When would majors hire again?

[Dennis Miller]

Re: correct for current majors

I was thinking of the legacy air lines UAL, DAL, CAL etc. The old time majors, the places everyone wanted to go, they used use airlines like SWA, ATA, even JB as stepping stones to get that "Legacy Major" job.

So if SWA, ATA, JB are stepping stones what is Ck Capt DA-20 Cargo ops? The stoner people stepped on? A little angry at the Fonz Potsy?

 

[banned username 2]

Re: Re: correct for current majors

So if SWA, ATA, JB are stepping stones what is Ck Capt DA-20 Cargo ops? The stoner people stepped on? A little angry at the Fonz Potsy?

Dude, you even sound like Dennis Miller! I needed a good laugh!

 

[Pocono Pilot]

Everbody wants to work at SWA someday. CAL is a stepping stone for SWA, just get the 737 type and go to Southwest. Heck CAL is a stepping stone for Skywest probably these days.

The safest bet is probably the regionals or maybe SWA. But what do I know, I've only been making good money at the regionals for a long time. I think I'll keep this left seat warm for....me!! LOL

 

[lineflyer1]

I love this post being brought back to life.

It proves not one of us knows whats going to happen in the future.

Riddle me this! Why all this desire to make it to the majors?

Is it to fly a big airplane, is it to get good pay, is it to impress the ladies?

 

[pilotyip]

2012 some of the majors will be hiring, BTW what is a major, used to 1B revenue, I think Airtran and JB do that now days, so are they majors? if so AT is already hiring, all part of the 2012 hiring boom.

 

[CFI2766]

In August, the first class of new hires will start at one of the majors, by June of 2008 it will look like the summer of 1997. Check the cycles of the lay offs in 83, 93,

Pretty good stuff; not far off.

 

[JetMonkey]

The first guy talking about Delta not hiring for another 5-6 years was pretty much dead on. They starting hiring off the street a couple years back for a short time before stopping all together.

 

[Whine Lover]

Hiring?

DOOMED I say. Doomed.

All who enter this realm...abandon ye all hope, for all is lost.





YKMKR

 

[gutshotdraw]

Hiring?

DOOMED I say. Doomed.

All who enter this realm...abandon ye all hope, for all is lost.





YKMKR

Ding! Winner, winner. Chicken dinner!

 

[jonjuan]

Ding! Winner, winner. Chicken dinner!

But I don't like chicken. Can I smoke instead?

 

[Dewey Oxberger]

I love this post being brought back to life.

It proves not one of us knows whats going to happen in the future.

Riddle me this! Why all this desire to make it to the majors?

Is it to fly a big airplane, is it to get good pay, is it to impress the ladies?

Why go to a major? Pretty simple, actually. Just because UsAir pilots make considerably crappier pay than us, CAL Mgt. can't replace us with UsAir pilots doing our flying under their crappy contract and kick us all to the curb. At XJT however, CAL Mgt. could (and did) replace us with Mesa, CHQ, or (name your bottomfeeder here) whenever they feel like it. I traded short term job security for long time career security and like everyone else here, won't know until my 60th birthday if I made the right choice. It's always better to work for the company that sells the tickets, than the company that sells the tickets' biatch!

 

[andyd]

DAL to hire 438, +/-150 furlough bypass accepting recall, +/- 60 or so flowthroughs from Mesaba and Compass: around 225 off the street in the coming months....

 

[Ridgeback]

DAL to hire 438, +/-150 furlough bypass accepting recall, +/- 60 or so flowthroughs from Mesaba and Compass: around 225 off the street in the coming months....

438-150=288

If you figure 6 classes of 48 each....29 in each class comes from Compass/Mesaba=174

More like around 114 off the street

This ofcourse depends on the number and size of the new hire classes

 

[Jetjockey]

Because working at the worst Major would beat working at the best regional!

 

[Superpilot92]

dal to hire 438, +/-150 furlough bypass accepting recall, +/- 60 or so flowthroughs from mesaba and compass: Around 225 off the street in the coming months....

+1 :beer: