AWAC hiring update
04-30-2007 | 06:51 PM
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I grew up in ATW and there are few who are more skeptical than I am of their motives. People should do what works best for them.
I know that there are for sure worse airline employers. But FOR ME there would have been better ones too. SKW..... But hindsight is 20/20 and it is what it is. I have good seniority now at AWAC and given the same information I had then that I have now I would have made the same decision. I wish I would have chosen Skywest 3 years ago. But I didn't. So I live with it. But 5 years ago AWAC was the place to be. It could well be again, which is precisely why I am not jumping ship laterally at the moment.
Right now for someone in or close to an AWAC domicile it would be a very good choice in my opinion. Get your stuff in. We need good pilots. Our pilot group is our biggest strength and few who come here say otherwise.
I know that there are for sure worse airline employers. But FOR ME there would have been better ones too. SKW..... But hindsight is 20/20 and it is what it is. I have good seniority now at AWAC and given the same information I had then that I have now I would have made the same decision. I wish I would have chosen Skywest 3 years ago. But I didn't. So I live with it. But 5 years ago AWAC was the place to be. It could well be again, which is precisely why I am not jumping ship laterally at the moment.
Right now for someone in or close to an AWAC domicile it would be a very good choice in my opinion. Get your stuff in. We need good pilots. Our pilot group is our biggest strength and few who come here say otherwise.
04-30-2007 | 07:33 PM
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AWAC lost 23 people in April out of a pilot group of 810 which is 2.84% of our entire pilot group. Some FO's have left for greener pasutres. Our attrition is about the same as SkyWest when you look at it as a percentage of the pilot group (but we don't have any growth). CA's here for the most part are looking for jobs, and as majors, LCC's, etc. start to hire.... things will move. Just about everyone I've flown with over the last two months has their resume out and/or are waiting for a class date. Out of the 23 people who left in April ~14-16 were CA's (just looking at employee #'s).
We're hiring now (on site) at these job fairs. as BoilerUP said.... Hiring 14/mo. upgrading as needed (vacancy notice today for 10 Captains)... vacancy notice 2 weeks ago for 13 Captains. Good place to be!
Thats the end of my rant.....
We're hiring now (on site) at these job fairs. as BoilerUP said.... Hiring 14/mo. upgrading as needed (vacancy notice today for 10 Captains)... vacancy notice 2 weeks ago for 13 Captains. Good place to be!
Thats the end of my rant.....
05-01-2007 | 05:18 AM
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05-01-2007 | 05:25 AM
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05-01-2007 | 06:14 AM
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