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Palmtree Pilot
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There is a TON of information on the subject if you'd just search; Here and APC.
http://www.airlinepilotforums.com/hiring-news/59469-hawaiian-airlines-hiring.html
http://www.airlinepilotforums.com/hiring-news/59469-hawaiian-airlines-hiring.html
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Here's a few answers:
-Reserve time. Do you mean how long you'll be on reserve before able to hold a line? Or how many hours a month? For the first question, it depends on your equipment, and how many people are below you. Right now, I'd expect maybe a year of reserve, maybe less. Reserve pilots get 75 hours a month, 12 days off a month. There's a 3-hour call-out, although if there's a lot of reserve people on a given day, some will get 4-hour callout times. Crew Scheduling does a 'reserve leveling', so whoever has the fewest hours for the month will be the first called.
-Commutable? If you're on the 767 or 330, yes. Interisland is tougher with the schedules they have. Commuting is fairly standard from the west coast on any of our flights. We do have a few that commute from farther, but it's a chore. Once you're a lineholder on a widebody, you can commute from other islands too. We have a lot of people who commute from Maui and the Big Island. It probably wouldn't work if your were interisland though.
-Retirements? Not a whole lot - maybe 10 to 15 a year for the next decade or so. Still, with an airline that will have just over 600 pilots by next year, that's not too bad.
-Line Values? Minimum 75, Max bid 90 most months. You can go oversched by 10 hours, which will fill a bank that you can use if you are under max bid in another month, with up to 25 hours in the bank. They can flex up or down too, and lately a lot of months have been flexed up by 5 hours (80 min, 95 max) because of all the growth and training bottlenecks.
-Raises? 2% raise July 2013, and 2% September of 2014, which is one year before the amendable date of the current contract. Those are for the Captain's rates. FO rates are a percentage of equivilent-year Captain.
-Living in HNL? Expensive, but not overly so. It's not Iowa, but it's not Hong Kong either. Great outdoor life, especially if you like the ocean. More cultural events than a city of its size on the mainland. Definitely a different pace of life though, so get used to things being done on island time. Housing is more expensive than almost anywhere else in the US for comprable sized homes, but food & gas only marginally more costly. You are stuck on an island though, with the good & bad that comes with it. Want an In-N-Out burger? Go to LAX. We have Costco though, and that helps a lot.
-Overall outlook? Cautiously optimistic. We're growing and hiring, and against all odds still making money. That could change if something bad happens to the world economy, or a bad health scare happens, or war, etc. But those would affect any airline. It really is a good place to work, with quality people, interesting flying, and a management that doesn't have its head up its okole.
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-Reserve time. Do you mean how long you'll be on reserve before able to hold a line? Or how many hours a month? For the first question, it depends on your equipment, and how many people are below you. Right now, I'd expect maybe a year of reserve, maybe less. Reserve pilots get 75 hours a month, 12 days off a month. There's a 3-hour call-out, although if there's a lot of reserve people on a given day, some will get 4-hour callout times. Crew Scheduling does a 'reserve leveling', so whoever has the fewest hours for the month will be the first called.
-Commutable? If you're on the 767 or 330, yes. Interisland is tougher with the schedules they have. Commuting is fairly standard from the west coast on any of our flights. We do have a few that commute from farther, but it's a chore. Once you're a lineholder on a widebody, you can commute from other islands too. We have a lot of people who commute from Maui and the Big Island. It probably wouldn't work if your were interisland though.
-Retirements? Not a whole lot - maybe 10 to 15 a year for the next decade or so. Still, with an airline that will have just over 600 pilots by next year, that's not too bad.
-Line Values? Minimum 75, Max bid 90 most months. You can go oversched by 10 hours, which will fill a bank that you can use if you are under max bid in another month, with up to 25 hours in the bank. They can flex up or down too, and lately a lot of months have been flexed up by 5 hours (80 min, 95 max) because of all the growth and training bottlenecks.
-Raises? 2% raise July 2013, and 2% September of 2014, which is one year before the amendable date of the current contract. Those are for the Captain's rates. FO rates are a percentage of equivilent-year Captain.
-Living in HNL? Expensive, but not overly so. It's not Iowa, but it's not Hong Kong either. Great outdoor life, especially if you like the ocean. More cultural events than a city of its size on the mainland. Definitely a different pace of life though, so get used to things being done on island time. Housing is more expensive than almost anywhere else in the US for comprable sized homes, but food & gas only marginally more costly. You are stuck on an island though, with the good & bad that comes with it. Want an In-N-Out burger? Go to LAX. We have Costco though, and that helps a lot.
-Overall outlook? Cautiously optimistic. We're growing and hiring, and against all odds still making money. That could change if something bad happens to the world economy, or a bad health scare happens, or war, etc. But those would affect any airline. It really is a good place to work, with quality people, interesting flying, and a management that doesn't have its head up its okole.
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Did you get a call for a class date? Or call to interview?
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Not second guessing you, but where does this rumor keep coming from? I have a Delta buddy (albiet a 4 year FO) who has said the same thing multiple times..... I somewhat understand the "logistics" of a Delta/HAL merger as it pertains to destinations, airframes etc, but is there an underlying reason that it would make sense for Delta to persue HAL?
HAL only has 40+ a/c and 600 pilots... I'd assume a merger/purchase would be a fairly "easy" process compared to mergers of much larger companies.. then again I just fly the damn things so I haven't a clue what goes on in the background!!!
