stock market volatility?

 

There has been lots of speculation about it for quite a awhile, however nothing has materialized in any significant numbers as of yet.

EXTW

 

There's a lag time of about 3 months between market drops and when guys retire due to the way the retirement plan works.

October 2007 was the big market drop but guys didn't retire until Jan 2008.

 

Add a year to those? Dropped around end of '08, no?

 

Maybe I'm getting senile but I thought it was October 2007 with the retirements in Jan 2008, and a second bump in March 2008.