Another X Pilot hired at NJA

[AirBear8]

Jeez, all that time on the road just so you can get points and miles and go back on the road on your days off?

Who goes back on the road? My wife uses all my hotel and airline points to attend her conventions. I have yet to use any for myself

AirBear

 

[Coool Hand Luke]

I hear that! But I did get a free I-pod last year out of my AMEX points!

Actually, I should have just baught one and used it as a job related tax deduction, since it's the only way I can get any sleep in the crew lounge anymore, what with everyone talking so loud on their cell phones and what not.

 

[StaticWick]

They are only hiring out of CMH and LAX for now. ...

Hey Hopalong,
Now I am confused...I read the post on the other thread. I wanted to put a application thinking I lived in Dallas as being one of the domiciles...but if offered a job I'll need to move to CMH or LAX? Is that correct in what I am reading?

Do I need another 1K of flight time before I attempt the next step anyway? BTW did you know why the other applicants did not make it?

Congrats on your new job!

 

[hopalong]

I think I'll get the company card and rake in those airline miles. Thanks grump
and bear and everyone else for all the info.
StaticWick, it doesn't hurt to apply. I may be wrong but I believe that they are only calling in people who put CMH and LAX as their desired domicile on the application. This may change and may be in the future they will need pilots in Dallas. May be others will comment and give you better info.

 

[EGLFO4LIFE]

Never wait till you think you have enough time to apply. It's better to interview and maybe get it, or maybe not get it due to flt time than to wait till you think you are "competitive". If you meet the mins try anyway. If it does not pan out the first time around, now your name is in the hat and you came back a few months later. Plus you get a nice tour of the facility and good breakfast at the Hilton. Just my two sense. When I went to the regionals six years ago I waited till I thought I was "competitive" and that cost me a few months seniority. If you meet the mins apply.

 

[d91papa]

If you're looking for airline miles, go with the company card.

I just received a SWA card, hoping to gain miles on them for commuting STL-CMH. Do you think I should get a company card too? I guess I could use either, depending on the situation, with the goal of accumulating SWA miles ASAP.

 

[gunfyter]

Go with the SWA card!

 

[d91papa]

Go with the SWA card!

But shouldn't I get a co. card for purchasing company scheduled airline tix? These I can't buy with a SWA card.

 

[gunfyter]

2 years and I only have about 30k points on the company card. Plus I have no idea how to cash them in.

With the SWA card and points gotten on hotel stays and airline on SW... I got about 120 SW points a year... or 8 or so free round trips plus the companion pass. I can request a reward trip just a couple hours before departure. Easy.

Track your miles and points with this

http://www.usatoday.deskport.biz/

 

[Ultra Grump]

I just received a SWA card, hoping to gain miles on them for commuting STL-CMH. Do you think I should get a company card too? I guess I could use either, depending on the situation, with the goal of accumulating SWA miles ASAP.

You can't use both. If you think you'll be on SWA most of the time, get the SWA card. I'm guessing from his post that gunfyter gets put on SWA a lot. SWA = cheap tickets = not many points on the company card.

I get stuck on every airline imaginable, and most times the tix aren't cheap. One tour, they bought a $300 ticket from SFO-DEN, but failed to notify me that I had an airline to catch. They then scrambled and bought me a ticket SFO-ORD on United, $1000 in first class. $700 mistake on someone's part. But it all goes on the company card. And sometimes they're airlining you 4 or 5 times to try to meet up with an airplane as the schedule constantly changes.