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Couple guys "snuck" in around 1 year seniority last vacancy bid... But remember there are only roughly 12 FO positions in Seattle. Many of those FO's could have easily upgraded to widebody but in HNL, not Seattle.. They choose QOL over the extra scratch...
IMO there could be a few FO's who do decide to go for the HNL upgrade, but I'd bet that any SEA position would be taken by someone already on the seniority list. In my class alone there are enough guys commuting from the mainland that could fill more than half of the SEA base.
I wouldn't plan on being based in SEA. If you were to get it within a few years that would be icing on the cake.
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They seem to interview lots of folks and offer few jobs. I'm guessing that may change in a couple of years when everyone is hiring. Hopefully you'll get the job. I would work hard for the interview and treat it like a vacation at the same time (if that's possible).
DAL pilots have been starting that rumor for years now. The reality is HA has a niche flying people to Hawaii as HAWAIIAN AIR. If you paint Delta on the side of the airplanes most of what has made HA successful goes away. In addition, Government still has a say in the matter. DAL would face the strongest possible opposition from Sen Inouye and all levels of state Government. They certainly don't want to have their inter-island airline run from a corporate headquarters in ATL by people that no nothing about Hawaii any more than they would want to see Hawaii's "flagship" airline go away along with all Hawaiian has planned for bringing new flights to Hawaii. You just have to follow the HND slot situation to define the difference between HA and DAL relative to the State of Hawaii. Hawaiian very good, DAL not so much.
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Dan, money talks. And if DL were to buy your airline, I doubt they would take flights out of Hawaii. You just never know, but the fleets sure do match. Also, SEA residents probably should also have a shot at HND, and not Kona. You have 17 flights a day from HNL to Kona, which means plenty of chances to connect. How do you connect from HND to SEA? You really can't. It's up to the Gov't I guess. SEA and LAX were the top two choices for DL in the first place, and they awarded DTW, which hasn't done well.
Bye Bye---General Lee
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That may be, but I don't know what Hawaiian and JB have in common other than Hawaiian parking at JB's JFK terminal. I guess it could happen, but maybe Hawaiian will stay stand alone? That may be better for DL pilots so they can compete directly and keep flying Hawaii to US and INTL cities, instead of ceding them to those guys. I'd rather compete than lose routes. But, in the end, money does talk.
Bye Bye---General Lee
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In which ways?
Palmtree Pilot
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They just interview a lot of applicants and only hire approximately 1 for every 20 interviewed. They play the #s game like SWA and are directed by a doctor on who makes a good pilot. Good luck!
Many airlines have bought other airlines only to have never benefit from the acquisition because the customer service at many airlines are poor. Hawaiian is one of the best in customer service in which is better than many big carriers with the service skills of a wild hyena with rabies.
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General, the logic I see (and yes, I'm an idiot for using the words 'logic' and 'airline management' in the same post) is that in today's airline market you buy another airline in order to add profitability to your airline, not to reduce competition. This is because in most markets there isn't that much competition anyway what with the former big six (or seven, or eight) are now down to the big three. The cost involved in a merger will never come back in the way of increased fares via reduced competition. So airline managements today are looking at merger as a way to expand into areas and markets they don't already serve.
That means if someone were to buy HA, it would be because they don't go (or can't go) where we go now on their own. With the relative size difference between DL and HA, and the premium placed on HA because of our profitability and cash-on-hand, I don't see any way DL would profit by gobbling up HA. It would be cheaper to buy their own planes and fly them where we do without the added expense of a merger. And as it's been said before here, HA's profitability would probably tank if they were bought, because no other airline would sustain the HA customer service & experience as it currently exists, and those areas are exactly the reason HA is profitable in the first place.
After saying all that, I'd give it maybe a 60/40 chance against a merger, mainly because those words 'logic' and 'airline management' rarely appear together.
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Actually General, you are making my point. The state of Hawaii wants the HND to KOA flight. As you said, DAL would want to go SEA to HND as that would be better for them. If DAL bought HA that would be just one example of DAL doing what's best for DAL and not necessarily what would be best for Hawaii. I could go on and on with examples. Again, the State of Hawaii would have a big say in the matter, they would not want to lose all that Hawaiian brings to Hawaii in jobs, tourists and very strong name recognition.
Btw, we are very full to HND, I think HND may very well be our most profitable route.
I'll go with the perception that there is no reason at all for the smaller players to combine. Airlines like HA AK JB all have their own niche and loyal passenger base. Combining any of them would destroy that and just make a more vulnerable medium sized airline. Remember USAir and Piedmont. Two very successful airlines that combined to make a medium sized loser.
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I am sure the State of Washington is pushing for DL's SEA to HND bid too. I hear our HND to LAX flight is doing well btw. (But the plane had to be right sized, from a whale to a 330)
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The only question that has to be asked is "what is in the best interest of the HAL share holders and DAL share holders?" everything else is moot.... the commonality is interesting, the business agreements in place current also, but whether it happens (this is straight from the HAL CEO's mouth) depends entirely on the board of directors and what the offer from DAL would be..
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Actually, I don't think that is as true today as it was in the 'go-go' era before 2008. Yes, return on investment is an important goal, but it can't be the be-all end-all for corporate strategy. As too many companies have discovered, short term gain this quarter, and mean the destruction of the company a year or two down the road. Without strategic planning (which often means some big up-front expenses) the company won't last.
Shareholders are important, but so are employees, the local community, and more. That's how successful companies have survived for decades.
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While I don't disagree that it really is mostly about money, the simple fact is it would never fly politcally in the state of Hawaii. No one knows for sure if that could stop it, but I think it would. Mergers still have to jump through government hoops.
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