Ualexpress
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I just talked to a friend who is a Delta furloughee. He has recently been hired by Legacy Airlines. I guess Legacy is a start-up out of Syracuse, NY, and they will be flying 737-700/800s and are supposed to start flying this summer. My friend was telling me they have hired about 100 furloughed guys and gals, and that they are not requiring these pilots to resign their seniority. They do require a 2 year training contract, but if you are recalled by the airline from which you were furloughed the training contract does not apply, it only applies if you leave to go to an airline other than the one you are furloughed from. Starting pay for Captains is 98/hr and for FOs 78/hr. Obviously many people will be hired right into the left seat and a quick upgrade for FOs.
Has anyone else heard of them or know much about Legacy? Sounds like a good deal especially for furloughees. I guess Legacy has had three open houses (last one was Saturday) for pilots. About 35 people showed up for each and everyone that showed was hired. The only thing he required was that they pass the background checks. Like I said earlier most of these people were furloughees and thats what the Chairman of the Board wanted. I guess he said that he had set up an interview process prior to 9/11 but elected to hire furloughees after 9/11. He said he needed the experience to start the airline and was willing to risk the departure of these furloughees at a later date (when they are recalled) to gain their experience, and that he hoped that many would decide to stay even after recall. Supposedly last Saturday was the last time he was going to run a "hire them all" open house and that all further new hires would go through an interview process. He said that Legacy would need about 240 pilots to operate the 30 airplanes they plan on having by next spring (2003). Just wondering if anyone had backgound on this company, not only for my friend but for myself. I am from the Syracuse area and would love to return if a good job like this was avialiable (even if it is a risk). AirInc has no info on them. Anyone can check them out at www.flylegacy.com. By the way the B737 type requirement in the FO position web page is not required. My Delta buddy said that info has not been updated and that Legacy is going to type both Captains and FOs.
Has anyone else heard of them or know much about Legacy? Sounds like a good deal especially for furloughees. I guess Legacy has had three open houses (last one was Saturday) for pilots. About 35 people showed up for each and everyone that showed was hired. The only thing he required was that they pass the background checks. Like I said earlier most of these people were furloughees and thats what the Chairman of the Board wanted. I guess he said that he had set up an interview process prior to 9/11 but elected to hire furloughees after 9/11. He said he needed the experience to start the airline and was willing to risk the departure of these furloughees at a later date (when they are recalled) to gain their experience, and that he hoped that many would decide to stay even after recall. Supposedly last Saturday was the last time he was going to run a "hire them all" open house and that all further new hires would go through an interview process. He said that Legacy would need about 240 pilots to operate the 30 airplanes they plan on having by next spring (2003). Just wondering if anyone had backgound on this company, not only for my friend but for myself. I am from the Syracuse area and would love to return if a good job like this was avialiable (even if it is a risk). AirInc has no info on them. Anyone can check them out at www.flylegacy.com. By the way the B737 type requirement in the FO position web page is not required. My Delta buddy said that info has not been updated and that Legacy is going to type both Captains and FOs.
