Air Wisconsin

[Mongolikecandy]

from day 1 the company treats you like a person, not a servant a la [insert bottom feeder here].

~wheelsup

You must not be one of the poor saps who has been junior manned twice in one sequence. And it isn't just happening to captains.

 

[Boondock Saint]

So is now a good time to try to become a part of the AirWis team?

 

[Mayday911]

Absolutely...I have moved up 164 numbers since 10/03. That is significant since our group has less than 1000 pilots (roughly 830 including management and those on leave). I believe they are planning to hire significant numbers through the first part of next year and the attrition is still higher than they predicted.

 

[Boondock Saint]

What is the junior domicile right now? Norfolk? I noticed on their website it says open positions are DCA and Philly.

Also, with the ownership entanglement with USAir is there no potential for code share with anyone else? (that may be a stupid question lol). Im just curiuos what kind of growth potential AirWis may have.

Thanks for any input.

 

[StarChk20]

Does Air Wis have pref bidding?

 

[WhiteCloud]

Does Air Wis have pref bidding?

Sort of....the senior guys get what they prefer and it goes downhill from there.

 

[StarChk20]

I'll take that as a no

 

[WhiteCloud]

I'll take that as a no

There's always talk about improving the system there. What's the latest?

 

[Tyler Durden]

I believe they are planning to hire significant numbers through the first part of next year and the attrition is still higher than they predicted.

Just returned from RCGS. Latest word from ATW is another class in December and the 30/month begining in January until we're back up to decent staffing levels. The hang up right now is SIM time. The DEN sim is in transition to CLT which is bottle necking the upgrades and new hires.

 

[N4niner206]

I'll take that as a no

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :beer:

You men pref bidding isnt where....? ahh nevermind

 

[mynameisjim]

...Latest word from ATW is another class in December...

Any idea if that class will include any new hires from the pool?

 

[IFlyLow]

Any idea if that class will include any new hires from the pool?

Yeah it does. It supposedly will be a class of 15 which is the total size of the pool.

 

[logolight]

Thee 190's are 100% out of the question. The 170's are an extremely far fetched idea.

~wheelsup

My understanding is that any EMB-170/190's will be flown by USairways pilots. AWAC will be allowed to fly the CRJ -700/900 series with the -900 being the more realistic aircraft. Besides, the EMB-170 is so far back logged in deliveries that at one point Embraer stopped taking orders.

 

[masedogg19]

logo...thats what i was told too

in regards to the classes....we heard nothing in december....2 classes in november...i can vouch for one because all of their literature was in the room on our last day...they start tomorrow morning.....we were told around 30 a month through July.....hope thats the case

(keeping my fingers crossed)

 

[logolight]

Yeah 30 a month sounds good. I also heard a rumor that we had a USairways ghost rider on board one of our flights the other day to evaluate us for PHX flying. Who knows?