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Old 09-29-2015 | 05:38 AM
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Originally Posted by jodaddy
I had a great time meeting the Spirit Reps at the job fair! ..................................... or a fractional with double the first year pay, and capping out in the mid six figures?
You visited the Flexjet booth didn't you?

Hoping to get the call myself from Spirit. The little mini-interview in DEN went pretty well.

For those interested, as far as "accepting resumes only" went, it was 2-5 minutes (YMMV) of 1-on-1 sitting at a table. They also did a short presentation with Q&A for 30 minutes.

I've never been to a fair before so I don't know if this is the norm or not, but to those curious how it went, there ya go. Good luck all.
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Old 09-29-2015 | 04:00 PM
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Also, any input on choosing between Spirit(great after 3+ years, a 'bit of a sacrifice' before; but even with TA talks in progress, it is the BEST 121 carrier to go with
Best 121 airline? You know you'll need to pass a drug test to get hired right? Spirit pays less than Allegiant years 1-7, and rumor has it that MGMT is now no showing negotiations...
For those getting the call: what are you times? Are they coming down any?
One of the recent new hire classes has three 777 pilots in it. Average times in that class seemed to be around the 8,000 hour mark with everyone having at least 1,000 PIC. 4,000 hour RJ FO's still do get hired though. Persistence seems to be the key.
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Old 10-04-2015 | 06:33 AM
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Originally Posted by DeadStick
4,000 hour RJ FO's still do get hired though. Persistence seems to be the key.
Hey, I was a 5,600-hour RJ FO!
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Old 10-04-2015 | 09:12 AM
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Originally Posted by DeadStick
Best 121 airline? You know you'll need to pass a drug test to get hired right? Spirit pays less than Allegiant years 1-7, and rumor has it that MGMT is now no showing negotiations...
That's a shell game bra. Your work rules, min guarantee, line bids. We lose thousands just based on the fact we don't have line bidding anymore. He’s right to cream his pants for your contract. Our management shows up to negotiations with an army of FH attorneys, pulling every lawyer trick in the book.
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Old 10-04-2015 | 09:40 AM
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Originally Posted by flyboyike
Hey, I was a 5,600-hour RJ FO!
Me too!, almost to the hour, lol
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Old 10-04-2015 | 03:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Stok1
That's a shell game bra. Your work rules, min guarantee, line bids. We lose thousands just based on the fact we don't have line bidding anymore. He’s right to cream his pants for your contract. Our management shows up to negotiations with an army of FH attorneys, pulling every lawyer trick in the book.
That's just wrong. And Spirit's 2010 contract makes you do that? They are currently fighting the good fight to get something better. It was signed in one of the worst times in recent aviation history when almost every big carrier was in or freshly out of BK.
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Old 10-04-2015 | 04:07 PM
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Originally Posted by The Hoss
I've got a question for any current Spirit pilots out there. I was lucky enough to get a phone call from Sandi late Thursday, but was unable to answer at the time so she left a voice mail. The voicemail from Sandi asked me to call back when I got the message. I called her back as soon as I could, about 10 minutes later, and left a voicemail. I also called again early Friday afternoon and left another voicemail. I am not quite sure what to do at this point. I am thinking about waiting until late tomorrow afternoon and calling her back if she hasn't already called me. Any thoughts/ideas?
Sandi is very busy. She'll get back to you. I don't think calling her tomorrow would hurt but just be patient. If you have her email sometimes that works better.
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Old 10-04-2015 | 04:16 PM
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Originally Posted by dn_wisconsin
Sandi is very busy. She'll get back to you. I don't think calling her tomorrow would hurt but just be patient. If you have her email sometimes that works better.
Thanks for the info dn__wisconsin. Super excited to find out what Sandi was calling about, I can't think of anything but an interview, but I don't want to count my chickens before they hatch. I'll admit that not knowing if it is an interview or when it would be has had me a bit on edge. I didn't think I would have been this lucky to potentially get an interview this early in my career, I thought I would have to go to a regional before Spirit would be interested.

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Old 10-04-2015 | 06:50 PM
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Originally Posted by The Hoss
Thanks for the info dn__wisconsin. Super excited to find out what Sandi was calling about, I can't think of anything but an interview, but I don't want to count my chickens before they hatch. I'll admit that not knowing if it is an interview or when it would be has had me a bit on edge. I didn't think I would have been this lucky to potentially get an interview this early in my career, I thought I would have to go to a regional before Spirit would be interested.
My guess it's a phone interview. If it all goes well, she'll invite you to FLL for a face to face.
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Old 10-06-2015 | 03:45 AM
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Thats how it works, you don't realize its a phone interview.
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