Hawaiian Airlines hiring

[bruddahgoose]

Hal,
do you think that even after all the new hires are on the line, you guys would still be short-handed? Dunkerley did indeed mention that the staffing for the 767 was not reflected in the vacancy bid!

 

[HAL]

Hal,
do you think that even after all the new hires are on the line, you guys would still be short-handed? Dunkerley did indeed mention that the staffing for the 767 was not reflected in the vacancy bid!

I think we'll be OK on the 717 side. There was quite a bit of expansion there, and we had a lot of upgrades too. The new hires filled in there and on the empty spots left on the 767 from the upgrades. It's the overall 767 staffing I'm baffled about. The new bid has three fewer Captains than we have flying at this very moment, and we're always running short-handed on that side. We're not cutting any routes or flying - and in fact are adding hours when we stop the 767 interisland and start up the second SEA-HNL flights next month. That's why I don't think it will last.

HAL

 

[Jim]

I'm on the 717 side and I don't think we'll be okay there. Guys are getting tired of the 8 leg days and are getting burned out. Mandatory higher line values are going to be repeated in the future. This is especially true on the Captain side.

This seems to be a case of the company saying we've operated with less for the last 4 months why can't we continue?

 

[HAL]

Hi Jim,

I was referring to the day when we get all of the new-hires & upgrades trained and on the 717. I know it is tough for all of us right now, but with the reduction in planned flying for the 717, you should be properly staffed once they all get online. The 767 however isn't getting a reduction in hours, but is getting a reduction in crews; back to where it was even before the last set of bids came out. Since I look at the daily flight schedule and see "none" for reserves on the 767 every day now, I have to wonder how we're going to do it when we have three less Captains.

It's going to be a long winter.

HAL