interview travel/pilot shortage
04-20-2016, 01:19 PM
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Originally Posted by 1150GSA
The context I mean is : they are trying to attract pilots with bonuses, but an airline ticket for overseas travel is too much
04-20-2016, 01:35 PM
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Originally Posted by zondaracer
It is probably due to no-shows. The regionals have a negotiated rate for positive space travel and they pay big penalties for no-shows. I know of one regional that stopped bringing interviewees to interviews on a certain airline due to no-shows.
04-20-2016, 01:37 PM
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Originally Posted by iFlyRC
Anyone who believes this is an idiot. You are given a class date, you don't have the job until you pass IOE and are flying the line.
Tell me, why does spending tons of money to fly people to an interview, to ask you stupid questions, that could be answered over the phone, make any sense? You still have to prove yourself in training, regardless. Only thing that Mesa can't do is discriminate against you for being ugly.
Tell me, why does spending tons of money to fly people to an interview, to ask you stupid questions, that could be answered over the phone, make any sense? You still have to prove yourself in training, regardless. Only thing that Mesa can't do is discriminate against you for being ugly.
04-20-2016, 01:44 PM
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Originally Posted by iFlyRC
Anyone who believes this is an idiot. You are given a class date, you don't have the job until you pass IOE and are flying the line.
Tell me, why does spending tons of money to fly people to an interview, to ask you stupid questions, that could be answered over the phone, make any sense? You still have to prove yourself in training, regardless. Only thing that Mesa can't do is discriminate against you for being ugly.
Tell me, why does spending tons of money to fly people to an interview, to ask you stupid questions, that could be answered over the phone, make any sense? You still have to prove yourself in training, regardless. Only thing that Mesa can't do is discriminate against you for being ugly.
04-20-2016, 07:28 PM
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Originally Posted by zondaracer
iFlyRC is trying to self-justify going to Mesa.
I can't imagine why the majors don't just offer class dates to anybody and everybody. If they make it through training that's all that matters, and therefore they must be good enough. If it's good enough for Mesa, of course it's good enough for every other airline, right ???
04-20-2016, 08:13 PM
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iFlyRC, do you have any idea how much it costs to put a new hire through training? How much money does Mesa waste when 40% of their pilots wash out of training? And many more borderline pilots who use twice the sim sessions and two or three times the normal amount of IOE just to finish training. Sounds like Mesa is a class A organization and everyone else should conform to their standards.
What happens when one of these pilots with multiple multiple checkride failures and 80 hours of IOE bends some metal? How is the media and public going to react?
Now I know this does not include every Mesa pilot. They have some very classy and great pilots I am sure, but they sure don't weed out the people who have no business being in the cockpit of an airliner.
Who wants to be at an airline where just anybody can walk into training? Take some pride in where you start your career. You may end up getting stuck there awhile.
What happens when one of these pilots with multiple multiple checkride failures and 80 hours of IOE bends some metal? How is the media and public going to react?
Now I know this does not include every Mesa pilot. They have some very classy and great pilots I am sure, but they sure don't weed out the people who have no business being in the cockpit of an airliner.
Who wants to be at an airline where just anybody can walk into training? Take some pride in where you start your career. You may end up getting stuck there awhile.
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