AirTran Hiring

[400ADude]

Word on the street is Amerijet guys are getting guaranteed first interviews.

 

[DonVerita]

Word on the street is Amerijet guys are getting guaranteed first interviews.

Nobody bothers walking on your street A$$Dude, so take your banter somewhere else. Maybe you could start your own PFT forum. You, InstructorDude (if that's not your alter ego) and TankerClown could stay busy all night posting messages to each other.

 

[Colonel Savage]

With who?

Rumor at SWA is that SWA is going to buy AAI at some point to put the squeeze on "Big D" in Atlanta. Run 'em right out of town.

 

[Colonel Savage]

Nobody bothers walking on your street A$$Dude, so take your banter somewhere else. Maybe you could start your own PFT forum. You, InstructorDude (if that's not your alter ego) and TankerClown could stay busy all night posting messages to each other.

If anyone gets preferential interviewing it should be the Midwest guys.

 

[CoolSidePillow]

There are quite a few on furlough and on reserve. Line values are down to around 70 so there is room to handle two new planes with pilots on property and any further recalls. The SWA rumor as been around SWA and AAI for years. Big D is the biggest there is and the price for AAI to take on the biggest airline in their backyard isnt the smartest things for SWA right now. They are concentrating on UAL in Denver. Why take on the strong when you can devour the weak

 

[johnsonrod]

I hope you guys will give the furloughed Midwest pilots a good look. No doubt their 717 experience could be useful.

 

[PCL_128]

Rumor at SWA is that SWA is going to buy AAI at some point to put the squeeze on "Big D" in Atlanta. Run 'em right out of town.

Never happen. We won't accept the SLI screw-job that SWAPA would demand.

 

[DonVerita]

If anyone gets preferential interviewing it should be the Midwest guys.

Amen to that!

The Midwest guys are a great group. They would be welcomed here by the ATN pilots in a heartbeat.

 

[maxblast72]

I hope you guys will give the furloughed Midwest pilots a good look. No doubt their 717 experience could be useful.

Midwest pilots may have 717 experience, but you have to question their judgement. Aren't the Midwest pilots the ones that thought Tim Hoeksma had the Midwest pilot's best interests in mind? That Tim Hoeksma had a great business mind and was going to turn Midwest around?

While our management might not be the most labor friendly management in the business, Joe Leonard did turn Airtran into a much larger and more profitable airline from 1999 to 2007 (larger and more profitable usually leads to better careers). Airtran had over 50 fuel efficient B737s on order at bargain prices while Midwest had nothing on order and 12 old gas guzzling MD-80s that couldn't compete with our 737s.

If the Midwest pilots were too good for Airtran in 2007, why would they want to work here now? They would have got a much more fair seniority integration two years ago then they will ever get now from any airline.

 

[Kharma Police]

If the Midwest pilots were too good for Airtran in 2007, why would they want to work here now? They would have got a much more fair seniority integration two years ago then they will ever get now from any airline.

Good point, but the same can be said for the many TWA, ATA, USAIR, Midway, UAL, FLYi, refugees from sinking or sunk airlines that have made great contributions to our company.