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Sounds to me like HR Chick is making a last-ditch sales pitch trying to attract people to get on a sinking ship.Originally Posted by HR Chick
Minimums are 700 hours total time and 50 hours multi-engine. We are more or less continuously interviewing right now, probably for at least the next couple of months. You can email a resume to [email protected] (put PILOT in the subject line so the recruiter sees it). Make sure your email is actually on your resume; that's a much faster way for us to get in touch with you than via phone.
Just my $.02.
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Specifically who told you there'll be furloughs? That's just nuts. I don't know how anyone can say attrition is so bad guys are flying 90 hours a month, but new hires will be furloughed. Aside from the fact that I work there and know better, that just doesn't even make sense.Originally Posted by raress
I interviewed at Skyway recently. The interview was upstairs in a maintenance hangar. The usual individuals doing the interviews (assistant chief pilot and fleet manager) weren't there as the two of them just up and quit...word on the street is they went to Jet Blue with no notice! (Should tell you something right there). They started off by saying they would probably furlough, and they were just hiring to fill a void for a few months. They are parking all the 1900's by September or October and going to an all DO-328 fleet. I guess attrition is so bad now that all the guys are flying 90 hours a month with 10 days off. Anyhow, biggest waste of my time. I have been to some crappy interviews (Mesa, Great Lakes) and this is the far worst. Why would anyone want to go to an airline that is going to furlough????? IMHO, this is one to avoid for now. Go look at Skywest or Chautauqua.
I interviewed there a few months ago and the Captain who interviewed me was quite a jerk. He talked with me with contempt and after I answered a few questions correctly he lets out a sigh as though I am wasting his time. Just as he did that they asked me if I had any questions and I stood up and said judging by his sigh, I think we are done here and I left. I did enjoy the airplane ride to MKE as well as the cookies, but that is the most positive thing I can say about my interview experience.
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Well, there again, if you're comfortable saying, I'd love to know who you talked to (via PM if you are more comfortable that way).Originally Posted by bobloblaw
I interviewed there a few months ago and the Captain who interviewed me was quite a jerk. He talked with me with contempt and after I answered a few questions correctly he lets out a sigh as though I am wasting his time. Just as he did that they asked me if I had any questions and I stood up and said judging by his sigh, I think we are done here and I left. I did enjoy the airplane ride to MKE as well as the cookies, but that is the most positive thing I can say about my interview experience.
I have had bad interview experience myself as a candidate (one guy asked me if I was a lesbian because I was wearing a pants suit), so I hate to hear of people having them where I work.
Like HR Chick said, the attrition is so strong at SYX (lots of captains moving on to jetblue, midwest, evergreen, etc. and FOs seeing greener grass at another regional), its hard to see furloughs coming even when the beeches are gone. Right now, I believe there are right around 200 on the seniority list, and with attrition at about 15-20 a month, even when the beeches are gone (earliest sounds like early fall), they are still going to need to run a bunch of transition classes for all the 1900 guys. By the time all is said and done, attrition alone is going to take care of any surplus in staffing when the fleet shrinks from 18 to 12. I've heard they are looking at staffing around 150 pilots once the 1900s leave.
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I have had bad interview experience myself as a candidate (one guy asked me if I was a lesbian because I was wearing a pants suit), so I hate to hear of people having them where I work.
I would think thats extremely inappropriate for them to ask you that.
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I have had bad interview experience myself as a candidate (one guy asked me if I was a lesbian because I was wearing a pants suit), so I hate to hear of people having them where I work.
I don't remember his name for the life of me. If I had remembered his name, I would surely tell you.Originally Posted by HR Chick
Well, there again, if you're comfortable saying, I'd love to know who you talked to (via PM if you are more comfortable that way).I have had bad interview experience myself as a candidate (one guy asked me if I was a lesbian because I was wearing a pants suit), so I hate to hear of people having them where I work.
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Listen, I don't make these things up. As far as not making sense, I'm not the one to question. The furlough statement came from one of the interviewers. The other bit about everybody flying 90 hours per month I heard through the Skyway pipeline (other pilots).Originally Posted by HR Chick
Specifically who told you there'll be furloughs? That's just nuts. I don't know how anyone can say attrition is so bad guys are flying 90 hours a month, but new hires will be furloughed. Aside from the fact that I work there and know better, that just doesn't even make sense.
For those who have interviewed:
What was the time between applying and the call? Just curious. Also, are they still putting people in the 1900?
Thanks!
What was the time between applying and the call? Just curious. Also, are they still putting people in the 1900?
Thanks!
