for the XJ guys

[submachXJ]

Yep 90 captains trained or in the pipeline right now and 84 FOs. Plenty for 17 aircraft. That puts staffing at better than 5 to 1 captain side and just shy of 5 to 1 on the FOs side.

 

[Hollywood82]

How do they select guys from the pool? In order of the interview date? Any Idea of how many people in the pool?

 

[WIPilot]

How do they select guys from the pool? In order of the interview date? Any Idea of how many people in the pool?

Honestly Hollywood I'd doubt anyone knows for sure other than HR themselves. I do know there was no real rhyme or reason why I was put in a class that was 2 weeks before the other folks I interviewed with. Also there seems to be no rhyme or reason to why people got the 900 or if they got the Saab. Maybe that insight can help...a little bit.

 

[flap operator]

There is actually a method to the HR madness. There is a rhyme and reason to who goes to what planes and for what class dates, despite what everyone thinks.

Before we had a pool the people were called and slotted into classes based on the needs at the time. HR would try to put folks from MSP in the 200, but if they were filling a 900 or saab class at the time, they got what was being filled. HR is willing to work with the applicant, but in the end the classes need to be filled.

At one point it seemed HR was putting all the lower time guys into the jets and higher time into the saab. That was when our upgrade time was really short, allowing those folks to at least get time on the plane they'll probably upgrade in. They weren't "handpicked" because they flew the sim the best, aced the interview etc...

As far as going to class before folks in your interview group... it probably had to do with the availability of the others, background checks, personal comitments, other jobs or a million other reasons.

Hollywood - if you're really conserned, why don't you just contact HR and go straight to the source? I think you'll be more satisfied asking the very guy (Steve) about the pool.

 

[Raskal]

...Hollywood - if you're really conserned, why don't you just contact HR and go straight to the source? I think you'll be more satisfied asking the very guy (Steve) about the pool.

I second that, Steve is a very nice and easy to talk to guy-give him a call and I'm sure he'll be straight with you.

 

[Hollywood82]

I second that, Steve is a very nice and easy to talk to guy-give him a call and I'm sure he'll be straight with you.

I talked with him a month ago and he told me to contact him with any questions. I can't remember if he prefers a phone call or email.

 

[Limeyflyer]

Call him by Phone

 

[Hollywood82]

I second that, Steve is a very nice and easy to talk to guy-give him a call and I'm sure he'll be straight with you.

I talked to the man today. I'm a ways down the list.

I was impressed by them during the interview, and this seems like something that's worth waiting for. Just gives me a chance to save more money before they call me.

 

[Flybet3]

I talked to the man today. I'm a ways down the list.

I was impressed by them during the interview, and this seems like something that's worth waiting for. Just gives me a chance to save more money before they call me.

Sorry to hear that you're in the pool my friend. Just hang in there, and be patient. They'll call ya once they're ready.