Listen up EXPRESSJET INTERVIEWEES

[chuychanga]

Yes, they have hired non-US citizens recently.

 

[Ty Webb]

At any company in any industry the people who badmouth the interview process are 95% of the times the one who didn’t get offered the job! It’s called sour grapes, boo hoo. [/i]

Yeah, I'm crying about it.

 

[Ty Webb]

Originally posted by Sam Fisher

The real point I was trying to make is that it is pointless to discuss our past hiring practices or the past condition of this company just as it is fruitless to talk about the way VJ and/or Airtran used to be. They are both 2 totally different companies now. I've seen you post to people who were bashing Airtran because of the old VJ crashes and the scabs and the corporate culture, etc, only to point out how good of a company Airtran is today. Hopefully you will see my point now.

Sam


OK, fair enough. Good luck, Sam in your endeavors and exploits.

 

[Paul R. Smith]

2. I am willing to bet that the 22 hours of 737 sim flying I did 3 months ago has made me more proficient than someone that has flown a real plane 60 hours in the past 6 months.

Well la-dee-frickin-da!

seriously though, the old interviews pre-9-11 were weird. Nowadays I have heard nothing but good things. The no pay during indoc blows but at least they'll pay for your hotel. cough!! ACA.

 

[Skyward]

Originally posted by Ty Webb

Yeah, I'm crying about it.

Must have scarred you pretty deep to still be crying err talking about it 6 years later. Get over it and move on.

 

[Captain X]

My airline's better than your airline!

No! My airline is better than your airline!

Nuh uh! My airline is better than your airline!

YOU ALL SOUND LIKE A BUNCH OF IDIOTS!!!

The best airline is the one that offers you a job. The worst airline is the one that didn't. Get the f@ck over it, move on, and try being a professional at the airline you're at.

 

[Ty Webb]

Must have scarred you pretty deep to still be crying err talki
ng about it 6 years later. Get over it and move on.

No scars here, chief, and sorry about your lack of a sense of humor. I remember it well, though, because I thought it was a very strange and insulting experience.

Needless to say, I have moved on . . . . just like your former RJ Captains that we have hired here at AirTran.

 

[Tooslow]

Atleast COEX gives you a hotel and Per Diem. Skywest gives you %^&.

 

[Mookie]

Skywest DOES give hotel...albeit a shared a shared room at the Candlehood. Still no pay in training...which isn't cool, but hopefully that will be rectified soon.

i'm sure that express jet is a great place...

mookie

 

[pilotmiketx]

ugh...

Other Pilots: Please turn down all XJET offers on account of not paying during training (make room for me!!!)

I'd give my left nut for a precious XJET interview. I didn't make it past the phone screening (1800/200 at the time.) My 90 days is almost over and I'm ready to do it again.

It shouldn't matter who pays what during training. If you want to put a dollar amount on it, make a spreadsheet to account for the future value of all salary and benefits 5 years down the road. Of course, you can't put a figure on things like quality of life, bases, etc. Of you were real nerdy, you could assign metrics to those things and compare them to other airlines, but then that is a bit much. If it were me, i'd be all over it like white on rice.

PM

 

[Ty Webb]

Sheesh! What a PUTZ!

Sounds to me like you've already been neutered. .

It shouldn't matter who pays what during training.

Look, Junior, it DOES matter. It is a job. You are working. If your time is worth so little, go do something else.

If you want to put a dollar amount on it, make a spreadsheet to account for the future value of all salary and benefits 5 years down the road.

While you're making your spread sheets, there, Sport, why don't you determine what the value of those three or four months of working for free were worth by the time you retire? And, why don't you tally up the "intangible costs" to morale, the detriment to future wage negotiations (due to staring from "free" and the interest that most of you will pay on the debt you will undoubtedly acquire while working for free for 3 or 4 months?

Somebody else want a turn with this fool?

 

[FlyChicaga]

But I doubt you are going to find a much better deal than that at the regional level. If so, please give us how much someone else is paying so we can bring it to managements attention.

At our company we provide new hires with a 65-hour pay guarantee starting your first day of training (your hire date). You are also provided a $450 housing allowance (for the 4 weeks) and your hotel is paid for during simulator training (2 weeks in MSP). When you complete training you are then bumped up to the 75-hour guarantee. I'd have to check our Policy manual to see the per diem policies when out of base (sim training).

 

[Aileron2020]

Pilot Mike from TX,

Ty hit the nail on the head!

It is your whoreing attitude that is dragging an entire segment, if not eventually the enitre industry, down. Stop trying to lowball the next guy. I know you low time guys don't like to hear this, but if we all stuck together and quit working for less than slave wages, this could be a very enjoyable career. But with Mike's willingness to give up his manhood for a interview attitude, we get what we deserve.

Dude, if I ever were to find you in my cockpit, I would not hesitate to treat you like the scab scum you are!

Pilot Mike from TX...Go to he11!

-A