Trans States hiring

[FintonMEI]

anyone know if they are hiring? projections?

yes I know the QOL sucks.

 

[Capn Lucky]

I believe they are hiring and there are worse places to work. You will not work with better people anywhere. Management is a different story.

 

[millhouse21]

They are hiring and I'm pretty sure that even flight times of NA are competitive these days. As long as you can stil fog that old mirror.

 

[great cornholio]

Heard we will be hiring about 30 a month for at least the next 3 or 4 months. Doesnt look like any growth just trying to cover attrition at this point. You already said you know about the QOL issues so I wont go there. However you have to remember that we are losing about 30 pilots a month...about 75% FOs and 25% capts. We are very short staffed at the moment on both the FO and Capt side. We are not running a big upgraded class till Dec because we cant really afford to pull any FOs off line to upgrade them until some of the new hires make it. On a typical trip you run into numerous people who have been juniored or "re-routed". I have been re-routed with an extra turn on day 4 a few times this month and they have tried to junior me on my day off about 7 times in the past month and a half or so, but thats easy you just dont answer the phone. Anyways long story short we need a bunch of pilots. Like it was said the pilot group here is great and is basicly the only thing that makes you not want to punch yourself in the face at work.

 

[Clark W.]

what are the new hire times like? Low timers?

 

[flyer172r]

If you have a multi rating and a pulse you can probably get an interview. I'm not even sure about needing the pulse.

 

[dueguard1]

Called Eileen today..mentioned that the person doing pilot recruitment won't be back until next week, she did mention her name but I forget, good luck

 

[BYUFlyr]

Heard we will be hiring about 30 a month for at least the next 3 or 4 months. Doesnt look like any growth just trying to cover attrition at this point. You already said you know about the QOL issues so I wont go there. However you have to remember that we are losing about 30 pilots a month...about 75% FOs and 25% capts. We are very short staffed at the moment on both the FO and Capt side. We are not running a big upgraded class till Dec because we cant really afford to pull any FOs off line to upgrade them until some of the new hires make it. On a typical trip you run into numerous people who have been juniored or "re-routed". I have been re-routed with an extra turn on day 4 a few times this month and they have tried to junior me on my day off about 7 times in the past month and a half or so, but thats easy you just dont answer the phone. Anyways long story short we need a bunch of pilots. Like it was said the pilot group here is great and is basicly the only thing that makes you not want to punch yourself in the face at work.

What's the best way to apply if you do not know anyone who'll walk-in your resume?

Would I be able to get an interview with 900+ TT and 32 ME?

 

[millhouse21]

What's the best way to apply if you do not know anyone who'll walk-in your resume?

Would I be able to get an interview with 900+ TT and 32 ME?

I'd just sent them an email with your resume/cover letter.

http://www.transstates.net is the web site and I think you'll find contact info there.

It's been said before but you should not plan on being here long term. If you're low time and just want some 121 experience and get up to CHQs mins, then good for you. If you want to someday upgrade here then you should really reconsider. There will probably not be an upgrade spot for you for many years if ever. This is seriously a sinking ship although some people have forgotten now that hiring and upgrades have resumed. IT IS FOR ATTRITION NOT GROWTH. THERE WILL NEVER BE ANYMORE GROWTH HERE. Any expansion of this company will all be on the dark side and we can expect slow or even rapid shrinkage as 50 seat flying goes away. So, come here with low time, get more time, move on.

 

[BcPilot99]

what are the new hire times like? Low timers?

My friend just got hired on there and said that he is in class with a twenty year old who has 280TT and like 30 Multi....

 

[great cornholio]

My friend just got hired on there and said that he is in class with a twenty year old who has 280TT and like 30 Multi....

I've heard that most of the people in the new hire class are right around 300ish total with 50ish multi.

 

[nwa_contrails]

Doesn't TSA have a bridge program or agreement with Purdue to take their grads at lower times? Was that the dude with 280/30?

 

[flyer172r]

Doesn't TSA have a bridge program or agreement with Purdue to take their grads at lower times? Was that the dude with 280/30?

It wasn't a bridge program per se, but in the past TSA has hired a lot of Purdue graduates. Their minimums were 500 total, 25 multi. Not saying that's bad or good, but that's the way it was. Last year 500 was a hard min, obviously not so much today.

 

[BcPilot99]

Doesn't TSA have a bridge program or agreement with Purdue to take their grads at lower times? Was that the dude with 280/30?

