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03-30-2017 | 07:04 AM

#2971

beech_nut

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Originally Posted by Macjet

Our IT department has a near 80% turnover rate year-over-year. The fact that spirit.com even works is a wonder in and of itself.

I didn't realize the drop out rate in Mirimar high school was so high. I heard that our internal IT was outsourced to a high school computer class as a class project.

03-30-2017 | 07:09 AM

#2972

FlyingOkra

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Originally Posted by beech_nut

I didn't realize the drop out rate in Mirimar high school was so high. I heard that our internal IT was outsourced to a high school computer class as a class project.

It's the 80% that graduate and the 20% that require additional years in school run lead on the Spirit IT project.

03-30-2017 | 09:53 AM

#2973

abbynormallaw

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Hey all, come to Spirit and get your free pink slip! Many, many, many failures in the past few weeks!

03-30-2017 | 09:55 AM

#2974

Super EZ E

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4 sims that are checking the box and a left seat checkout with a pick to go with it! 98% pass 2nd time.

03-30-2017 | 10:40 AM

#2975

highflyer0685

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This was probably asked already but couldn't find the answer...anyone getting calls for interviews who have not attended spirit job fairs and only submitted their application online? Thanks in advance.

03-30-2017 | 11:01 AM

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Deathwish

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Hey all, come to Spirit and get your free pink slip! Many, many, many failures in the past few weeks!

Any feedback from the training department on what people are struggling with?

03-30-2017 | 11:13 AM

#2977

TrojanCMH

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Originally Posted by Deathwish

Any feedback from the training department on what people are struggling with?

Learning how to fly an Airbus proficiently in 4 sims isn't easy for some people. We had one failure in our class a couple years ago. This was before they dropped the hourly minimums...

03-30-2017 | 11:37 AM

#2978

gringo

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Originally Posted by Deathwish

Any feedback from the training department on what people are struggling with?

Everything. Simply put, our training program isn't designed for low-time pilots with minimal jet experience. It's designed for a time when our minimums were 4000 + 500TPIC.

Too much information in too short of a time with minimal time to understand and correlate it all.

Is it passable? Clearly. But the number of pink slips issued has risen dramatically the last number of months.

Our training program isn't designed for low experience pilots. There's not much handholding here. The Jurinal Cake might want us to think that Spirit is really just a big regional flying Airbuses, but our training program isn't geared for that level of experience.

03-30-2017 | 12:46 PM

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Timeismoney

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Management does not care. Spirit cares for the new hires as much as they care for us line pilots. They just keep bringing them in with the hopes of them passing, if they don't they say "sorry" and move on. It makes sense to why they've increased the hiring numbers, to account for the failures they know are coming. For all that are considering coming here, think long and hard about what you are about to do. Seriously ask yourself if you are really qualified to attempt this kind of training environment and what will happen if you dont make it through. I would hate to explain an training failure to a company that I really wanted to work for.

03-30-2017 | 01:41 PM

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Deathwish

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I appreciate the realistic perspective on low-time new hires. Does anyone have any insight into specific areas; most carriers track failures and try to target weak points such as unstable approaches and emergencies. I'm sure the examiners aren't writing "low-time pilot" in their notes for why they failed. :-)