United reaching out to ALPA FFD Carriers

ATN_Pilot said:
I give my employees time off at the last minute, too. But it's at my discretion. The official policy in the handbook says you have to submit your request for vacation time at least 30 days in advance. Anything last minute is purely at the discretion of management.
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The ole "management's discretion" loophole. At least you probably don't abuse it like our previous employer. :)

Another thing to keep in mind is some places may have a PTO BANK, but PTO and a sick call may be different. The sick call comes out of your PTO bank. Kinda like Pinnacle would take a legit fatigue call out of your sick bank. You didn't call in "sick," but you still get paid from your "sick bank" and it doesn't fall under the attendance policy. Not sure what the current practice is there, but that's how it was when I was there. Similarly, you may have a PTO bank that they use to cover "paid time off" for ANY reason, be it sick, vacation, LOA, whatever. It absolutely, should NOT be said that "If I use PTO they shouldn't say anything" unless your CBA covers that. You're in a very, very grey area otherwise. PhilosopherPilot did a good job covering how it works here, and I feel we've got one of the more liberal policies (outside of not having a policy at all) around. If I call in sick tomorrow, CrewTrac will say have a code denoting sick and either paid or unpaid (we have that option, actually). Sure, the money comes out of the PTO bank, but it's still coded as sick, which is a different code than PTO. If I PTO and go to a job fair, for example, it's like I went on my day off. If I call in sick and go, I've effectively lied to my company and am subject to the terms of the (at least for now) PEA and employee handbook as well as any attendance policies.

And yeah, it wouldn't surprise me if there are company moles at EVERY job fair. It's at least safer to assume that.
 
I'm in for Denver! For reference, I submitted at 1200 and 1202, respectively. Do not recall the rankings, but DEN was not top 3.
 
frog_flyer said:
I'm in for Denver! For reference, I submitted at 1200 and 1202, respectively. Do not recall the rankings, but DEN was not top 3.
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Same here. I got in right after the noon window opened. September Denver was my last choices. Somehow people that didn't get in for over an hour got the primo first August slots?? I just talked with someone that got in at 13:05 and he got Aug 14th first available..

I thought this was in order of first come first serve??? Happy to get a spot but.. Seniority is everything.. Getting delayed over a month doesn't help.
 
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bretthullrampage said:
Any idea what kind of questions the recruiters will ask? I feel like I need a gouge for a job fair.
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No gouge needed. Be yourself, that's what they want to see. You only get 15 mins. max of one-on-one time. They will most likely look over your resume, ask questions about your past and present job, qualifications, activities, etc. The key is to be able to set yourself apart from the others that will be attending these open houses, as well as the other 10,000+ applications they have on file.
 
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