Alaska 2 newhire classes in April?

[ing32120]

According to Airline Pilot Central there will be 2 newhire classes with 12 in each class in April. Can anyone confirm this? What are the class dates?
Thanks!

 

[flx757]

As of Friday, there was one class scheduled a month through the summer. Here are the numbers:

March - 13
April - 12
May - 8
June - 19
July - 12
Aug - 12

The March class starts Monday, I believe. I don't have the class dates for April and May but can get them when I go in tomorrow.

 

[ing32120]

Thanks flx757

 

[P-Dawg_QX]

If I'm not mistaken, the April class starts on the 17th...of April...this year.

 

[Standby 1]

Guess that's a step up from the current class....2 people in it. (Started as 3, but one quit to go to another carrier during their first week).

 

[Old School 737]

I was told that she quit and decided to stay in the Military. Then I was told that she went to Southwest. Does anyone know the real deal?

 

[Standby 1]

I was told that she quit and decided to stay in the Military. Then I was told that she went to Southwest. Does anyone know the real deal?

I was told by someone close to situation that she was offered a class date for SWA.

 

[ferlo]

FLX,

I was told that CP Spero, told a cq class that we were hiring 17 a month for the next 6 months. I guess not. Also, the 392 he predicted to hire in the next two years has already been adjusted to "maybe 200" because of the MD retirements. Any truth to this?

 

[flx757]

Those numbers I posted I took from the GT training schedule. They are usually the first to know numbers, since they do the Indoc classes. Of those classes, MD Qual is only scheduled for the March and April classes. I have heard they don't want to run any additional MD Qual classes after that, and that they will be doing periodic reduction bids just to take care of the MD retirements. What that means for total numbers I don't know. In fact, I don't know how they can predict or control what people bid so that they DON'T have to run MD initials.

I couldn't even guess what they are thinking for total numbers over the next couple of years. It seems to be a constantly moving target.

 

[av8instyle]

Probable numbers

Here's the skinny:
Regardless of what the numbers are for the next several months, if the age 60 rule doesn't change we lose an average of 50 pilots per year for the next 25 years!
That's not including any growth. We have to hire indefinitely.

 

[wingit]

Does anybody know if SEA base for April or May classes looks possible? Is SEA typically junior or senior? Just wondering.

 

[flx757]

Alaska class dates:

March 20 (all 13 showed up.. )
Apr 17
May 19
June 19
July 18
Aug 21

 

[ERJ Jay]

ALA Contract?

Hi,
Just another ALA hopeful, I was wondering if anyone knows where I can find a copy of the amended contract for leisure reading. Also, since you seem to have a pulse on the hiring classes, are there any rumors as to how many, or how long, ALA plans on hiring? Any info would be much appreciated.
Thanks Again,
Jason Smith
[email protected]

 

[dynasoarpilot]

When are they going to start calling for interviews again

I was told the HR dept hasn't called to interview since mid Nov. Anybody know when they will start up again? My stuff is in but haven't heard anything. Any info out there?

 

[flx757]

I was told the HR dept hasn't called to interview since mid Nov.

Not true. Still calling, still interviewing. Saw some guys interviewing in the building within the past week. Also, there have been reports on this board from guys recently called.

 

[Old School 737]

The new contract has not come out yet in either paper or electronic form. It is going to come out at the end of the month, so they say.




It is out now on the ALPA web site!

 

[K. Marx]

Here's the skinny:
Regardless of what the numbers are for the next several months, if the age 60 rule doesn't change we lose an average of 50 pilots per year for the next 25 years!
That's not including any growth. We have to hire indefinitely.

And since the hiring numbers, which the company acts like we should be celebrating, do not include any actual growth. So we should just assume we will hire based on retirements alone. Anyone remember 2000 (pilots) by 2000. Or how about illusion 2010. After the latest bid shakes out we will still have less pilots than the bid back in 2002 called for. We better hope the age 60 thing stays put.

 

[ACAFool]

Look at the bright side. Vision 2010 may have been a lie but at least you got to fund the mechanics and FA's pay raises.

 

[K. Marx]

Thanks for the reminder.

 

[Rhino]

future hiring

flx is right on

There is no way of telling how many new-hires there will be on the MD vs the 737 based on new hire numbers.

It all comes down to the number of positions reduced on the MD vs the number of postions added on the 737 in each base. I have an idea that current pilots will "jump" over to the 737 as long as they can hold a line. Aircraft for aircraft, as the MD goes away, the Boeings ordered should offset the "fire sale". 12 or 13 pilots per aircraft seems to be a reasonable number, as the fleet of 737s increase.

I'm hoping 12-15 newhires on the next bid are on the MD. Maybe I'm dreamin', but that seems realistic. We'll know more later this summer, per the "next bid rumors".

~Rhino

 

[lumax]

Hey flx,

Do you know, or have you heard, if the company plans to train all captains from the MD to the 37 regardless of how much time they will have until retirement? i.e. will they pay to train a transitioning captain that will have 3, 6, or maybe 12 months left before retiring? Is the company offering early outs?

 

[Uppercrust]

A little off the thread but ... does Alaska have a policy banning jumpseaters if you use nicotine???

 

[lumax]

No such policy.

 

[flx757]

Hey flx,

Do you know, or have you heard, if the company plans to train all captains from the MD to the 37 regardless of how much time they will have until retirement? i.e. will they pay to train a transitioning captain that will have 3, 6, or maybe 12 months left before retiring? Is the company offering early outs?

We were just talking about that yesterday.

No one that I have talked to has really heard anything, but one would think that somebody has looked at this and come up with a point where it would make more sense to offer early outs with no penalty vs. training someone on the 737 that has limited time left.

But I don't think there has been anything definite decided on this.

 

[av8instyle]

We were just talking about that yesterday.

No one that I have talked to has really heard anything, but one would think that somebody has looked at this and come up with a point where it would make more sense to offer early outs with no penalty vs. training someone on the 737 that has limited time left.

But I don't think there has been anything definite decided on this.

One thing's for sure....nothing's for sure.

 

[Z_Pilot]

btt for more alaska info

Z

 

[Z_Pilot]

....any more info on future classes?...

 

[flx757]

Until there is a new bid...which there won't be for a couple of months at least...the classes currently scheduled through August are it.

 

[Z_Pilot]

Until there is a new bid...which there won't be for a couple of months at least...the classes currently scheduled through August are it.

Are the classes already filed thru August?

 

[flx757]

Are the classes already filed thru August?

Can't say for sure where they are with filling the classes, but I have seen interviewees in the bldg as recently as yesterday...so either they are still filling these classes or mainting some sort of pool for later ones.