US Airways Calls

[MooneyPilot]

Any Calls going out? What is the trick to get a call!

 

[PGTB]

The interview groups for this week will be the last one until late summer according to the recruiting agency.

Maybe AA will be making the calls after that.

 

[ASABound]

hey guys. i am still working hard on finishing my degree. Has anyone heard recently of anyone getting called without it ??

 

[Flybywire44]

Maybe AA will be making the calls after that.

I was thinking the same thing.

 

[greyskyracer]

hey guys. i am still working hard on finishing my degree. Has anyone heard recently of anyone getting called without it ??

I've heard of one. he had the Vp of flight Ops as a reference.

 

[zasca]

There is no trick to getting called. Blind luck seemingly. Upper level guys have said their req's getting only interviews, not jobs.... FWIW

 

[elguapo9]

There is no trick to getting called. Blind luck seemingly. Upper level guys have said their req's getting only interviews, not jobs.... FWIW

That was pretty much always the case, the recommendations would make it your job to lose if you wanted to screw up the interview. Unless your last name rhymes with Mewley and Daddy is conducting the interview.

 

[johnnyb]

Maybe AA will be making the calls after that.

They are busy getting ready to hire 200 over there they don't need to take on the 300 joining the East by the end of 2013.

it'll be at least a year till the HR depts are merged - 24 months to a single certificate.

 

[Flybywire44]

They are busy getting ready to hire 200 over there they don't need to take on the 300 joining the East by the end of 2013.

it'll be at least a year till the HR depts are merged - 24 months to a single certificate.

But code sharing starts at POR, which may mean that we could see route alignments that will lower staffing requirements at AA and/or LCC sooner than expected.

 

[johnnyb]

Perhaps, however they can't even TALK about it until the POR ends the SEC mandated 'quiet period'

besides, why publically commit to hiring 500 pilots in the next 6 months if that's even remotely possible?

 

[Flybywire44]

Perhaps, however they can't even TALK about it until the POR ends the SEC mandated 'quiet period'

besides, why publically commit to hiring 500 pilots in the next 6 months if that's even remotely possible?

Code share from day one is spelled out in the MOU, it may not take long for changes to be made in the first week.

Who committed to hiring 500 pilots? US Airways or American?

 

[ackattacker]

Code share from day one is spelled out in the MOU, it may not take long for changes to be made in the first week.

The MOU limits domestic codesharing to 15%, excluding HA and AS carveouts.

LCC already does a fair amount of domestic code-sharing with United. That goes away along with the Star Alliance. Is the net change more or less code-sharing? Honest question.

Edit: looks like US Airways operates 1,320 mainline flights per day/ 1,895 express flights. and according to this article, has 540 United Codeshares. Not sure exactly how the 15% is calculated but it would seem to be exceeded already.

 

[PGTB]

They are busy getting ready to hire 200 over there they don't need to take on the 300 joining the East by the end of 2013.

it'll be at least a year till the HR depts are merged - 24 months to a single certificate.

Where are you puling these numbers from? 300 by years end, with half the year gone? I doubt it.

 

[crashmbern]

USAir has hired about 140 so far this year. I've heard between 250-300 total for 2013. I heard AA wanted to hire 600 by the end of 2014, time will tell.

 

[johnnyb]

Thems the numbers Gents.

 

[cbrown1]

There is lots of stuff that they are keeping behind closed doors after the por date stuff will move fast and the changes will be massive. New temporary bases and things like thag.

 

[zymotic]

There is lots of stuff that they are keeping behind closed doors after the por date stuff will move fast and the changes will be massive. New temporary bases and things like thag.

Temp bases? Source?

 

[Flybywire44]

The MOU limits domestic codesharing to 15%, excluding HA and AS carveouts.

LCC already does a fair amount of domestic code-sharing with United. That goes away along with the Star Alliance. Is the net change more or less code-sharing? Honest question.

Edit: looks like US Airways operates 1,320 mainline flights per day/ 1,895 express flights. and according to this article, has 540 United Codeshares. Not sure exactly how the 15% is calculated but it would seem to be exceeded already.

I'm sorry for not being clear and correct me if I'm wrong, but POR begins 100% codesharing for AA and US Airways. This is the short-term method for linking the network.

Correct?

There is lots of stuff that they are keeping behind closed doors after the por date stuff will move fast and the changes will be massive. New temporary bases and things like thag.

I agree.

I think we'd see realigned pairing construction within the first few months. West and East do a fair amount of flying for each other, but imagine how much flying West/East will do for AA and visa versa.

Dual basing could also happen?It is less efficient, but not uncommon.

Any other thoughts cbrown1?

 

[Dornier 335]

I think we'd see realigned pairing construction within the first few months. West and East do a fair amount of flying for each other, but imagine how much flying West/East will do for AA and visa versa.

I wonder if the first step will be the elimination of the East/West fences in regards to aircraft and maybe bases. In the latest CQT course 3/Fleet update there was a 15 slide presentation of the East/West A320 differences.

 

[zymotic]

I wonder if the first step will be the elimination of the East/West fences in regards to aircraft and maybe bases. In the latest CQT course 3/Fleet update there was a 15 slide presentation of the East/West A320 differences.

Kirby said in a crew news the company can allow east and west to fly each other's metal on the day of the POR. I think the differences slides may be a very telling.

BTW, aren't you supposed to wait until the last day to do distance learning?