Airtran calling back more pilots!! Upgrades too!

[DC10]

Well, for the record, I work there and don't like it!

 

[Spud]

me too!

 

[Colonel Savage]

Anyone know whay the acceptance rate for a recall has been on this round?

 

[gt1900]

For god sakes.... Is there any pilots that are happy at any airline????? I guess I'm one of the few that doesn't mind working at AAI... Wierd thing is that I think most guys actually don't mind. Its the few blow hards that are on FI and the few that post on the NPA forum that b1tch about everything that are always complaining. Guess what, you guys will b1tch everywhere you go, no matter what. If you don't like working at AAI.... Then get the hell out and go for your dream job at DAL, UAL, FEDEX, UPS, SWA, etc....... Oh ya, none of them are hiring and most have people on furlough....

 

[JT12345]

20% Growth in a tanking economy... that makes as much sense as a round trip ticket for $29.99 (Oh wait, you guys do that...)

If SWA is holding steady I HIGHLY doubt that you all will grow 20%. Keep in mind the world's largest airline just appeared in your backyard and that there is a good possibility SWA is not far behind them. Better hang on...this is where the ride will get a bit messy.

Every merger has been followed by shrinkage. There is not one airline in history that remained bigger after a merger. They all ended up being to big and got smaller. However there is always a first time for everything.

I know you were hoping it was the legacies turn to improve, and have been saying we are in the ********************ter for the last 6 months. Sorry to disappoint you, but you hajacked our thread.

Good luck with the 8% domestic and 5% international reductions for '09.

______________________________________

Personally I think we could all be in the ********************ter in a heart beat with this economy if something crazy happens. We are one tragedy away.

 

[atpcliff]

Hi!

For anyone at AirTran who hates it, please leave ASAP. I, for one, need a job, and AirTran would be at the top of the list, WAY at the top, compared to the current aviation organizations that are hiring.

I am bummed that I was not hired last Feb. If so, I would be furloughed from AirTran and in a MUCH better situation than I am in now.

Oh, and I would NOT be looking at Go Jet. I would get a non-flying job and hang out until Air Tran recalled me.

cliff
GRB

 

[RIDETHELIGHTING]

Don't know, do you work there?

I think he did. Hes working on airline 6 now. wow what a career, I guess when he gets to ten he wins...:beer:

 

[Ty Webb]

All Hail the new Village Idiot!

Hey, GT1900: Guys like you are the problem. You have no self-respect and you think this is all you deserve. Maybe it is all YOU deserve, but the rest of us know the difference between an airline and a shelter for battered pilots. I guess you don't deserve to be paid a decent wage, or maybe you deserve to be paid 25% less than the same guy that was doing your job 5 years ago? I guess you deserve to stay in crappy, sub-par Comfort Inn-type dumps? If that is what you deserve. kindly pack up your crap and get the flock out. We will be much better off without you. Take the rest of your weak sisters with you. F'ing tool.

 

[Ty Webb]

Hi! For anyone at AirTran who hates it, please leave ASAP. I, for one, need a job

Cliffy, grow the f@ck up. It is time . . . actually, it's way past time. Ty

 

[atpcliff]

Hi!

Hey Ty, my CEO sometimes tells me that, too!

It would be exciting to watch you and her in a cage match!

cliff
GRB
PS-I would NOT be betting against my CEO!

 

[Ty Webb]

Hi!

Hey Ty, my CEO sometimes tells me that, too!

It would be exciting to watch you and her in a cage match!

cliff
GRB
PS-I would NOT be betting against my CEO!

Well, if she looks like your avatar, I'm in. If she looks like Pocono Pilot, I've got better things to do . . .

