Continental hiring info

[calfo]

There will be an average of 12 a week into April and very possibly into May and June. They may only do 8 in one week due to some logistics problems but that will be made up with 16 the following week.

 

[densoo]

Maybe they'll get the DOHs right on this round.

Special MEC Update – Seniority Lists

As many of you have discovered by now, the latest seniority list published by Flight Ops has many errors. Apparently, there was another technical glitch in Flight Ops software that has caused former Continental Express pilots to be listed with the wrong hire dates. We have been advised that this will be corrected by this Friday. Please check the Flight Ops website then to verify that this situation has been corrected. In the event that this issue is still outstanding at that time, we will follow up with the Company. Until that time, thank you for your patience.

Below is an excerpt taken directly from the Flight Ops e-bulletin form on the situation:

“We have received reports that the recently published seniority lists contain a different date designated in the "Hiredate" field than that found on previously published lists.
It appears that relative seniority order of each individual is correct, it is just the date published as the "Hiredate" that is different.
Manpower planning is aware of the issue and is researching its cause, but it appears it is as simple as having the wrong field exported when the seniority list was created.
You can be assured that this is just a display issue only affecting the printed versions of the seniority list and has no effect on any individual's relative seniority.
We will republish the seniority lists once the issue is corrected.”

 

[ballgag]

There will be an average of 12 a week into April and very possibly into May and June. They may only do 8 in one week due to some logistics problems but that will be made up with 16 the following week.

Sounds good if you want a nasty contract ahead!!

Oh yea, don't rule out all the crusty dudes staying and possible furlough......just my 2 cents.

Flame if you must.....

 

["TheBigPicture"]

Maybe they'll get the DOHs right on this round.

And the information you posted affects the actual process of hiring pilots how???.....tool

 

[California]

Sounds good if you want a nasty contract ahead!!

Oh yea, don't rule out all the crusty dudes staying and possible furlough......just my 2 cents.

Flame if you must.....

Why will Continental have nasty contract ahead?

Why is there a possible furlough?

Are you a pilot there?

 

[Whiskerbizkit]

Sounds good if you want a nasty contract ahead!!

Oh yea, don't rule out all the crusty dudes staying and possible furlough......just my 2 cents.

Flame if you must.....

Poncho that you?

 

[Bigoober]

Funny, I was told 16 per week through end of May yesterday by Christi with an email to confirm. Did this change within the day?

 

[Furloughed80]

It has been changing a lot recently. I have heard 16 a week as well. That makes no sense though. Something has to be going on if they are going back up to 16 a week.

 

[tie1on]

who is christi

 

[ballgag]

Why will Continental have nasty contract ahead?

SCOPE!! CHQ and the 170's are ready to go!! No secret why CAL reduced 69 XJT RJ's and brought CHQ in to operate CRJ's and ERJ's at a higher rate...

Why is there a possible furlough?

Not hard, age 65. ALL CAL's hiring is driven on retirements, not really any growth. Most of the crusty dudes will stay.

Are you a pilot there?

No, have plenty of friends there, and they are very nervous!! I do know CAL very well though...

 

[BID]

No, have plenty of friends there, and they are very nervous!! I do know CAL very well though...

Ok fair enough, then why do you think there will be a possible furlough?

Are your nervous friends the ones that vote in crappy contracts because of fear?

Sorry but how can you not flame away at your comments!

 

[mamba20]

Ballgag,

You clearly don't know what your talking about. We are growing at a rate of 1-3 airplanes a month this year. The 737-300's and 500's are supposed to start being phased out this summer but even if they are, the number of airplanes we are getting equate to growth.

I just finished up recurrent recently and heard that hiring will still continue. The first day I heard that hiring was going to slow to 24 a month, the next day I heard it was going to continue at a rate of 60 per month.

The higher powers are still trying to figure out how age 65 is going to affect hiring. There has been NO mention of furloughs at all and I really don't see it happening because of the age 65 change.

