NWA hiring

[altscap]

Word is most of the furloughs are being brought back and hiring off the street will begin in the next year or so. I see that SEA is a domicle (APC) and I'm wonding how many years will pass before a new-hire could hold it. Thx.

 

[Cobraair75drvr]

A long, long time. Bottom reserve A330 FO is about 3400 out of 5400 or so. Very little growth of the base and possible shrinkage due to the proposed opening of a MSP 330 base and the subsequent shifting of flying.

 

[altscap]

Thanks for the info.!

 

[titans10]

I think they will hire by the fall or early winter.

 

[Jonny Sacko]

Man oh man, it would be nice if this was an expansion time again, with descent contracts to follow. I guess I'm in Cinderella land, hanging with the bunny smoking from the hookah.

 

[atpcliff]

Hi!

A NWA pilot said the co. info said they expect to hire in 6-12 mos.

That would make it a semi-confirmed rumour.

cliff
YIP

 

[pilotyip]

All part of the growing worldwide pilot shortage and the resultant June 2007 hiring boom

 

[snow-back]

with descent contracts to follow.

Contracts have already been in descent.

 

[On Your Six]

Gee, I'd be so excited to get hired into a decrepid Diesel 9 and sit there at low pay for many years while flying to exciting hotspots like Erie, Grand Rapids and Kalamazoo. Whoopie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[AA717driver]

Snowback--Was it muddy at BRR?

On Your Six--You forgot to mention the FA's... TC

 

[pilotyip]

Flying, man flying

Watch those remarks about the DC-9, it was of the last great airliners built, where the pilots are actually connected to the control surfaces without boosters. When you fly the 9, you really fly it. Like my retired GM Corp pilot buddy said while flying the DC-3 last weekend. “You know flying the G-V around the world might be glamorous, but it ain’t flyin, but pushing the DC-3 across the sky, now this is flying.”

 

[AA717driver]

If there is any airliner you would like to just go fly around the patch like a cub or 172, it would be the DC-9 (not the -50, though...). Just a great hand-flying airplane. TC

 

[YourPilotFriend]

Interviewing in NOV-DEC to fill JAN 08 and beyond classes.

 

[Jonny Sacko]

Contracts have already been in descent.

Good Catch, thanks. decent

Maybe I'm already on the hookah?? Or maybe I better start.

 

[whymeworry?]

OMG! Pick me! This is exciting news. Can't wait til I hit 12th yr pay on the 9... $84/hr! Woohoo!

 

[YourPilotFriend]

OMG! Pick me! This is exciting news. Can't wait til I hit 12th yr pay on the 9... $84/hr! Woohoo!

Why should they pay anymore than that. Even though morale is down, productivity is the highest it has ever been. We even posted a 100% completion factor a month ago. Complaints are down, costs are down, and the airline has never run better and leaner than it has today.

 

[Fly4hire]

Interviewing in NOV-DEC to fill JAN 08 and beyond classes.

That is based on some very optimistic projections on the % of the remaining deferral pilots who accept when offered their "final" recall.

They may be modifying that in the next month or so based on the return rate, unless they are prepared to have an even bigger staffing shortage than this summer going into the 07' holiday season......

 

[YourPilotFriend]

That is based on some very optimistic projections on the % of the remaining deferral pilots who accept when offered their "final" recall.

They may be modifying that in the next month or so based on the return rate, unless they are prepared to have an even bigger staffing shortage than this summer going into the 07' holiday season......

Several DC-9s are timing out during this fall they will not be replaced by mainline until a later date.

 

[Fly4hire]

Several DC-9s are timing out during this fall they will not be replaced by mainline until a later date.

Does that mean they will simply park aircraft commensurate with the inability to staff them and say we "planned" it? Retreat while claiming victory and bonuses all around..........

 

[YourPilotFriend]

Does that mean they will simply park aircraft commensurate with the inability to staff them and say we "planned" it? Retreat while claiming victory and bonuses all around..........

