"Southernjets" Hiring? Here's a little info

Capt. Caucasian said:
So, either we hire a few hundred more or else it's going to be Green-Slipapalooza next summer!
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Oh, brotherman made some 'scratch' during the last Green-Slipapalooza!

Eventually learned my lesson when I ended up with a three-day GEO with "Captain Fantastic" Grrrrrr...
 
Sounds like resumes should be polished up for all <wink, wink> sectors for the coming year.
 
surreal1221 said:
As pilots?

Delta certainly hires seasonal labor for other employee groups, but I can't say I recall in recent history any mainline carrier hiring pilots and then they are kicked to the street six months to less than a year of service.

I'm considering < 1 year of service as being treated as seasonal-temp help.
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Gee, I don't know, I was furloughed from Delta eight days short of my one year anniversary along with 450 guys junior to me.

Nothing like gettiing your 5 year service pin and off of probation at the same time.
 
surreal1221 said:
As pilots?

Delta certainly hires seasonal labor for other employee groups, but I can't say I recall in recent history any mainline carrier hiring pilots and then they are kicked to the street six months to less than a year of service.

I'm considering < 1 year of service as being treated as seasonal-temp help.
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In this most recent round CAL hired until May of 2008 and had 147 people furloughed by the end of the year. They most certainly did hire people just for the summer. The most senior furlough was hired 12/07, so all 147 were active for less than 1 year.
 
Cptnchia said:
Gee, I don't know, I was furloughed from Delta eight days short of my one year anniversary along with 450 guys junior to me.

Nothing like gettiing your 5 year service pin and off of probation at the same time.
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This goes back to the post 9/11 era right?
 
ATN_Pilot said:
Good news. Looks like there could be decent pilot hiring in tha ATL for next year. We're also planning on hiring around 60-70 in the first half of the year. Preference will be given to furloughed Midwest pilots, but others will certainly be hired also.
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I spoke with Stephanie G at the training center last week and she told me late 2010/early 2011 before hiring at AirTran resumed...and she said the ones who had bypassed the recall were being called again...have you heard something different from floy or someone else?
 
Donatelli's jokes can be slightly off color some times to say the least. I was at a planning session for some negotiating stuff in Herndon two years ago and Jeff McDonald pretty much had to leave the room at one point because nobody was listening to him.
 
Easton14 said:
I spoke with Stephanie G at the training center last week and she told me late 2010/early 2011 before hiring at AirTran resumed...and she said the ones who had bypassed the recall were being called again...have you heard something different from floy or someone else?
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It's true that the bypasses are being called, and the return rates are higher than we were expecting. However, my sources say hiring to resume in the first quarter, also. My sources are pretty good. ;)
 
Doug, thanks for the info! Here's hoping we hear some positive news in the near future.
 
Easton14 said:
I spoke with Stephanie G at the training center last week
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I had heard that Stephanie had left the company a year or so ago. Glad to hear that she is still there. Her and the rest of the recruiters were about the only redeeming quality of management.:p
 
H46Bubba said:
Are you guys still in a pool or was the plug pulled on that?
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The NWA hired pool was flushed in April '09 which was one year from the classes which were cancelled. We received an email from NWA HR which stated our names were forwarded to DAL HR as someone who was hired, issued a class date, and later cancelled. Who knows what that means for the future should DAL hire. My hope is only for a chance to interview.
 
Capt. Caucasian said:
I had heard that Stephanie had left the company a year or so ago. Glad to hear that she is still there. Her and the rest of the recruiters were about the only redeeming quality of management.:p
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Yeah she's awesome....great lady and a vital part to the recruiting department!
 
Cptnchia said:
True, but what is your definition of "recent history?" Mine is anything that has happened to me in the last 10 years. Anything beyond that is "ancient history."
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Which is fair.

To be honest, my real prism is - a good economic environment (not present times, nor those following 9/11) - and yet a company is hiring only seasonal pilot labor to cover summer flying, then off to the street with you. Recall in the spring for the retirements that occurred during the fall and the upward movement required to be covered for seasonal lift requirements.

The sad reality is that the hire til you furlough cycle will simply continue when things pick up again. I'll feel bad for those hiring in the second or third year of the hiring.
 
surreal1221 said:
Which is fair.

To be honest, my real prism is - a good economic environment (not present times, nor those following 9/11) - and yet a company is hiring only seasonal pilot labor to cover summer flying, then off to the street with you. Recall in the spring for the retirements that occurred during the fall and the upward movement required to be covered for seasonal lift requirements.

The sad reality is that the hire til you furlough cycle will simply continue when things pick up again. I'll feel bad for those hiring in the second or third year of the hiring.
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Sounds like you're talking about Evergreen and Tower years ago.

This seasonal stuff turned into a 65 hour guarantee to prevent the winter layoffs.

Told to me by guys that lived it.
 
Kingairer said:
How many DC9s are left? How much longer can they fly? Are the 90's a replacement for that?
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We have around 65 still flying. The -30 and -40's will be leaving next year, and the 34 -50's will be sticking around for a while longer.
 
I actually had a flight on "original RJ" as pax. ;) DC-9-15. That was also a particular FO first flight(OE captian made announcement). :D
 
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