jetBlue March 8th/9th Interview Session

[My Man SMITH!]

For those of you fortunate enough to have heard already, CONGRATULATIONS! It must feel like a huge boulder was just unloaded off your shoulders. I just need to know, one way or the other. Let's see, phone ring or FedEx guy! Which will it be? The suspense is torture. Since these calls have been going out, it's now been like the tryout scene in the movie Major League. I show up to the house and close my eyes when I approach the door. When I see nothing, a little stress is relieved! OK, you can obviously tell this is really starting to get to me. Keeping the faith. I'm sure I'm way over reacting. :laugh: Oh, there's my phone ringing now. Hang on. Scheduling, go figure. Have a GREAT night guys and hopefully we will all know something soon!

 

[Dave's kid]

Three good, one bad, and no word since Sunday night. Anyone heard anything in the last couple days? I keep getting nervous when I hear a truck drive by my house. Good thing my next medical isn't for a few more months, my blood pressure would be through the roof.

 

[Fins Up]

I think Verna will be in Orlando for the next couple of days doing orientation for the new class. I wouldn't expect any calls before the weekend. Might as well try to relax for a couple days. I know that's easier said than done.

 

[Kayman]

Seems the pattern as I've seen it is the calls usually come in the fri - sun range. Could this be cuz the PHC meets on wed. or Thur. and passes the approved packages to Verna?

 

[Kayman]

Sounds like if we don't make it through in the next couple of groups and get assigned a May class date, there will be no 320 option. At least according to the "word of mouth" info floating around.

 

[pilotgolfer]

I'm not sure I'd want to go to the Airbus at this point. Most guys I know there say the reserve at JBLU sucks but nobody complains too much because they only had to do it a couple months. If you have to sit reserve for months on end until the A320 deliveries pick back up, it could be a miserable year.

I guess we can cross that bridge if / when the time comes.

Scott

 

[Propblast]

Anyone have a guess as to how many 'phase II people' are not on these boards; that is any idea how many march 8/9 people made it to pII? I know that there is NO good reason to even care about that - I am just trying to find something to do in the 'deafening silence' in my hotel room in SDF.

LOL! A guy I know a friend at B6 said the list in the C.P. office was 38 from the Mar. 8th and 48 from Mar. 9th, so 86 total made it. When I was interviewing I actually asked a guy from the People Dept. how many would be interviewing - he said approximately 100. The word I've gotten is that typically about 80% go on to Phase II which sort of confirms the number of 86 out of around 100 moving on. The other number I've heard is that about 5-10% don't get hired out of Phase II. That being the case, I would expect about 9 of us get the FedEx. Obviously, the odds are in your favor. The biggest question at this point is whether the percentage that don't make it through Phase II will go up since their training requirements are lower. We'll see.

-PB

 

[Got2GO]

I'm in!! Just got the call. May 10 a320 class. I'm glad. The bad news is it looks like it might be the last 320 class of the year. E190 Classes for June.

Good luck to all! Hope to meet you soon in Orlando.

God's Speed!

Got2GO!

 

[Kayman]

payscale question

If you get hired as an FO and after 1 year upgrade to captain, do you make 1st year captain pay or 2nd?

 

[Longhorn]

You get second year CA pay. Your longevity never resets. If you are a fo for 3 years and upgrade, you are on 3rd year CA pay...etc.etc. I hope this helps

 

[LaGarbage Man]

Hey Guy's
I am in as well. I took the May 10, A320. Wife is thrilled to ship me out the door after my little unemployment vacation of four months.She suggested that I might want to start the drive to MCO now to beat the traffic. I think she is trying to tell me something.
Anyway now that some of the pieces of the puzzle are coming together, I have started to update the list. Verna is down in MCO so I think what Kayman was thinking in regard to the way that the calls get put together is correct.
With that said, tommorow is Friday and I hope to see some more of this list get the good news. Post as soon as you find out so that I can update the list. Good Luck and stop calling me Shirley



1) smoky22
2) Snoopy Mendoza (Hired/?/?)
3) skypine69
4) LaGarbage Man (May,10 / A320)
5) Vastly Underemp
6) My Man Smith
7) CheeseheadinTX
8) PDXcheezhead
9) captain dad (Letter)
10) pilotgolfer
11) Dave's kid
12) Propblast
13) Flyiguy
14) CalBuff
15) Kayman
16) Got2GO (May,10 / A320)

 

[Charlie Brown]

Congrats to those who have heard. Did they give you a choice of A/C, or was the 320 all that was offered? Sounds like you may be on reserve for a while on the Bus.

