What is Commutair's hiring status?

[ProPilot5]

Did Commutair get the Cleveland spot? Did they get the 11 aircraft and fill the spots with Continetal Express guys?

Do you know if they are actually attending the Air Inc. show in Dallas this Saturday, quite an expensive endevour at the last minute but worth it if they are there!

Any other information would be greatly appreciated.

Tim

 

[NEDude]

CA

Cleveland is still not "official" as there are few details still to be worked out. However there is a new hire class of furloughed COEX pilots scheduled for Jan 27th and several more scheduled in the coming months. Look for an official announcement soon

 

[ProPilot5]

Commutair be at Air Inc?

Will Commutair be attending the Air Inc. Job fair in Dallas on Saturday?

 

[Rudder120]

I'm not sure how many a/c they got. But i'm currently on furlough fron XJT and the info they've been giving us says approx. 70 are going to Commutair.

 

[RichardFitzwell]

Commutair is paying $16/hr for the first 90 days based on a minimum of 76 hrs in a 28 day period. ($18/hr after the 90 day period).

That's $14,592.00/yr for starters or $16,416.00/yr after the 90 days is up. Hotel rooms are not provided during training.

 

[BE1900DATP]

Fitzwell you might want to check your math.... we pay 76 hours per bid which equals 28 days. There are 13 bids so that would work out to 17328 a year. (that's including almost 3 months at 16/hr and the rest at 18) Haven't verified it yet, but from what I hear that's pretty close if not more then COEX pays its first year FOs.

 

[NEDude]

Fitzwell,

Also note that Commutair provides you additional per-diem while in ground school. That additional per-diem equals half of the cost of a hotel room in PLB, so if you pair up with someone your hotel is paid. Also you will be getting regular pay while in training. Believe me your training paychecks will be the best FO paychecks you get.



"I've never felt so accepted in all my life. These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined" - Homer Simpson

 

[Stephen]

Haven't verified it yet, but from what I hear that's pretty close if not more then COEX pays its first year FOs.

Actually, that's about $17,328 more than COEX pays its first year FOs.

 

[Anais Nin]

So, what will Commutair's future hiring projections be once the Coex aviators start heading back to their home? Will Commutair keep flying those routes or will they become Coex routes again?
Has Commutair hired anyone in the past seven months or have there been any interviews going on?

 

[Bluto]

I believe CommutAir will keep the Cleveland routes. When the Coex people leave, there should be some vacancies to fill. Not many, though. Probably between 50-70 jobs over the course of a few months. Incidentally, the CommutAir pilot group and management have been very gracious with this offer. If this is an indication of the way they do business and treat their employees, then they are definitely a company worth working for. They have gone out of their way to accomodate the furloughed Coex pilots and handled a potentially difficult and uncomfortable situation exceptionally well. Thanks to all the people at CommutAir.

 

[Insatiable]

About 15 people interviewed with Commutair back in August. Does anybody know if those people will be part of the Cleveland expansion?

 

[snine3departure]

Cleveland service is official and starts March 17. The announcement was made yesturday by company. Just thought I would let you all know.

 

[ProPilot5]

Met with with Commutair at Air Inc. on Saturday, they apparently do have the contract and will be servicing Cleveland. CoEx pilots are filling those spots first then off the street.

Had a good chat with "Mano", Air Inc. wasn't much help with his name, seems that their training and hiring department will be very buisy in the next few months.

 

[xwind]

what type ac will commute air use how many in company

 

[ProPilot5]

Commutair is a Beech 1900 fleet, D - Models I think. Do not know what they will be filling the Cleveland order with.

 

[snine3departure]

Cleveland will add 13 more Beech 1900 D models to the fleet. Not sure exact number currently but around 15 currently in Albany, give or take a couple.
Two aircraft a month until cleveland project is complete. Larger aircraft are being negotiated currently but no idea on how many and were they will be placed. Most likely Albany though.

 

[Fozzy]

Special News Items:

Cleveland Project-Yesterday, we finalized an amendment to our code-share contract with Continental which allows us to fly into Cleveland from 12 cities in the upper Midwest. I have attached a map outlining the new system. This flying will be accomplished with 12 additional aircraft which have been leased from Raytheon plus one "CLE spare" to be leased soon. The scheduled start date of this operation is March 17th…………

Cabin-class Aircraft - We have formally begun the process of deciding which aircraft type we will add to our certificate. The implementation of this project will be somewhat determined by the CLE project…………………

 

[avratdwc]

Would it be wise to get a resume in now or are most of the positions going to be filled by furloughed COEX pilots. If so will they have to give up there number or anything like that. Thanx!!!!

 

[CRJFlyer]

The best way to remeber Mano's last name::::

Mano " got some bananas" hehehe

 

[ArcherB]

I was just reading aviation interviews and there was a gouge from someone that was not hired. The gouge said that Commutair looks more for pilots with 1000 to 1500 hours. Is it possible to be hired by them with 2000-2500 hours. Thank you.

 

[aviatrix]

The gouge is old, ArcherB........when 1500 hours meant something!
Couldn't hurt to send your stuff in! Looks like summer of this year would be the time to do it!