JetBlue hiring anymore?

[AlbieF15]

(Insert shameless plug for interview prep here).

Yeah...I've got a company that has helped over 500 apiece at Jetblue, SWA, and FedEx. What I often find remarkable is who DOES do the preps, the who doesn't. Often the pilots wanting the preps would have been successful anyway, but many who know the didn't need it find out they are wrong.

My group isn't the only one out there, but a little practice and polish go a long way. Get some help--somewhere--and you'll probably be glad you did. Much better to kick yourself for over prepping and wasting a little money than sitting around wishing you'd done it...

 

[BrickTop]

I was thinking the same thing.

Thanks for typing it out for me.

5000tt = low time in today's market.

AND hes Current 121 for a Regional

 

[Quimby]

AND hes Current 121 for a Regional

Oh, well that changes everything.

 

[Hutcha]

The process is BS. We are passing on guys with twice that amount of time for guys that barely meet the mins because they can be better assimilated into the JB culture. I've had a few friends shot down at JB with more time than that and 121 experience. I talked to the guy that did the exit interview for one of them. He said, he was pulling for him, but the two that did the main interview could not get past the fact that he did not fly JB up to the interview. They said that since he had never flown JB before, he should have have taken the 2 hops through FLL instead of driving the 5 hours. He explained to them that he was from NYC and he wanted to visit family while there. It didn't matter. He also had rec letters from 2 JB Capts and a JB FO. None of us got a call to ask about him.

Being able to BS your way through an interview shouldn't be what gets you hired at a major airline. We have plenty of DBs that were great at interviewing, it doesn't mean I want to fly with them.

 

[Lake Alice]

Daryl is a real piece of ******************** but aside from that your buddy knew how retarded we are in hiring. He should have sucked it up and flew on a JB flight. You and I both know our hiring is BS but you have to play the game. SWA, you buy a type. Uniteds antagonistic interview,
American wants Mil. It's all a game you have to play.

 

[NAA Pilot]

AA is going to announce a merger with JB on wednesday so, no hiring will be required.

 

[Flyby1206]

AA is going to announce a merger with JB on wednesday so, no hiring will be required.

Fool me once, shame on you...
Fool me twice, shame on me...!

 

[CapnVegetto]

AA is going to announce a merger with JB on wednesday so, no hiring will be required.

This time if it's true I'll eat my hat AND one shoe.

And I'll post it on here.

Seriously dude, when are you gonna give that up? Ain't happenin.

 

[$$$4nothin]

The process is BS. We are passing on guys with twice that amount of time for guys that barely meet the mins because they can be better assimilated into the JB culture. I've had a few friends shot down at JB with more time than that and 121 experience. I talked to the guy that did the exit interview for one of them. He said, he was pulling for him, but the two that did the main interview could not get past the fact that he did not fly JB up to the interview. They said that since he had never flown JB before, he should have have taken the 2 hops through FLL instead of driving the 5 hours. He explained to them that he was from NYC and he wanted to visit family while there. It didn't matter. He also had rec letters from 2 JB Capts and a JB FO. None of us got a call to ask about him.

Being able to BS your way through an interview shouldn't be what gets you hired at a major airline. We have plenty of DBs that were great at interviewing, it doesn't mean I want to fly with them.

I have been on property since July so my interview wasn't to long ago. The first time I ever stepped foot on a B6 airplane was my first day of IOE. I told both interviewers that I had never been on a B6 airplane. Obviously didn't make a bit of difference to them.

 

[Bluejob]

FK JB they turned down a personal friend of mine who was far qualified and a 17 year Navy Serviceman. He had over 5000TT with over 2000PIC turbine. Masters Degree. Fluent in 3 languages. Married 2 daughters. Loyal American. The hiring process is such discriminatory BS.

Why don't you help him get hired where you work?

 

[Fins Up]

At least he is a loyal American. How is it discriminatory? Maybe he just wasn't "on" for his interview. Job selection is just as much about "can I fly a four-day trip with this guy" as it is numbers and quals.

 

[CapnVegetto]

C'mon guys, everybody knows that hiring everywhere is just BS. It's a game. There are those that can play, and those that can't. When I got hired at a regional, I acted to them like it was the greatest thing in the universe and that I wanted to be there forever. It was complete bull$hit, of course, but that is how the game is played. Sing the songs, do the dance, make 'em happy. It's always been that way, and always will be. In a perfect world, everyone gets hired on merit and qualifications. This is an imperfect world. You get hired on how well you BS, who you know, and who's crotch you were yanked out of. It is what it is, and probably isn't changing anytime soon.

 

[usav8r]

C'mon guys, everybody knows that hiring everywhere is just BS. It's a game. There are those that can play, and those that can't. When I got hired at a regional, I acted to them like it was the greatest thing in the universe and that I wanted to be there forever. It was complete bull$hit, of course, but that is how the game is played. Sing the songs, do the dance, make 'em happy. It's always been that way, and always will be. In a perfect world, everyone gets hired on merit and qualifications. This is an imperfect world. You get hired on how well you BS, who you know, and who's crotch you were yanked out of. It is what it is, and probably isn't changing anytime soon.

Ding Ding Ding, we have a winner! +1

 

[Baronman]

Ding Ding Ding, we have a winner! +1

Ding Ding Ding....I know a few who went over to JB recently (huge schmoozers) while some good guys got passed up. Knowing all of them for years, I was shocked to see who was hired and who they passed on.

 

[Scrapdog]

I was thinking the same thing.

Thanks for typing it out for me.

5000tt = low time in today's market.

Negative...2K + is average for a 20 year fighter pilot. 3K is above average. Depends on what the guy flew. If he flew an RJ from point A to point B 5 times a day from Amarillo to DFW, then yes, I would agree 5K is low.