Air Wisconsin

[crashpad]

I heard last night from a check airman that 26 pilots flat out quit because of the Denver domicile closure. That's something for quicker seniority. Sounds like a lot of sobering up from the days of, 'We're Uniteds favorite and we'll always be in Denver'.

 

[avrodriver]

26 pilots huh? Just like that....I think whoever you heard this from pulled this out of their a.ss. The base hasn't closed yet, and as far as all of the pilots know won't until the end of July, hardly any reason to quit right now. But I do think we will see people quitting in the future over this whole Denver thing. AD

 

[Dr.Hwang]

I don't know about 26, but I heard 12 quit on the Friday it was announced from the lead instructor (CL-65) who was on my jumpseat. He said the last thing the company wanted was to close Denver and Atlanta. They anticipate tremendous training cost associated with the closures. The company is planning on 700 status changes as a result of that announcement. United is paying for all of the displacement moving costs, and the company is looking at pulling Cl-65 training out of Denver and moving it to Chicago. Bloodbath.

 

[c-wood75]

I have an interview at AWAC in a couple of weeks, Ive heard the written has changed from the gouge on avinterviews.com. I know the fuel system question is back.

anybody have any gouge on the new written test?

 

[Dr. B]

Hey look guys, it worked - they moved it!!!

ANYWAY...the gentleman who replied to my post first answered most of the questions I had in mind. I already like the company's equipment and pay, but the fact that there is not much fleet growth, and bases are closing pretty much makes me think about steering clear.

I am still hopeful that I might get a call from Options or Netjets, but after almost 18 months and no news...I am thinking of other possibilities.

All I know is that I am ready to move out of the freight biz...

 

[jrod]

c-wood,

They are in a transition with the interview because of Justin Gartner's departure from the company. The fleet managers are running the interviews. From what I've heard, they are going to be changing the written test very often. Also, expect a few more tech questions than previously. Good luck.

 

[Mongolikecandy]

What happened to Justin?

 

[jrod]

I'm not sure, but he is no longer with AWAC.