Who the heck is hiring????

[PBRstreetgang]

Your info was correct. You did fail to mention though that it was located in one of the most expensive places in the country to live. $80K in Santa Clara computes to about $50K most anywhere else. You were correct though with your numbers.

If you are willing to drive 45min-1.5 hrs you can have a 200K home, you just gotta be willing to commute a bit. 80K in CA is still a lot of money. Just tossin down info.
SFO craigslist:
http://sfbay.craigslist.org/pen/apa/741673162.html
http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sby/apa/741675447.html
http://sfbay.craigslist.org/pen/apa/741678099.html
http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sby/apa/741659987.html
Not dirt cheap, but affordable and a couple in millionair neighborhoods, 5 star schools ect.
STL craigslist:
http://stlouis.craigslist.org/apa/741683878.html
http://stlouis.craigslist.org/apa/741672619.html
http://stlouis.craigslist.org/apa/741663205.html
http://stlouis.craigslist.org/apa/741616132.html
Just tossin out the info, 2 minutes worth at a time.
PBR

 

[PBRstreetgang]

Your info was correct. You did fail to mention though that it was located in one of the most expensive places in the country to live. $80K in Santa Clara computes to about $50K most anywhere else. You were correct though with your numbers.

I agree, CA can be very expensive, but one must remember them rich folk don't like to mow their lawns nor police their own streets, they hires workin' folk to do that. Workin' folk will not commute 300 miles to mow a lawn of push a patrol car around town. Oh yes , on a final note most police depts have a retirement that most pilots would give their first born for. My local S/O has a state retirement, at age 50, 3% of your highest single year of W-2 wages, for each year of service beyond 10 years. Do 10 years, then your retirement pay is 30% of your highest single year, here that will approach 100K X 30% = 30K for 10 years of service. Do 20, 30 up to 90%.
Nice
PBR

 

[Deadalus]

I don't live in California, although some parts are nice. Seattle is the city I call home. Those techs I mentioned are just an example and they are hired before they even complete the programs. Don't shoot the messenger, I'm just pointing out that there are alternatives to aviation. If you guys want to stay in aviation and are happy, go for it. As far as the police pay I had heard it second hand, but just found a link, http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/494303.html

 

[Deadalus]

I should mention a teacher(teachers are underpaid) with a masters degree is $80k/yr with awesome bennies and summers off. Well mostly off, you do have to keep up your certification. Lets just face it, aviation sucks the big fat one.

 

[Scrapdog]

just fyi, the 737 line is done in 2014, so there will be something new at swa someday. Rumor is 600+ hiring this year.

I don't doubt it...the point is...the BS is all cyclical. In a few years the hiring will be in full swing again and people will have the option of solely flying domestic for their careers if they so choose (i.e. SWA), or flying for a bigger carrier that does a variety of domestic or internat'l long haul flying (which is quite enjoyable in its own right).

 

[waka]

World is hiring both F/O's and CA's.
Atlas/Polar is hiring 747 F/O's.
Gemini is hiring F/O's.

Those are the only 121 gigs I know of who are looking for people, and there's a ton of Maxjet/EOS/ATA/Aloha pilots who are 737/757/DC-10/MD11 current applying as well, so it's a crap shoot.

Not true. World is hiring FO's and FE's, not Captains. World has a seniority system and a contract. There has been talk of hiring qualified and current Captains from Gemini to accommodate unplanned arrivals of MD-11's from Gemini. However, that would only be temporary until the training of MD-11 CA's via seniority catches up. Nothing will happen in regard to out of seniority hiring until a LOA and a vote.

 

[Lear70]

Not true. World is hiring FO's and FE's, not Captains. World has a seniority system and a contract. There has been talk of hiring qualified and current Captains from Gemini to accommodate unplanned arrivals of MD-11's from Gemini. However, that would only be temporary until the training of MD-11 CA's via seniority catches up. Nothing will happen in regard to out of seniority hiring until a LOA and a vote.

Again, it came off willflyforfood.cc, just reposting what they had up there. Have no way of verifying the accuracy of any of their postings, sorry...

 

[waka]

Again, it came off willflyforfood.cc, just reposting what they had up there. Have no way of verifying the accuracy of any of their postings, sorry...

for the record, if my tone was snappy, it wasn't meant to be. just setting the record straight.

 

[CrimsonEclipse]

What's the SWA hiring plan for when the hedges run out?

Read and learn.
http://www.kellogg.northwestern.edu/research/fimrc/papers/jet_fuel.pdf

CE

 

[Guam360]

Again, it came off willflyforfood.cc, just reposting what they had up there. Have no way of verifying the accuracy of any of their postings, sorry...

he's just a messenger...

I actually took it as mild and understandable. hang in there Lear, I hate seeing you get beat by this comment.

Thanks for trying help though.