j12770

Hello!

I'm just thinking ahead and weighing options... I applied to Sun Country 8-10 months ago but after doing some charter/jet flying, I was pulled for an interview. I'm pretty stoked about the opportunity and have spoke with several happy pilots at Sun Country. Does anyone have a timeline that I can expect for a class date after hopefully a successful interview? How long I can expect training, reserve, holding a line, how much flying? I've read previous posts and 3 months of reserve seems to be the consensus... How's commuting if you live near RSW/ORL/TPA? I kind of thought having just one base of MSP would take some of the stress off of commuting. I have 2 other class dates with LCC's but projected for August-December timeframes. I'd rather fly a Boeing over an Airbus and the variety of Sun Country's flying is intriguing.

Thanks for the replies!

PossibleDeviation

You live in Florida? Go to Spirit.

YerOnGuard

You work at Spirit right?

PossibleDeviation

Yep, yep I do.

jungle driver

what family members qualify for non-rev benefits? is it just spouse and dependents? what about parents? if not married how about domestic partners? Buddy passes?

nibake

Spouse, dependents, parents (they pay a nominal fee). You can use a designee in lieu of spouse, for SY purposes benefits are they same, but outside of SY the designee might not receive the same benefits as spouse. 24 buddy passes per year.

N152SY

The designee can only ride on company metal whereas a spouse has full zed benefits like the employee. We also have “companion” passes where you can bring someone not on your benefits with you and they will ride at S1 priority versus S5 buddy pass priority.

BeanBurritoFlyr

We get 24 buddy passes a year!? How did I not know this having been on property a year and a half. How do I access these?

nibake

It's on the ID90 page where you search for flights.

itsonMEL

You're looking at about 6 months from indoc to IOE. From what I've heard, the training department is really backed up.