America West ?

[DBacks]

Anyone know what's going on over there? Are they still interviewing, or have they built up a sufficient pool of people awaiting class dates?

 

[Pondscum]

It's been about a week since I last talked to the gals in the recruitment/selection office and this might be old news: The class that was slated for 10 March has been cut back to 2 (from 10), and the class on 31 March (mine) has been slid back to 21 April and it will be all Airbus. There was no discussion of interviews.
I recently heard from a line Captain that the 21 April class will be the last for a while and that interviews are still being conducted. I don't know where he got his information, but this is what he said he "heard" so take it with a grain of salt.

 

[Two-9-9-TwoSet]

Pondscum,

any guess on how many are in the pool at this time?

 

[Pondscum]

Two-9-9Two:

Sorry, I couldn't even venture a guess as to the size of the pool. I'm out of the country usually 2 weeks each month, so I haven't been keeping real close ties to the folks in the recruitment/selection department.

 

[Pilotbob3]

latest AWA news.....class of 2 on march 10, class of 10 on april 21.....and there are 28 in the pool waiting for classes after that....still interviewing i think.....whether they have more classes depends on the war and the new TA passing or not passing...not sure on which is good for hiring.

 

[md80furloughee]

America West takes the application fee from furloughed pilots and then sends a letter saying that they are not going to interview you at this time. What a racket! ATA does the same thing. What ever happened to honor?

 

[Auto-throttle]

Lots of furloughed USAir guys are either in the pool or been hired in the last few months.

 

[md80furloughee]

Oh well, I guess I just eat the 50 bucks or whatever it was, and chalk it up to experience. Between the application fees and having "too much experience for a g-**CENSORED****CENSORED****CENSORED****CENSORED** turboprop job I guess I'll change my career path. Should have become a lawyer or airline CEO.