Airtran application

[PTWOB]

email address

I've been trying to email my resume per instructions on their website to mailto[email protected] . It keeps getting returned with a "mailbox size limit would have been exceeded" message. I guess I'll have to fax it!

 

[Ty Webb]

I think your efforts would be much more successful if you could find an AirTran pilot to turn your stuff in. This doesn't have to be someone you've flown with, by the way.

The company is small- there are only 750 pilots here, and there is a huge stack of resumes (14,000 is the latest number I have heard), which means being in that stack isn't going to be of much help to you, unfortunately.

Jill N. has said to us that they are working out of a smaller, more manageable stack of resumes, the one submitted by AirTran pilots, so I think your only chance to get an interview right now is to go that route.

Find an AirTran pilot, ask him to turn your stuff in, and then stay on him!

 

[TWA Dude]

Re: Welcome to Heathrow, Y'All!

Given the aircraft we have, I don't see us going beyond the usual North America/Caribbean stuff. The TWA planes have the longer range tanks, which will probably take us West.

Ty:

Please take good care of those ex-TWA 717s. My fingerprints are on the FMS's of every one of them! (I was the high-time 717 FO at TWA and the second-highest-timer overall.)

It's a strange industry that I'm not even competitive to apply to AirTran and to fly the very same airframes since I don't have 1000 turbine PIC time.

 

[HeyHomer]

Confused?!?!

I read that 121 time was prefered and required, any enlightenment? I meet all but that one if it is required.

 

[Fly-By-Cable]

TWA DUDE,
I hope you're still employed.
But if you're not, with your flight time, you should still have a good chance I think. If you make it super imposed on your resume that you have time in type I think they'll consider.
The company was hiring people with PIC time lately, because of frenzy that 14 month upgrade created early this year. The upgrade is back to normal 2 years, and from what I hear from training department, they found out that some high time captains from other airlines that they hired...are not exactly turning out to be great FO's...I'll leave it at that.
So I would expect them to look at other applicants more close.

 

[AV8OR]

I have had a couple of AirTran pilots take in my resume and spoke with the folks at the AirInc seminar in ATL. I have never gotten any confirmation that my resume was in the "short" (relatively speaking) stack. I called and left a voicemail with HR today but, not surprisingly, they did not call back. Does anyone have a # I could call to check my status. Feel free to PM me. Also, if any other Airtran pilot would be willing to help out my cause I will take all the inside help available.

Thanks

Tom

P.S. I'm also available for birthday parties, weddings, barmitzvahs, etc.

 

[trainerjet]

and from what I hear from training department, they found out that some high time captains from other airlines that they hired...are not exactly turning out to be great FO's...I'll leave it at that.

I think it was more like ONE "high time capatain" from another airline.....and I'm sure that they have had at least an equal number of low time upgrades give them an equal amount of uneasiness.

At least, that's what I hear from the outside.

 

[TWA Dude]

TWA DUDE,
I hope you're still employed.
But if you're not, with your flight time, you should still have a good chance I think.

I am employed but for one more month. My info will be headed AirTran's way shortly.

...and from what I hear from training department, they found out that some high time captains from other airlines that they hired...are not exactly turning out to be great FO's...

That won't be a problem for me. In six and half years of airline flying I've only flown as captain for six months.

 

[Menace]

call backs

AV8TOR

Give them some time. I called Greta Charles back in July and didn't really expect a call back. It took her a couple of days to do it, but she did! It really suprised me! There aren't many companies out there that will do that. I didn't ask her any questions about the status of my resume. I only asked her about interview plans. She was very nice. I'm now waiting for a call to come interview. Hopefully she calls again real soon!

-Menace

 

[AV8OR]

Menace,

Thanks for the good word. Hopefully they'll call back soon. You are right about not many companies doing that. That seems to be one of several things they do a little different in a good way.

Good luck my friend!

T