 

[pilotgolfer]

Garbage Man,

Don't count me out yet. I think your mouse slipped. I didn't get the letter yet...it was Capt Dad.

Scott

 

[Kayman]

Thanks Longhorn, that answers the question

Garbage, I believe Snoopy Mendoza got the call already as well and it was Captn Dad that got the dreaded FEdex.

 

[LaGarbage Man]

Chuck:
I had expressed a preference for the Bus when she initially called to welcome me aboard. So when she called the second time it was just to confirm I still wanted it and that May 10 was available. I think you may be correct with regards to Rsrv. I will just have to improvise, adapt and overcome. Needed the pay with being on the street for the last four months.
Trash Man

P.S. I just noticed my screw up on the list, VERY SORRY pilotgolfer I will edit the list ASAP.

 

[LaGarbage Man]

Kayman:
You are right, Snoop does have the initial OK, I will update with that info and modify if he wants to share the rest of the story.
Trash Man

 

[Guam360]

pilot golfer,
I was hired in Nov. been on reserve for three months, I did get a line in May.

It looks like you have done some regional/small jet airline flying, I did also, I was on reserve for 5 years at Comair as a junior CA in both planes.

The reserve system here is unlike Comair or elsewhere so I have heard, but some guys complain, maybe they were never on reserve. The ability to move reserve days through the bidding system and, swap days has been great for me. If I was on reserve longer, I honestly could say, hey that's the way it is.

12 days off and hopefully breaking guarantee( which sometimes happens), is not bad, then again you could still be at a dying regional or out of work. I happen to be senior on reserve this month, the system says that they will try to release you on your last day on before a set of days off. It helps them keeping you from breaking guarantee, but i also received three extra days off this month because of it. which meant time at home!!!!

Things hopefully will change by the end of the year and will put more pilots in the 320.....hang in there.

ps. when you guys are starting class on the 10th, I'll be in Brazil for two weeks, surfing and partying!!!!!! Bahia, here I come.

 

[Caveman]

O.k, don't shoot the messenger. Here's some updated info straight from the source. May 10 is the last A-320 class for a while. The E-190 will continue 2 classes per month with 5-10 per class. May/July interviews still on track. Instead of getting the good phone call and a class date you'll get a good phone call and be put in a shallow pool and assigned to a class at the first opportunity. If the E-190 is your thing, there will be little change to whats going on now. Get the call, go to class. If you really want to wait for the A-320 the 'official' gouge is it will be towards the end of the year. 'Unofficially' the outlook is a bit more optimistic, but for now 'officially' that's the way it is. This was all from memory so if anybody else was there this morning, feel free to correct any mistakes I made. One last note, all the May 10 Airbus slots have been filled. Again, don't shoot the messenger.

 

[My Man SMITH!]

Caveman, thanks for posting the helpful info. Hoping for more calls sometime soon. Any idea if upgrade on the 190 is still running around a year now that the airbus classes have stopped? I guess it's all a moot point until the call comes. I was hoping to have a choice and to go to the airbus. Good luck with training! NFL draft is this weekend! Yeah Baby!

 

[2wheelz]

F N G

Hi all,

I just found this site today, but was with you on March 8th. I, too, am currently in phase II and am anxiously waiting for some news (hopefully good). I received my PRIA and FAA info about 2 weeks after my interview, but have not received anything else. Although, I've heard rumors that some pilots have gotten back drug-test paperwork and copies of what the DMV has sent out. Anyway, I'll be watching and waiting. Let you know if I hear anything. Good luck to everyone!

2wheelz