No, I think he said that he was a graduate of Jet U or something like that

 

[EWRJ0225]

the average time in the september class was around 650, highest person had 1200, lowest had around 400. Everyone did really well in ground school. A few got tripped up on the oral. Most people are doing really well in sim. From what i have heard the october 9th class they only interviewed and hired the usual 1000TT and 100ME. The reason all the september 5th class had low times is because they needed people to fill some seats fast. Only 8 of the 50 furloughed came back. You could try with 30 multi but I doubt it, no harm in trying. There was 39 in the september class, 2 are gone. I think there are 25 in the october class and rumor is there is a november class around 25 and then 10 to 15 per month through spring. Attrition from what I understand is really bad, and most of the line holders are getting juniored 2-3 times a month. They are waiting on the upgrade recalls until people in the september class get out there. No one has went on IOE yet. Most of us are looking at IOE early next week depending on the number of check airman availiable.

 

[BYUFlyr]

Thanks for the info.... I think I'll send in my resume and see what happens. Any other info would be greatly appreciated.

 

[inbound]

Ya, and I cant belive no one has said it yet.....STAY THE F$#@ FAR FAR AWAY!!!!!!!!!

 

[great cornholio]

Ya, and I cant belive no one has said it yet.....STAY THE F$#@ FAR FAR AWAY!!!!!!!!!

It has been said. Since we can only get low time guys to apply to us I think the message to stay away from TSA has gotten out. Assuming we dont lose any flying I'd say the hiring is going to be pretty strong for a while because we are still losing about 30 pilots a month. Most FOs start here low time then get enough to meet CHQ mins then go to CHQ. We are pretty much a training academy for all of the other regionals.

 

[Tarzan]

It was for me; left just before the furloughs. Great bunch of guys to fly with but Hulas can rot!

 

[andym037]

If its of any use, I was hired for the oct 9th class with 1000TT ans 29ME. I realized its not a great company, but where else can one go with such low ME time? There are several others in my class with low ME as well. However, I have heard that the mins are slightly higher now for the next class. But I'd say to go ahead and apply. After all, it beats flight instructing.

 

[thinairupthere]

Sweet Cheese and Rice! Now we are going to be Babysitters- good luck and becareful Capts.

 

[pilotlbs]

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I wonder how much money was wasted by hiring Jan. Feb. and Mar. classes, furloughing in July and a full recall in early August with less than 10 people coming back?

 

[Shrek]

The Captains are aware about the low timers as well as the Check Airmen. I have heard personally that the training department will NOT push through the new pilots.

To the new guys coming onboard.......take the suggestions Captains give you - it will help you now and years down the road. And for God's sake don't try to quote the SOP to any of the Captains.......lol Keep your head low with all the GoJet negativity - remember you are probationary. After a year and a day - another story.

Keep an open mind and you will have a blast.............the people here are some of the best to work with !!

 

[motch]

Listen to Shrek... He knows...

Fly Safe, Fly the contract and learn while you're here

 

[ATTCS]

Any truth to the rumor that Chq, Skywest, Mesa, etc are filing a lawsuit against Trans States for not training pilots fast enough for them?

 

[hyperflite]

Any truth to the rumor that Chq, Skywest, Mesa, etc are filing a lawsuit against Trans States for not training pilots fast enough for them?

Now, that's funny!

 

[TSA Pilot]

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[TSA Pilot]

The Captains are aware about the low timers as well as the Check Airmen. I have heard personally that the training department will NOT push through the new pilots.

To the new guys coming onboard.......take the suggestions Captains give you - it will help you now and years down the road. And for God's sake don't try to quote the SOP to any of the Captains.......lol Keep your head low with all the GoJet negativity - remember you are probationary. After a year and a day - another story.

Keep an open mind and you will have a blast.............the people here are some of the best to work with !!

oh, and if you get asked on your checkride if you ever do a "cruise check" for Christ's sake man say "yes sir, all the time!"

LMAO ... How are ya been man?

 

[atrflier]

Trans States, for all of its faults, is a great opportunity for guys with low time right now. Just expect a tough but fair training program. Above info is mostly accurate. Go to the website Transssates.net for all the info. Probably disregaurd the hiring mins. Right now they do have at least 2 classes with many low time guys (300-600 hrs). The first bunch are just now starting or finishing sim. There have been an unusually high number of failures, however, because these guys have not been prepared for their oral exams. We have ALPA volunteers to help prep canidates for orals and checkrides. I'm not sure if these resources are being used. It would be an excellent idea. They will visit you in groundshcool and hand out contact info. Every place has its bad eggs, but generally great people to work with (not counting mgmt of course!). We are in contract negotiations, in line to becoming a cass member, switching to a pref bid sytem, and have a very high attrition rate.

 

[Trimmers]

As per contract you can only be juniored twice per month...fly your contract