New Hire Classes and Drops
09-14-2018, 06:14 AM
#401
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Joined APC: Apr 2008
Position: Sleeping in the black swan’s nest.
Posts: 5,708
Originally Posted by T6 Pilot
Houston is a pain in the ass to commute from, period. I'm SFO based and 99.9% of the time, commute from Austin. However, this one time at band camp, there were approx 69 folks on the commute list - and I was #57, with 7 folks listed for the JS in front of me.
From what I could tell, this was consistent to LAX as well.
No thanks...
From what I could tell, this was consistent to LAX as well.
No thanks...
09-14-2018, 06:21 AM
#402
New Hire
Joined APC: Aug 2018
Posts: 2
Originally Posted by Airway
Seriously. When I was a new hire, if I'd been assigned a shoebox with wings and a United logo I'd have been happier than a pig rolling in ****.
I ended up on the ultraguppy so it was pretty close.
I ended up on the ultraguppy so it was pretty close.
09-14-2018, 06:43 AM
#405
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Joined APC: Mar 2010
Position: A-320 CA
Posts: 317
Originally Posted by 4runner
How many letters of rec did most applicants have? I’m at 2, a job fair and up to date on airlineapps with some consulting done to my app. 7000tt, 3000 tpic, heavy time and mostly international. All 121. Trying to gauge my competitiveness and see what else I can do to get a call.
Filler
09-14-2018, 07:09 AM
#406
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Joined APC: Nov 2012
Position: 787 FO
Posts: 100
Originally Posted by Cozmo
It seems like a fair number of the early draft picks took LAX. Is there any reason for that? Nice place to live maybe?
If you had the same choices from the 9/11 class and you had to commute through IAH, what would be your top 2 or 3 picks, and why?
If you had the same choices from the 9/11 class and you had to commute through IAH, what would be your top 2 or 3 picks, and why?
I commuted from IAH to LAX for a couple of years. Pretty easy commute. Lots of flights, no weather delays, numerous airlines (UAL, AA, Spirit, and SWA to hobby if needed). IAH-SFO would be a nightmare for a junior commuter I'd imagine.
09-14-2018, 07:10 AM
#407
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Joined APC: Jul 2013
Position: 175 CA
Posts: 1,544
Originally Posted by cfouriv
New Crew resource update just posted. Good size vacancy opens today.
09-14-2018, 08:17 AM
#408
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Joined APC: Oct 2010
Posts: 2,639
Originally Posted by Squallrider
Does this mean hiring should be increasing dramatically?
1) FWIW, Hiring is already aggressive, and has been since the beginning of summer. This was a major improvement to the plan to wait until fall.
2) This is only a single vacancy bid. With ~450 retirements a year there will be movement and bids like this one. It's the combination of bids that tell the story, and not just a single one.
09-14-2018, 09:20 AM
#409
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Joined APC: Sep 2013
Posts: 869
Originally Posted by Airway
Seriously. When I was a new hire, if I'd been assigned a shoebox with wings and a United logo I'd have been happier than a pig rolling in ****.
I ended up on the ultraguppy so it was pretty close.
I ended up on the ultraguppy so it was pretty close.
Originally Posted by Aviatorr
I’m sure there’s thousands of guys not on property that would trade place with ya to fly a 737/320......you must be one of those lucky CPP folks
Originally Posted by pilotgolfer
They can also wait for the next class and see how that works out..
Originally Posted by Mootang
Getting forced into the airbus as a new hire... funny how fast the perspective changes. I can think of worse places to get forced.
Last edited by spaaks; 09-14-2018 at 09:30 AM.
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