Hey Thanks my class is Jan 23rd and I guess there is also a class on the 29th.

 

For the new guys, expect ACY out of class. It looks like LAS, DTW and maybe FLL are full right now. The good news is depending on when you are hired you could see 2 base bids while you are in class. If you do, you stand a good chance at getting out of ACY before you are even released to the line. Most of our base bids seem to close around the middle of the month and are effective for the next schedule bid. For example, we just closed a base bid on the 15th which opened LAS. People who were awarded LAS can bid those schedules in January and start flying in February. With class lasting around 2 months including IOE you might see 2 base bids close. So worst case is maybe one or two months in a base you don't want but that of course depends on what guys senior to you want.

 

DN Wisc, Thanks for info. Alot to think about.. Merry Christmas..

 

That is the problem.. I don't know anyone in NK

 

What's your favorite album?

 

Is background completed before or after class starts?

 

Before. Once you get the job and a class date they will have you come back to FLL and to all the drug test/background stuff.

 

Of course! You'll be junior to the riddle kids who got hired with 500TT

 

There are only about 12 of them and most of the uproar over it has passed. 2 or 3 of them gave that group a bad name but from what I've heard they have learned to keep their heads down and be gracious for the opportunity they were given. We do have upgrade requirements and not sure if they will meet them when there time comes.

One of them gave me a lift to work awhile back. He remembered me from Riddle and asked what I did before coming to Spirit. I told him I was at Skyway as a captain and loved every minute of it. He then asked what I did during furlough and I told him I found a job flying Dorniers again through the connections I had made over my time at Skyway. His response was, "Ya, I couldn't find anything because of my low time." I was able to laugh inside and that's really the last I've thought about it.

 

Did you interview? If so I would love to get some recent info. I head down on on 1/4/12...thanks