AirTran Resumes

[Diesel-9sRule]

Need some help from the AirTran Guys.

I've sent in my resume via E-mail and by Snail-mail.

Question: How do I know it was received?

Also, I don't know anybody at AirTran so will any Letter or recommendation due?

Question: Without an AirTran pilots letter am I dead in the water?

Thanks

Diesel-9sRule...

 

[FL717]

Your question seems to be the million dollar question. Prior to 9-11, I sent in (4) resumes with letters of recomendation. Nobody else I knew even remotely wanted to come to AirTran at that time. (3) of those people got interviews and (2) got hired.

Since 9-11, I have sent in (6)... count'em (6) resumes and NONE have gotten called. (4) of the (6) are very qualified, including (2) ex-Vanguard pilots. Nothing. I have spoken to numerous other pilots at AirTran who have had the same results. I think the HR Dept. is innundated right now with internal recomendations. Also they seem to spot those who really wanted to come to AirTran versus who just needs a job. There is a difference.

I'm not a huge fan of these job fairs.... but the best way to really know that they recieved your resume is to attend the AirInc job fairs and meet people in person. Competitive applicants seem to have 4000 hours minimum, 1000 PIC turbine and 121 PIC time. Letter of rec seems to be a must.


Just a few thoughts that might help answer your questions.

 

[Fly-By-Cable]

Same story here as FL describes.

 

[Ty Webb]

Yup, same here.

I think what happened was that we we were hiring strong until last Feb, then things dried up for a while, because they were pretty much staffed on the 717. There was a pool of over 35 guys waiting for class dates.

Since then, every one has been turning in resumes for friends, and they only recently started hiring again, so out of all the "recommended" resumes, they were probably hand-picking the resumes of pilots referred by some pretty senior people.

The good news is that they say they will hire 15 pilots every three weeks fro the foreseeable future, so that should create some movement in the interview stack.

FOr the guy that started this thread- my advice to you is to find an AirTran pilot to turn your stuff in. It doesn;t have to be someone you flew with, just someone willing to put their number on your stuff. We have close to 800 pilots- you probably know someone here from a previous life, if you look into it . . . .

Good luck, but don't plan to fly the DC9, they will all be gone by 10/03. The B717 is pretty much a 21st Century DC9, though, and shares a common type rating, with differences training.

Good luck to all

TW