US Airways Pilot/FA Recall

[abefly]

All have been offered recall to at least the 190. Not many west will go East to be junior to new hires and fly with Captains who should be, and will be, Junior to them.

 

[Groucho]

Just out from the Company:

om: US Airways
Sent: Monday, November 08, 2010 9:05 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: US Airways to Add 500 Crew Members in 2011


US Airways has added a news release to its Investor Relations website.

Title: US Airways to Add 500 Crew Members in 2011

Date(s): 8-Nov-2010 9:03 AM

For a complete listing of our news releases, please click here


TEMPE, Ariz., Nov 08, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) --

US Airways (NYSE:LCC) today announced that it will need 500 crew members
next year primarily in anticipation of planned retirements and
attrition, which will be filled by recalling employees currently on
furlough, as well as through hiring new crew members. The majority of
these returning and new pilots and flight attendants will be flying by
July.





"This is great news for our workforce and the communities we serve,"
said US Airways President, Scott Kirby. "We look forward to welcoming
our colleagues back to US Airways, and bringing new crew members onto
the team."




"Our crew member hiring needs are being driven primarily by planned
retirements and attrition, as well as international growth. Today's
announcement is consistent with our previously announced plan to keep
our domestic capacity flat in 2011 while growing international capacity
by 8 percent."




The 2011 crew member plan includes filling 420 flight attendant
positions and 80 pilot positions. The Company will first offer these
positions to employees currently on furlough status, and once this
process is complete will begin hiring new employees. After the recall,
US Airways will have no flight attendants on furlough, and may have up
to 100 pilots remaining on furlough. When the recall and new hire
process is complete, the airline will have approximately 4,970 active
pilots and 7,300 active flight attendants.




About US Airways



US Airways, along with US Airways Shuttle and US Airways Express,
operates more than 3,100 flights per day and serves more than 200
communities in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Europe, the Middle East, the
Caribbean, Central and South America. The airline employs more than
31,000 aviation professionals worldwide and is a member of the Star
Alliance network, which offers its customers 21,000 daily flights to
1,160 airports in 181 countries. Together with its US Airways Express
partners, the airline serves approximately 80 million passengers each
year and operates hubs in Charlotte, N.C., Philadelphia and Phoenix, and
a focus city in Washington, D.C. at Ronald Reagan Washington National
Airport. US Airways was the only airline included as one of the 50 best
companies to work for in the U.S. by LATINA Style magazine's 50
Report for 2010. For the sixth year in a row, the airline also earned a
100 percent rating on the Human Rights Campaign Corporate Equality
index, a leading indicator of companies' attitudes and policies toward
lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender employees and customers. For more
company information, visit usairways.com. (LCCG)




-Fly With US-

 

[DieselDragRacer]

By Roger Yu, USA TODAY

US Airways says Monday it plans to add 500 employees next year by recalling those who are currently on furlough and hiring new crew members.

"Our crew member hiring needs are being driven primarily by planned retirements and attrition, as well as international growth," says US Airways President Scott Kirby.

The majority of the returning and new crew members will be flying by July. The carrier plans to keep its domestic capacity flat in 2011 but expand international capacity by 8%.

Its staffing plans for 2011 include filling 420 flight attendant positions and employing 80 more pilots. The company will first offer the new positions to employees on furlough status. Once this process is complete, US Airways will have recalled all flight attendants, but it may still have up to 100 pilots still on furlough.

Once US Airways finishes filling all new positions, it will have about 4,970 active pilots and 7,300 flight attendants.

 

[zymotic]

From Furlough Committee Update

Looks like November 15th class will have 20 instead of 15 and a class of up to 10 starting December 13th. The tentative East schedule is for approximately 10 recalls per month until all positions are filled.

 

[Mike November]

Good news for those of you in the hiring pool. It looks like they are going to honor the pool.

Offers are going out to fill classes sometime in Jan.

 

[Bringupthebird]

So the Mesa guys will have some place to go until they are recalled to their higher-paying jobs on a CRJ900. Great!

 

[Tweaker]

I just heared that the last recall to the east from teh west was 1 guy from the bottom of the list of those furloughed.

That is to say there is about to become a need for new hires. I guess over 100 west pilots bypassed? Could be.

 

[Question4U]

I just heared that the last recall to the east from teh west was 1 guy from the bottom of the list of those furloughed.

That is to say there is about to become a need for new hires. I guess over 100 west pilots bypassed? Could be.

I don't think it made it all the way to the bottom. There are about 30 left.

 

[grog_sit_reserv]

I just received my second recall letter to the 190, I'm bypassing but I think it'll make it to the end of the list out West. I agree there'll be new hires in 2011.

Good luck if you come here.

