Coca Cola

[AV1ATRX]

I met one of their pilots today and it seems like it would be a great place to work. Unfortunatly, her passenger showed up and she had to go before I got any details about the flight department. Does anybody have any information that would give me an idea of what it takes to get in, who the important people are, etc.?

 

[sleepy]

I met one of their pilots today and it seems like it would be a great place to work. Unfortunatly, her passenger showed up and she had to go before I got any details about the flight department. Does anybody have any information that would give me an idea of what it takes to get in, who the important people are, etc.?

I am guessing that you are a minority (female) with very little aviation experience. That makes you qualified to get a job at Coke.

It is my understanding that since the big race discrimination lawsuit a few years ago, Coke only hires very low-time minority applicants.

Somebody please correct me if I am wrong.

 

[English]

I think it is very inappropriate for you to post someone's name on a public forum like this. Please have some integrity and edit your post.

 

[bafanguy]

GEXDRIVER,

I see her !!! I see her !!! She's dialing 1-800-L-A-W-Y-E-R right now. For the love of God, Man....EDIT !!!!! SAVE YOURSELF !!!

 

[cvoav8r]

I have no respect for women (and soem men) who being otherwise unqualified F#^$# their way into the cockpit.

 

[Skaz]

we had a few 'ladies' at airschool with us like that, I think each instructor had a go, for a while.....now one flies for a regional....where her boyfriend is chief pilot , go figure, again
cvoav8r I second you on that, big time

bafanguy speaking of lawsuits, I'm gonna sue....I laughed so hard I hurt myself

 

[starvingcfi]

ha. i know lisa. what a f*cking lucky girl. christ

 

[sleepy]

Is she the chick that quit FedEx to go to Coke?

 

[starvingcfi]

nah. she got hired straight out of purdue i think. probably had a whole 500tt. very lucky girl.

 

[AV1ATRX]

WOW. What a bunch of unprofessional people. Grow up.

Does anybody out there have any actual information about the company's flight department?

 

[starvingcfi]

yes. they hire 500tt girls. you should be fine.

 

[bafanguy]

All joking aside, it's a pretty bold move to make comments about an individual in this forum...and name them...especially without first-hand knowledge of the case. And, Coke is a bad place to work ??

 

[AA717driver]

That's a chickensh*t move. She didn't get hired straight out of Purdue. She was furloughed at Eagle.

I wonder if anyone here would be willing to turn down a job like that because they were low time? Yeah, that's what I thought.

Besides, she is a nice person. That's more than I can say about some highly expenienced "individuals" I've met in this business.TC

 

[tathepilot]

Re: Re: Coca Cola

I am guessing that you are a minority (female) with very little aviation experience. That makes you qualified to get a job at Coke.

It is my understanding that since the big race discrimination lawsuit a few years ago, Coke only hires very low-time minority applicants.

Somebody please correct me if I am wrong.

ok... so what's the problem ?
Don't like coke. Don't apply.

 

[starvingcfi]

hey, no harm intended...and i didn't name her.

before someone gets pissy with me, i said 'i think' she got hired straight out of purdue. obviously didn't know her that well.

and she is a very nice person...what i know of her.

also, no one on this board would turn down an opportunity like that. especially with such a low total time.

however some of the guys might come back to coca cola with a counter offer.

COKE HR - "we would like to hire you into the right seat of our G-V. you'll be salaried at $80K."

TOPGUN-MAV - "i accept, but rather than pay me $80K, i'll pay you $30K!"

hahahaha

sorry. couldn't let a thread go without ripping on the self proclaimed b-1900 master

 

[sleepy]

Re: Re: Re: Coca Cola

ok... so what's the problem ?
Don't like coke. Don't apply.

Don't worry, I won't. I worked as a corporate pilot for several years before moving on to the airlines. I have no interest in going back to corporate. If I did have such an interest, I would want to work for one of the better flight departments at FTY (Home Depot, Cox or BellSouth).

Coke always had a bad reputation among the flight departments based at FTY. Other than a few nice Gulfstreams, thay don't have much to offer a professional pilot in the way of career satisfaction. Maybe that will change someday, but I doubt it.

 

[AA717driver]

I certainly agree that Coke isn't on my list of desirable places to spend my career. They have given in to blackmail by Jesse Jackson and have instituted the same type of hiring policies that UAL did in the early '90's.

Go there, get the type and move on. Eventually, maybe the management will get the message.... Maybe.TC

 

[CatYaaak]

That's a chickensh*t move. She didn't get hired straight out of Purdue. She was furloughed at Eagle.

Oh I see..."Eagle experience"... well that's completely different then! No wonder she was considered best-qualified in a mile-high stack of resumes. I mean , if there's no finer indicator of G-lV/G-V corporate captaincy potential than "EAGLE experience", I certainly don't know what it is. In fact, I believe I heard somehwere that every SIC hour of.....you guessed it.... "EAGLE experience" equates to something like 10 hrs of regular, garden variety jet PIC time. I might have even been 20hrs PIC. I can't remember exactly, but I know it's a lot!

Glad I never needed to apply there since (and to my everlasting shame) I have none of these much-coveted "EAGLE experience" SIC hours so preferred by corporate flight departments in their applicants. I'd guess it's because insurance companies offer much lower rates for pilots that have "EAGLE experience", and if insuring the PICs is the subject, they pretty much waive the experience levels they want to see in regular, non-Eagle experienced pilots.

I agree AA717.....it's not about gender, like all these sexists imply.....it's all about that EAGLE experience. And these fools have the audacity to think that she's wasn't the most qualified! I mean, haven't they noticed that the pilots ranks of most Fortune 100 companies are made up of low-time EAGLE furloughees? He11, there's practically a giant vacumn sucking them up if they're on the street.

 

[AA717driver]

Catyak--I just pointed out that she didn't just come out of Purdue.

The whole point was:

1.) You don't trash someone by name on a board like this. (Unless they are a public figure.)

2.) I don't begrudge someone for taking a good job with low time.

3.) If someone says something inaccurate here, people generally correct them.

4.) There are plenty of pricks in this business. Genuinely nice people shouldn't be trashed for no reason.

TC

 

[PowerCurve]

I met a Coca Cola pilot last March. This pilot was very young and when asked, admitted the First Officer position had been obtained through a headhunter...I received the name of the headhunter through our conversation.

There isn't much discussion about using such services here on the forum, it would be interesting to see how many people have obtained positions with a headhunter's help.

The headhunter's name is Ms. Cyndi Santini of Corporate Aviation Analysis and Planning, Inc. Here is a link: http://www.caap.com/default.htm
Is anyone familiar with using such services?

I thought about looking into it, but was told via other inquiries they won't touch furloughed airline pilots.