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Originally Posted by TristarJS30 (Post 309698)

In recurrent they said they wanted two classes of 4 per month. Now my thinking is...
A) How many of those 4 will actually show up to Comair instead of chasing the flavor of the month quick upgrade (or a legitimate better offer).
B) Why not just one class of 8? Seems to me it would save money that way....

Or how about they just continue the hiring they were doing this fall...was it 12/week? They could only get about 8 people a month to show up anyways. Do they really think they are going to get people to show up to classes when it's public knowledge Delta is shrinking us and Comair is at 5 year upgrade...when they could just as easily go to Republic or some other regional that's still growing. I wonder how long it will take for Comair to lower the new-hire hour requirements to just Commercial Multi-engine.

Published: January 30, 2008 - 1:42 pm

JetBlue Airways Corp. on Wednesday announced the launch of a pilot mentoring program that will work with aviation schools to recruit potential pilots during their sophomore and junior years of college.

Dubbed Aviation University Gateway, the program will be operated in conjunction with the aviation departments at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and the University of North Dakota. JetBlue will also partner with Hyannis, Mass.-based Cape Air to be the program’s regional airline partner, allowing participants to gain flying experience before interviewing with JetBlue.

“We identify the right candidates for us early on, interact with that person periodically throughout their academic and training career, and when they come to us for a final interview, they’re a known quantity,” said JetBlue spokesman Sebastian White.

Gateway is open to students at both universities with professor recommendations and a grade point average of at least 3.0. While in school, students will be able to intern with Cape Air and subsequently serve as an instructor at the school. After graduation, students will fly for at least two years before being eligible for a final interview with Forest Hills, N.Y.-based JetBlue.

Mr. White said that the program is a long-term effort, and doesn’t represent any shortage of pilots for the airline.

JetBlue is the first airline to approach recruiting through aviation school partnerships. Continental Airlines Inc. continues to recruit between 12 and 14 pilots each month from the military, regional airlines and corporate operators. The Houston, Texas-based airline trains pilots through an elaborate in-house program and simulation system also used by other airlines.

On Tuesday, JetBlue posted a fourth-quarter loss of $4 million, or 2 cents per share, compared with a profit of $17 million, or 10 cents per share, in the year-ago quarter. Revenues rose 16.6% to $739 million, beating analyst expectations of a loss of 5 cents per share on revenues of $731 million.

JetBlue's traffic increased by 7.1% in the fourth quarter, hitting 6.2 billion revenue passengers miles. Capacity increased 11.5%.

Okay you guys with 2000hrs in the jet. Get those apps in!:D
I know JB is 1500TT but I want you guys to be competitive. Now everyone in JFK march on over to Terminal 6.

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Originally Posted by mperrizo (Post 298669)

Chow and others,To the best of my knowledge we are still hiring, and we are still interviewing. The current plan is too slow this hiring process to allow attrition to help level staffing needs. As we all know staffing needs are based upon spreadsheet numbers with projected attrition. So crew forcasting planning is taking a shot in the dark. We currrently have small classes starting biweekly with a short break in February as the footprint for training is massaged. I personally think that good news is headed down the pipe but we may have to weather a storm such as a Delta merger before things begin to turn.

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Originally Posted by mperrizo (Post 309291)

I know their are two classes scheduled in Feb just dont know how big.

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Originally Posted by Thumbs882 (Post 309293)

i just did recurrent. They want a class every other week, but only 4 in each. I don't know how long that is to last or anymore than that

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Originally Posted by PIPErdrvr (Post 309392)

Was recently offered a class date no sooner than March 24. Don't know how often classes are scheduled for but I do know that they are all filled b/t now and end of march...

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Originally Posted by ComairFO (Post 309685)

Exactly! If I'm Comair, I'm putting these people through class as soon as they're hired, because they're all going to be somewhere else by the time April comes around.

News of someone who accepted April and canceled Eagle interview.