 

[charlie2]

Welcome back to all and good luck. This article is pretty good and read Pat Mallon's response below it...sums it up pretty well I think.

http://www.mcbride-law.com/2010/06/08/complex-litigation%E2%80%94a-game-of-chess-not-checkers/

 

[Bad-Andy]

Welcome back to all and good luck. This article is pretty good and read Pat Mallon's response below it...sums it up pretty well I think.

http://www.mcbride-law.com/2010/06/08/complex-litigation—a-game-of-chess-not-checkers/

Ummm, okay. What did this article have to do with recalls again? And what is McBride's connection to USAirways? And his praise of Seeham????? Haaaaaaaaaa haaaaaaaaaaaaa haaaaaaaaa............ Sorry, he's killing me (but at least he confesses to a "personal connection" and some bias....). Why did he write this blog? To discuss legal strategy? I can name a half a dozen cases that demonstrate a long-term legal strategy that are far more relevant to the average person than this fight... It looks to me like he wants to get on the USAPA legal gravy train, so he wrote a nice blog to try and win some friends.

Anyways, can't we have just one USAirways thread that keeps the East-West B.S., Nic-DOH, poop flinging out???? Let those that came back enjoy our honeymoon period.....

 

[zymotic]

Ummm, okay. What did this article have to do with recalls again? And what is McBride's connection to USAirways? And his praise of Seeham????? Haaaaaaaaaa haaaaaaaaaaaaa haaaaaaaaa............ Sorry, he's killing me (but at least he confesses to a "personal connection" and some bias....). Why did he write this blog? To discuss legal strategy? I can name a half a dozen cases that demonstrate a long-term legal strategy that are far more relevant to the average person than this fight... It looks to me like he wants to get on the USAPA legal gravy train, so he wrote a nice blog to try and win some friends.

Anyways, can't we have just one USAirways thread that keeps the East-West B.S., Nic-DOH, poop flinging out???? Let those that came back enjoy our honeymoon period.....

Your in a honeymoon period? What's your secret? I think the furlough was my honeymoon.

 

[grog_sit_reserv]

Agreed, no Nic discussion or E v W lets keep this thread about recalls.

 

[charlie2]

Agreed, no Nic discussion or E v W lets keep this thread about recalls.

Sorry! I was welcoming back the RECALLED pilots and thought that the article provided a concise explanation of what's been going on here for those pilots that stayed away from airline stuff while on furlough. I won't post any non-recall stuff on this thread again.

 

[Crzipilot]

Talked with checkairman today on flight I was on. Said to expect more hiring numbers through the year, or so they were briefed. Mgmt stated, yes, the 190 is a choke hold on getting guys back, expect to be hiring off the street, and those guys on the 190 for a year then bail to group II. Has a feeling bid will be out with grp II to finish off the furlough list and the voluntaries....... Just my .02 of what I heard.

which goes inline with the bid closing comm, I ran into leaving PIT after the last bid closed, which he mentioned there were Grp II vacancies, but company just eliminated them for time being....I.E. all recalls to the 190.

 

[grog_sit_reserv]

No worries Charlie. Maybe we're all too touchy on the subject. I just keep waiting for MCDU to come in and stir sh!t up.

Tailwinds

 

[Bad-Andy]

Sorry! I was welcoming back the RECALLED pilots and thought that the article provided a concise explanation of what's been going on here for those pilots that stayed away from airline stuff while on furlough. I won't post any non-recall stuff on this thread again.

Sorry, Charlie. I wasn't aiming that at you only. I was just refering to how every thread devolves into an East vs West mudslinging contest, regardless of how it starts. And, for most of us, we're just happy to be back to work. (I know, so far, everyone I talk to is amazed at that....... But it beats unemployment or some of the crappy overseas jobs some of us did...). Thanks for welcoming us back...

Seriously, though, what is that guy's angle? Did he just spontaneously write a blog about the Addington case? What is his connection to it all? Looking at his website, he seems to be a dispute resolution guy, not really a labor relations/union guy.

 

[5w5flyer]

Does anybody know of a way to see base and equipment seniority breakdown without CatCrew? I've seen the seniority list on Wings but it says nothing about peoples bases and equipment. I'd like some info so I can make a better decision about my recall. Thanks.

 

[abefly]

Does anybody know of a way to see base and equipment seniority breakdown without CatCrew? I've seen the seniority list on Wings but it says nothing about peoples bases and equipment. I'd like some info so I can make a better decision about my recall. Thanks.

Look at the last bid. Its on wings.

 

[Turtle21]

All have been offered recall to at least the 190. Not many west will go East to be junior to new hires and fly with Captains who should be, and will be, Junior to them.

Pilots coming off of furlough don't want to fly with Captains (not on furlough) that should be and will be junior (to the one now returning from furlough)?

Welcome back. Please accept our apology that we forgot to reserve the A330 captain slots for you. Maybe we could work out pay protection for you.

Meanwhile, gear up, bro.