Any Lynx people out there?

[F9 Buff]

Anyone here get hired with Lynx yet?

They are about the one regional that I REALLY WANT to fly for but they also have the highest minimums by a mile compared to everyone else?

Anyone know the logic behind their high mins? It is not like their pay is more than anyone else's really. Just can't figure out why every other regional is dropping their mins to 250-600 hrs but Lynx who is flying props is so high?

Is the Q400 that much more difficult to fly than an RJ?

Just trying to figure out if I (730/130) should even bother sending in my app or not.

 

[rtmcfi]

You definitely should send your stuff in. I have heard rumors that Lynx is way behind schedule. They probably are not really hiring right now, so they have not had to drop their mins yet. Once they start really hiring, they will match everyone else's mins. It would be nice to have your resume near the top of the stack.

 

[Lazy8]

And hopefullly minus the $65 application fee....

 

[gnx99]

Anyone know the logic behind their high mins?

I think it's because they are brand new, and new-hires would be offered upgrades very quickly. If they hired a lot of <1000 guys, none of them would be able to be Captains for quite a while.

Yes, send in an application.

 

[Casper]

Be prepared.
One domicile, Denver. I hope you have a heavy coat. As for high mins my buddy at Frontier says it is nonsence it's only because they are behind schedual that they feel like they can be intimedating with their mins but if you send in your stuff they will call you for an interview at least that is what my friend says.
Besides arent they another kind of animal ?

 

[STREAKS]

gnx99 is on the money...

 

[ERJFO]

Where is there website/place to apply.

 

[Trogdor]

I wouldn't go there if you ever want to work for mainline. Don't expect them to hire you at Lynx, pay to train you, then pay again to upgrade you, then decide it would be a good idea to hire you at mainline so they can pay to train you all over again for the bus while paying to train the person who replaces you at Lynx. Not going to happen.

 

[F9 Buff]

I wouldn't go there if you ever want to work for mainline. Don't expect them to hire you at Lynx, pay to train you, then pay again to upgrade you, then decide it would be a good idea to hire you at mainline so they can pay to train you all over again for the bus while paying to train the person who replaces you at Lynx. Not going to happen.

Heard that argument before and it is bogus... Doesn't matter if it is jim or joe going through training, they will still have to train someone, may as well be the guy who is familiar with the company.

If your theory is correct no one would ever get a promotion within a company.

 

[ERJFO]

Heard that argument before and it is bogus... Doesn't matter if it is jim or joe going through training, they will still have to train someone, may as well be the guy who is familiar with the company.

If your theory is correct no one would ever get a promotion within a company.

I don't know, why do airlines have seat-locks and fences to keep FO's from jumping around the fleet? Probably because it cost money to send people to training...

If F9 hired a Lynx person, they would be paying for two training cycles instead of one, maybe 3 training cycles instead of one if the Lynx person was a CA. I'm not saying the company will blackball all Lynx guys but it is several tens of thousands of dollars that they might consider.

 

[T-prop]

Heard that argument before and it is bogus... Doesn't matter if it is jim or joe going through training, they will still have to train someone, may as well be the guy who is familiar with the company.

If your theory is correct no one would ever get a promotion within a company.

The flow through worked great at eagle. . . [borat pause] NOT!!

AA was hiring so much they had to force the flowthroughs to stay so Eagle could stay staffed.

Same will happen anywhere else.

 

[DrewBlows]

I don't know, why do airlines have seat-locks and fences to keep FO's from jumping around the fleet? Probably because it cost money to send people to training...

If F9 hired a Lynx person, they would be paying for two training cycles instead of one, maybe 3 training cycles instead of one if the Lynx person was a CA. I'm not saying the company will blackball all Lynx guys but it is several tens of thousands of dollars that they might consider.

Lynx and Frontier don't operate in a vacuum. If someone from Lynx doesn't get hired at Frontier they will get hired somewhere else and the group will have to hire two unknown people instead of one unknown. I'm not saying it's not policy (written or unwritten) at wholly owned airlines, but I am saying it's a counter-productive policy.

 

[Grey Ghost]

when is this supposed to be up and running and what is the truth about this place?

 

[Trogdor]

ERJFO and T-Prop are right. Frontier management will not completely black-ball Lynx pilots from getting jobs at mainline, but I guarantee it will not make it easy. Don't make the mistake of thinking that a job at Lynx is the fast route to F9.

 

[cale42]

Does anyone have any specific information on applying here. This is my top choice, I live in DEN and I actually meet the high FO mins and am looking to skip to a new regional.

I can't find much about applying, there is an email on career builder that it says to send a note to in order to apply. I sent one there but got no response.

Would like to apply and try to be one of the first FO's.

If anyone is wondering why I would take this chance on a complete unknown.. I'm a Mesa Beech FO.. nuff said..

cale

 

[CFI]

I sent an e-mail as well with no response. I was going to send another , but the job posting has been removed.

 

[F9 Buff]

You guys may be right about the flow-through but in my experience with F9 they are big on promotion from within. I went through a few different jobs with them in the past and there was never a problem with moving up in the company. When there is a job opening, they post it on the company site first, then if no one internal bites then they put it on the .com site.

I am not looking for the quick way into mainline, I am looking for a good flying job and for me Lynx would be it. Too bad it looks like it may take a while for me to get there though.

 

[crashpad]

Did anyone here who lives in Denver try knocking on the door?

 

[Trogdor]

I know a few senior Lakes CA's that have taken jobs there.

 

[ratherbeflyen]

I know a few senior Lakes CA's that have taken jobs there.

I was going to say, what about all the lakers at F9. I know CO is taking 30+ pilots a month from XJT, despite the training backlog we have.

 

[Trogdor]

Right, some Lakes pilots are getting jobs at mainline, but not everyone. My point is that going to Lynx is not going to help you get into F9.

 

[F9 Buff]

Does Lakes still have that 15 mo contract?

That combined with not being sure of getting a DEN base is what will keep me away from there.

 

[Trogdor]

Yes, it is still in place. We are expanding into STL and MKE sometime in the summer. MKE will go senior, however STL will go very junior. I haven't talked to a single person who wants to go to St Louis. PHX is a rather senior base as well. Due to the bulk of the flying being in DEN and the rate of people leaving, it would not be long if you had to go to STL for instance, before you could get back to DEN.