Mesaba Vacancy
 

Vacancy out this afternoon adds 40 more new hires. Welcome aboard.

Yeah, looks like May 28th will be Saab's and June 4th both jets. So if I understand this correctly (which I may not), all the Saab grunts will have be ahead of the jet jocks on the seniority list? If so, just one more reason you better be crossing your fingers you get the Saab.

I interviewed with Mesaba yesterday. I felt it went well, and was VERY impressed with the whole operation. Everybody was upbeat and they went the extra mile to make us all feel welcome. I left at the end of the day knowing I definitely wanted the job. Hope I don't have to wait too long to find out!

Depending on how many lateral moves are made, not all of the 15 seats on the jet will go to new hires.

System seniority only really counts for upgrades. Even though these jet pilots will be "junior" overall, they will be more "senior" on their equipment, consequently having a better overall choice of line/days off.

Glad to hear it went well. As you are probably aware, we are buried in hiring. Also spooling up to interview/hire flight attendants now as well. HR is approaching critical mass in terms of resource management, so bare with us!

Thanks for the info...I understand that HR is swamped and that it may take some time. I'll be waiting patiently.

So which eqpt do you think a new-hire in the July class will be on?

I wish I had crew planning's majic ball to know exactly.

I think your chances are 40% Saab and 60% jet. For the July classes, we are going to have to build numbers in the CRJ and CR9. First CR9 shows up on the 25th of May and we'll have 4 by mid July. CJR's from 9E are coming in September. CRJ coming back from Compass as soon as their ERJ gets here in late August.

With the new jets arriving, we also have to backfill the upgrades, so there will be a close to equal amount of Saab vacancies as well.

RJFO,
Any idea why there are gonna be 5 more Captains for the CRJ200? With the 200's not coming til Aug/Sept why have 13 captains for one airplane? Intresting decision to make - take the 200 now (get seatlocked out of the 900 when it comes and you can hold it, but quality of life is probably better, pay is almost the same) or holdout until the 900 arrives (seat aircraft, big cities, and an oven!). What to do?

Hey rj, not to hijack your thread or anything, but how is QOL in MEM for you? Ive got a job offer from Mesaba, contingent upon passing the written exam and sim check, but from what ive read on the boards theyre not terribly difficult for anyone thats been instructing lately. How hard would it be to get Minneapolis right out of training? The recruiter I interviewed with 2 weeks ago basically said the same thing other people have said on this thread about mist new hires being equally split between the SAAB and the jet(s). Thanks for the info.