Are you by chance Pocono's alter ego?

 

[Continental]

No, have plenty of friends there, and they are very nervous!! I do know CAL very well though...

Well seeing how your not on property how well can you know? I think hiring at 12 or 16 per week is better than the 8 originally thought out. I'm not nervous. What are they so nervous about. Still getting new planes this year.

If its PBS well that I can understand.

 

[jke406]

Sounds good if you want a nasty contract ahead!!

Oh yea, don't rule out all the crusty dudes staying and possible furlough......just my 2 cents.

Flame if you must.....

This could be ANY airline.

Where do we get such masters of the obvious?

 

[Formula1]

CAL will be at the Air Inc Job Fair this month so why would they be there looking to hire pilots if they were getting ready to furlough?

 

[scarlet]

Are you guys gettin a new PBS system.??

Heard from check airman there--a new system was coming and was showing CAL over staffed over 200 pilots, and they needed to CX captain classes?

I don't have a dog there, so no I do not care. I was just talking to him on the phone about the aviation world, and he told me that...??

 

[Bigoober]

Mentioned earlier, Christi is the pilot recruiting manager responsible for filling the classes.

Thought I saw it on here, but maybe not, the 16 was to help avoid the summer crunch of being understaffed.

Granted, I don't fly under PBS yet, but I thought that PBS was built to make the lines more efficient and thus, pilot's lives hell. If they were getting rid of PBS or changing it (which I heard was in motion starting from a letter from the MEC), then wouldn't CAL be understaffed with more inefficient lines? Not trying to argue, just trying to understand.

 

[ASAFOE120]

CAL will be at the Air Inc Job Fair this month so why would they be there looking to hire pilots if they were getting ready to furlough?

Sorry to get off the subject a little but does it greatly increase the chances of getting an interview if you attend the Air Inc. thing? I've never been to one.

 

[Bluto]

It's supposed to, but I think it depends on to whom you speak at Air Inc. I went, talked to one of the reps and was told, "I'll recommend you." When my sponsor went to check on the progress of my application, though, he was told by his CP that there was no indication of any kind on my app. I believe it can help, in theory, but in my case it doesn't appear to have worked. My sponsor regularly visited the CP for about a year and promoted me before I got a nibble. It takes less time for some.

 

[California]

It's supposed to, but I think it depends on to whom you speak at Air Inc. I went, talked to one of the reps and was told, "I'll recommend you." When my sponsor went to check on the progress of my application, though, he was told by his CP that there was no indication of any kind on my app. I believe it can help, in theory, but in my case it doesn't appear to have worked. My sponsor regularly visited the CP for about a year and promoted me before I got a nibble. It takes less time for some.

I went to the APC career fair at DFW and meet a CAL rep and he said " I'll recommend you". Got an email shortly after for an interview.

A couple of friends stood in the same line, with the same flight experience, talked to different reps and heard nothing.

I have zero hookups at CAL.

The job fairs worked for me. I had two other interviews from the same fair.

 

[Bigoober]

Second the job fair. No internals here but went to the fair in DC and got an invite within a week. I was called by the pilot I talked to at the job fair with the job offer.

 

[mamba20]

Anything you can do to make yourself stand out is a good thing. If you go to Air Inc. and don't hear anything then go back to another one. Make sure you get the names of the people you talk to and throw that name out at the next fair.

 

[California]

Anything you can do to make yourself stand out is a good thing. If you go to Air Inc. and don't hear anything then go back to another one. Make sure you get the names of the people you talk to and throw that name out at the next fair.

Yes! It is really this easy.

 

[atrdriver]

No, have plenty of friends there, and they are very nervous!! I do know CAL very well though...

Amazing. I know very few here who are nervous. At least about a furlough. Some are nervous about their 60+ year old Captains

 

[Jetjockey]

Tell me what airline they are not nervous at? Even the UPS CEO stated something about a slowing economy lowering 2008 earnings forecast. It isn't rosy anywhere!