No, there will be another round of bargaining to agree on the size of the narrow-body floor. It will be a win to the mainline pilots to boost morale.

 

[NuGuy]

Interviewing in NOV-DEC to fill JAN 08 and beyond classes.

Classes for Compass maybe. Company just announced to pilots in CQ that it will be parking an additional 10 A-319s over and above the ones heading back to the leasing company (10-12).

Anyone that accepts a class date for any NWA class had best be prepared to work at Compass.

It is entirely possible that they will hire a bunch of guys off the street for the mainline, then "whoops", they will all get furloughed back to Compass once they've quit and moved from their old job. Speculation, but well within the realm of possibility.

Anyone who takes a job with NWA had best do their due dilligence.

Nu

 

[NuGuy]

Why should they pay anymore than that. Even though morale is down, productivity is the highest it has ever been. We even posted a 100% completion factor a month ago. Complaints are down, costs are down, and the airline has never run better and leaner than it has today.

Oh good grief...this could ONLY come from someone in management.

Cancellations due to lack of crews are through the roof. The company ADMITS that several areas of contract are not giving the expected cost savings (by orders of mangnitude) due to unanticipated consequences. Sick and fatigue calls are well, well beyond any historical data.

There are other major issues that outsourcing has caused that I won't go into, but the only place that "the airline has never run better and leaner than it has today" is in Fantasyland.

Nu

 

[The Victors]

Why should they pay anymore than that. Even though morale is down, productivity is the highest it has ever been. We even posted a 100% completion factor a month ago. Complaints are down, costs are down, and the airline has never run better and leaner than it has today.

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: breath, breath :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

 

[NAAPilot]

Why should they pay anymore than that. Even though morale is down, productivity is the highest it has ever been. We even posted a 100% completion factor a month ago. Complaints are down, costs are down, and the airline has never run better and leaner than it has today.

Uh Oh....Here we go...I bet there will be 2 more pages on this thread regarding this post alone...

 

[Fly4hire]

No, there will be another round of bargaining to agree on the size of the narrow-body floor. It will be a win to the mainline pilots to boost morale.

The NB floor is set (per contract) upon delivery of the 36th SJ or 1yr from exit from BK, whichever comes first.

Are you suggesting there will be negotiations to the change this formula?

The only thing that will improve morale re: the NB floor, will be to have more acft and growth not less. Somehow I don't see NWA going there.......AND we can't staff what we have now properly.

 

[Occam's Razor]

You're breathing ether again, Mr. Rainey!

"100% completion factor" a month ago?

A lie! I had 3 cancellations on my own (mx, mx, f/a)...and I'm just one-five-thousandth of the matrix.

This is the non-fiction portion of the Forum. Get back under your rock!

 

[AZ Typed]

Contracts have already been in descent.

Am I missing something here? Am I the only one left who thinks any contract supporting this profession has been dumped in the toilet?

AZT

(left 121 - the pay, time off, retirement, benefits left, too)

 

[IB6 UB9]

Why should they pay anymore than that. Even though morale is down, productivity is the highest it has ever been. We even posted a 100% completion factor a month ago. Complaints are down, costs are down, and the airline has never run better and leaner than it has today.

Strong possibility this could be sarcasm...(I hope).

 

[YourPilotFriend]

Strong possibility this could be sarcasm...(I hope).

I just think it's funny that everyone complains yet they still do their job well. This shows how demoralized works have become, in america today your choices are accept it or quit. The government no longer protects the citizen from the downsides of capitalism, which is the reason it was established in the first place. It's only a matter of time before all our rights are gone and soon you not only will accept the pay cuts, you won't be able to quit.

 

[XJohXJ]

I just think it's funny that everyone complains yet they still do their job well. This shows how demoralized works have become, in america today your choices are accept it or quit. The government no longer protects the citizen from the downsides of capitalism, which is the reason it was established in the first place. It's only a matter of time before all our rights are gone and soon you not only will accept the pay cuts, you won't be able to quit.

Too sad, and all to true. We don't live in the country we grew up in, that's for sure.