 

[gt1900]

TY... STFU..... I didn't say it was all peaches. I said I don't mind working at AAI. Don't mistake the two. Does it piss me off at times? He11 ya, but I don't b1tch about everything in life like you seem to. I think we deserve better, but realize it could be a heck of a lot worse. I voted down every contract AAI has tried to pass. But I guess thats not good enough for you unless everyone around you hates their lives just like you do. This is the exact reason I don't hang out with the AAI crowd on my days off. BTW... My earnings as an FO are equal to many of my friends at "better" airlines. The hourly rate may not be as good, but, the overal compenstation is close. Does it still suck? Yep, but l don't get screwed with by AAI. I bid my trips, fly my line, and go home happy. If you thought the airlines were going to be your saving grace then obviously you are the village idiot. Being and airline employee has sucked from the begining of airlines, but you obviously didn't study that very hard before you signed up. Just ask the guys at UAL, EAL, Braniff, Alaska, AMR, USAIR, ATA, Midwest, etc etc etc how much they like there jobs. Being a pilot is what it is, it ain't glamourous, never will be, and unfortunatly a high percentage of pilots will go through a furlough or failed company..... However, that doesn't mean you can't try to by happy while enjoying the ride..... And like I said before, most guys I fly with and know are pretty happy at AAI....

 

[maxblast72]

It could be worse. There is one popular airline out there with a people department sending emails to poolies that there will be no hiring in 2009 while the marketing department is working on codeshares with Westjet and Volaris to "grow" into international markets.

I agree with GT1900. We have our problems. But the grass is not always greener elsewhere.

 

[Ty Webb]

.... And like I said before, most guys I fly with and know are pretty happy at AAI....

Then you must have your solidly and squarely up your @ss. I don't know about you, but I deserve better, and things WERE better when I came here. WE have allowed things to deteriorate, largely because of people like you who are just happy to have a frickin' job. Weak . . . sister . . . . . weak. Ty PS. I don't read PM's, unless they are from friends. Anything you want to say to me can be said right here, or in the crew room.

 

[Ty Webb]

Gt1900

Hard to believe, but this jackass just sent me a whiny PM threatening to "name me" on FI, and included a name and seniority number of who he thinks I am. Funny thing is, he doesn't even have the right name, but this guy has shown himself for what he is.

I'm sure some of my AirTran brothers know who GT1900 is . . . . so send me a PM.

Ty

 

[Citrus531]

For god sakes.... Is there any pilots that are happy at any airline?????

I've always wondered that too....Nobody's ever happy or thrilled regardless of where they work. You hear it on the bus, on the concourse, on the radio....

 

[dh82dvr]

Ah yes living the nightmare, I mean dream.

I think I will start It Could Be Worse Airlines. So if you think "It Could BE Worse", please apply and don't forget the application fee, and don't forget here at ICBW Airlines.....IT COULD BE WORSE!!!!

 

[CrewDog97]

AJC article on the recalls

AirTran recalls, hires crew members

Preparation for summer season: 60 pilots to return from furlough; 120 new flight attendants hired.

By Kelly Yamanouchi
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Saturday, January 10, 2009
AirTran Airways is calling another 60 pilots back to work from furlough and hiring more flight attendants, even though the airline is not growing.
Orlando-based AirTran, which has its main hub in Atlanta, announced last summer amid record oil prices it would cut flight attendants, pilots and other employees from its work force. The cuts through voluntary exits, leaves and furloughs were aimed at trimming about $16 million from annual costs.

AirTran said in August it was furloughing about 170 of its pilots as it shrank its flight schedule in the last four months of the year.
This year, AirTran plans to cut flight capacity about 3 to 7 percent. But as the airline prepares for the summer season, it is making its second round of pilot recalls.
The airline called about 35 pilots back to work in December as it prepared to fly its planes for longer hours in 2009. The latest round of recalled pilots will return to work Feb. 1. All of AirTran’s pilots are based in Atlanta.
Mike Best, president of the National Pilots Association at AirTran, said “we’re very hopeful” that the remaining pilots on furlough will be recalled this year.
AirTran is also calling back to work flight attendants who took leave and has hired about 120 new flight attendants due to attrition.
The flight attendants who return from leave will be back at work effective March 1.
“In the event that we don’t have enough come back from leave, we will have to go out and hire more flight attendants,” said AirTran spokesman Tad Hutcheson.
The airline is also hiring about a dozen mechanics, Hutcheson said.




Here's to hoping the rest of our brothers and sisters get called back soon! Cheers!!

 

[Captzaahlie]

Any news of interviews yet?

Coach must miss me by now....