Spirit Info

[chopper]

I have decided that I would like to spend the next 20 years of my flying career with Spirit.
I am currently a Captain with a regional on the CRJ.
Any information on how to increase my chances of getting hired at Spirit would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance.

 

[need2fly]

Get your stuff in now. Hiring for the rest of this year and into next. Had a friend interview on Monday and was offered a class date for Aug 20 on the spot. They need pilots!

Downside...this whole base issue. I highly doubt that FLL will be the only base we have. The only question will be how many other bases are opened and what form they will take.

N2F

 

[BuckMurdock1]

They need pilots!

Then why in the world did they RAISE their mins to 5000TT??? I like to think I'm a fairly intelligent and saavy individual (no Einstein by any means), but for the life of me I CANNOT comprehend why airlines do this .. seem to only fully disregard the current market conditions (ie pilot supply DECREASING, demand INCREASING), but actually act counterintuitively!?!?!

I don't even want a job with Spirit- I was just reading this thread and thought I'd interject my observation.

In the word of Will Ferrell in "Zoolander": I feel like I'm taking crazy pills!!

 

[wmuflyguy]

The regionals are having a pilot shortage. There are still more than enough qualified applicants that have been at the regionals for 5+ years and probably have greater than 5000TT.

 

[Beetle007]

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/wn_...08_couldnt_keep_monkey_biz_under_his_hat.html

 

[gatorbird]

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/wn_...08_couldnt_keep_monkey_biz_under_his_hat.html

Wait, commuted home yesterday morning...slept for 4 hours...woke up, dinner with the girlfriend...what was my flight number the other night? What day was yesterday?

Holy $hit! I brought a monkey back from LIM the other night! That explains why the forward lav had monkey pellets all over the place and smeared on the mirror when I came out over Panama!

The funniest part? The captain's favorite password is always "monkey".

gator

 

[critterair2]

J, tell me that wasn't you!

 

[Shrek]

Somehow he managed to avoid the eye of airline screeners at two airports.
Laura Uselding, a spokeswoman for the Transportation Security Administration, said that had the monkey been carrying weapons or explosives, an alarm would have triggered............

I feel so reassured............LOL

 

[gatorbird]

J, tell me that wasn't you!

I hereby solemnly swear that I did not touch the monkey, stroke the monkey, spank the monkey, talk to the monkey, or tease the monkey.

I simply smuggled the monkey.

gator

 

[Mike man]

Laura Uselding, a spokeswoman for the Transportation Security Administration, said that had the monkey been carrying weapons or explosives, an alarm would have triggered............

Brilliant...if they only made teeny-tiny guns that fit in monkey hands.

Laura U. reminds me of the TSA skit on Saturday Night Live..."you are the cream of the crop, you all have a high school diploma or an equivalent diploma"

http://www.evilchili.com/mediaview/6006/TSA_Training_Video__SNL

 

[cruxx@9]

I have decided that I would like to spend the next 20 years of my flying career with Spirit.

Wow, I'd just like to spend the next 5 years here....if it lasts that long.

 

[BrazPilot]

Well, I'm trying to get in too. FLL resident, 4400 TT, 3+ years at American Eagle commuting to DFW (still ERJ F/O though). Would LOVE to fly for Spirit based at home. Really want to work there.
Sent e-mails and résumé to the DO and CP and have my application on file at airline apps. Just need the internal "referral". Any tips or help would be appreciated. Still waiting to see what happens.

Peace!

 

[iflysky]

Well, I'm trying to get in too. FLL resident, 4400 TT, 3+ years at American Eagle commuting to DFW (still ERJ F/O though). Would LOVE to fly for Spirit based at home. Really want to work there.
Sent e-mails and résumé to the DO and CP and have my application on file at airline apps. Just need the internal "referral". Any tips or help would be appreciated. Still waiting to see what happens.

Peace!

They also like to see 1000TPIC. Call it coincidence or not, but I had an internal rec and had my app in there for almost 5 months and kept on updating every week and still no call until I got that 1000. They litteraly called me in two days and I was in class two weeks later.

 

[BrazPilot]

They also like to see 1000TPIC. Call it coincidence or not, but I had an internal rec and had my app in there for almost 5 months and kept on updating every week and still no call until I got that 1000. They litteraly called me in two days and I was in class two weeks later.

Yeah, I fully understand. Unfortunatly Eagle with its lifelong upgrade has put lots of F/O's in a bad position to be marketable. However, we've had several that have gone to Delta, CAL and some to Spirit, with no TPIC time. Go figure. It's hard to understand the process.
Thanks for the tip!

 

[lionflyer]

Yeah, I fully understand. Unfortunatly Eagle with its lifelong upgrade has put lots of F/O's in a bad position to be marketable. However, we've had several that have gone to Delta, CAL and some to Spirit, with no TPIC time. Go figure. It's hard to understand the process.
Thanks for the tip!

I wouldn't come here without 1000pic. There's more than a few DTW guys that where hired without it and now there options are very limited. The good news for you is: The recs are drying up, some or many DTW guys will quit or pursue NWA, and we are very short staffed as it is. Oh yeah... One hurricane warning with everyone based in FLL would not be a good thing for generating revenue.

 

[John Pennekamp]

I hereby solemnly swear that I did not touch the monkey, stroke the monkey, spank the monkey, talk to the monkey, or tease the monkey.

I simply smuggled the monkey.

gator

J is that anything like "shoplifting the pooty"?