Airtran Opening B737 MKE Pilot Domicile.

[Colonel Savage]

"No Trip trading....And 2 year lock in MKE and company will most likely open MCO and BWI later down the road. Any training you lose vacation=joy.."

Lear- What about the restrictions above? (provided by scarlet) Some kind of domicile lock and no vacation if you train?

 

[Lear70]

"No Trip trading....And 2 year lock in MKE and company will most likely open MCO and BWI later down the road. Any training you lose vacation=joy.."

Lear- What about the restrictions above? (provided by scarlet) Some kind of domicile lock and no vacation if you train?

It depends under what circumstances you take the vacancy.

You can bid in and out without incurring a lock IF you don't transition into a new equipment type OR if you don't take the moving expenses option and move (you have to move within 150 miles of MKE airport to get the moving expenses).

If you do either of those things, you get locked into the base.

There are some vacation issues if you transition into a new equipment type as well. If you work here, PM me and I'll go over them with you.

 

[FlyWolf]

So, will Airtran start hiring in 2010? would love to get one of those MKE base slots since we already have three shovels at home...lol

 

[27 driver]

There were rumors of hiring in 2010 depending on how many of the remaining furloughed guys take the recall. We should know in Jan or Feb what is going to happen.

 

[Whataburger]

The remaining furloughees are voluntary right?

 

[Lear70]

The remaining furloughees are voluntary right?

Yes, if they're still out, they bypassed recall. I've talked to a couple that will still have to bypass because of training contracts. Something to put in the next T.A., if you have to bypass recall for a training contract, as soon as it's up, if the company recalled junior to you, they have to put you in class immediately or pay your next training contract out when it's up and they recall again.

There's still a pool of pilots who were interviewed and accepted, but are still swimming waiting for a call. I don't know how many are in the pool, Scarlet might... Will have to go through that group first before we interview anyone new.