PotatoChip

No. It's been repeatedly posted that it could take months. People from the LAS job fair are still getting emails.... sheesh. Read.

LivinTheDream28

Thank you, I have been reading. From what I've read, I was under the impression people are still getting calls from LAS but got the email fairly quickly after the fair. With the wife and kids and so many other responsibilities, I don't always have time to read every single post in every single thread. I'm sure you understand. Thanks again for clearing that up!

JoeyMeatballs

The reserve rules here are pretty awesome, it's hard for them to use you,lol. That being said I seem to be the only one in ACY getting used n Reserve, lol Maybe they are trying to get me to 100hrs,lol.

PotatoChip

No. Emails are still going out. I believe this was said at the job fair as well. I don't expect you to read every single post, but I've seen this info posted a few times in the last week.

Good luck on getting a call. I'm there are at least 400 of us refreshing our email daily.

LivinTheDream28

Thanks you too! Yea I remember she said they're still calling people, I wasn't sure if they meant initial contact or not :-) I know of a few that got the email today, I've definitely been checking mine a lot lol. I was really impressed with the presentation on Saturday. Seems like a great place to work!

PotatoChip

It does, at least from a QOL standpoint. I want to live in base, and I like their bases. I know a couple crew members and they love it. I'm not sure if it will be a great place to work 20 years from now though, that's the gamble in this business unfortunately. Let's hope they keep making money, stay true to the business model, and morale stays high.

Meanwhile, I need to refresh my inbox.

Normann

I did not even want to get into this but exactly what A320Flyer said. I am a 6th year CA too. I just got the left seat.

We all know this is not SW and I am not trying to brag and I know our pay is lower than industry. It is. But we are a tiny company! 50 planes. I want to see how SW or DAL compared when they had 50 planes. Pay will go up here too with future contracts. Having said that I was able to make $128k with flying 860 hours as a 5th year FO due to the ability to bid conflicts and picking up OT. That was like $148 for each block hour. I finally got over $100k as a 4th year FO a year prior but I had to work harder that year. It is definitely harder to make OT lately so this will go down some. Also this is not the average, most guys made around $80-90k in my range but they had the days off. The conflict bidding means quite some soft time and days off, although most don't even take advantage of it or care to learn how to do it.

On average I fly 2.5h per leg, may be 2-3 legs per day but closer to 2. Some sits but nothing crazy like 2x4h same day. Some red eye stuff which definitely sucks but most of it can be avoided. Schedule integrity. Cancellation pay 100%. Some min guarantees are not that great like trip averaging but we have them at least. 8% 401k matching at 100%. Min 4 days off between trips. Vacation overlap drop. Commuter policy. Transition conflict handling is nuts. They drop it, you pick the same trip up again and you get paid for it twice. Or if you commute they drop it and you are pay protected and get the days off. Very decent hotels. Holiday Inn is considered bad here. Hiring like crazy, movement = most of us are happy. Labor hostile management but the good news is our union jumps into the ring for the contract all the time and calls the company out on the BS and we are winning one arbitration after the other. I can say "no" to my CP or scheduling whenever I feel like (as long I have the contractual right to do so). Profitable company which means job security. Mostly new planes and more coming. Upgrade will go down to 3 years for a while.

Tons of growth related problems since the company will step over a dollar to save a nickel. But they learn from it and fix things eventually.

I don't know what is Orbit's problem. United is hiring dude. Go for it! I am sure the majors can't wait for you to join their ranks.

DakBroadbent

I'm still trying to figure out what "Espirit," means.

RideandDrive

Yeah, Spirit is profitable but it also has one of the worst management-employee relationships in the business.

There is a reason they are targeting RJ people. Anything looks good compared to a regional.

PotatoChip

Worse than UPS ?


How do you mean they are targeting RJ guys? Seems like every major/legacy targets RJ guys to an extent... turbine PIC at a 121 operator. Please explain further.