May 2016 Aero Crew News Your Source for Pilot Hiring Information and More
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May 2016 Aero Crew News Your Source for Pilot Hiring Information and More... Contract Talks Hotels Exclusive Hiring Briefings Aviator Bulletins Fitness Corner Hiring Updates Fueling the Jet for Takeoff New Bases and more! You deserve your dream job. ExpressJet o ers everything that you’re looking for when starting your career. Make the smart choice for your future and fly with the best at ExpressJet. Great Pay o $37-40/hr first year pay o Guaranteed profit sharing program o Leading healthcare benefits Path to the Majors o United Career Pathway Program o JetBlue University and Advanced Gateways o More pilots hired by the majors each year than any other regional Industry-leading Training o ATP CTP o ered for free (always!) as part of paid training o In-house training tailored to each pilot gives you the best rate of success o Advanced Qualification Program (AQP) Learn more about why ExpressJet is the smart choice for your future at flysmartchoice.com Apply today at expressjet.com/apply May 2016 C o n t e n t s Sections Airlines in the Grid Aviator Bulletins 5 Updated Latest Industry News Legacy FedEx Express Alaska Airlines Kalitta Air Mesa Airlines 8 FA American Airlines UPS Exclusive Hiring Briefing Delta Air Lines Hawaiian Airlines Regional US Airways Air Wisconsin Fitness Corner 14 United Airlines Fueling the Jet for Takeoff Cape Air Virgin America Compass Airlines Corvus Airways Contract Talks 17 Major CommutAir Hotels FA Allegiant Air Endeavor Air Frontier Airlines Envoy IMAGINEAIR 18 JetBlue Airways ExpressJet Airlines Exclusive Hiring Briefing Southwest Airlines GoJet Airlines Spirit Airlines Great Lakes Airlines Sun Country Airlines Horizon Air Paying for Flight Training 24 Island Air ExpressJet Airlines International Mesa Airlines Republic Airways Qatar Airways The Mainline Grid 26 Seaborne Airlines Legacy, Major, Cargo & Skywest Airlines Cargo Silver Airways International Airlines ABX Air Trans States Airlines General Information Ameriflight FA PSA Airlines Work Rules Atlas Air Piedmont Airlines Additional Compensation Details Coming Soon... Captain Pay Comparison Major Canadian First Officer Pay Comparison Eastern Air Lines Air Canada Airline Base Map Miami Air Air Transat Bearskin The Regional Grid 36 Cargo Calm Air General Information Air Inuit Can Jet Work Rules Air Transport, Int. Canadian North First Air Additional Compensation Details Evergreen World Airways Jazz Aviation Captain Pay Comparison Kelowna Flightcraft First Officer Pay Comparison Morningstar Air Express Airline Base Map Regional Sunwing Peninsula Airways Wasaya The Flight Attendant Grid 47 WestJet International Jump to each section above Emirates by clicking on the section title. IBEX Airlines To subscribe to our email list and receive a notification If the airline you are interested in or work for is not shown when our free magazine is available, please visit our on this list please let us know. Email all contracts and website, AeroCrewNews.com. updates to [email protected] Letter From the Editor Editor in Chief Craig Pieper Aero Crew Solutions, CEO Dear Readers, Scott Rehn Layout Design By Aero Crew News is excited to welcome Flight Attendants to our Grid! Right now the list is short, so please help us get the information! We have created Craig Pieper an excel file to help you gather the information that we are seeking. It can be downloaded from our website here. You can also go to AeroCrewNews.com and Additional Contributors follow the link to “Update For Us.” Candice McField Additionally, we have updated our website to a more user friendly, cleaner look! Please feel free to check it out. AeroCrewNews.com Brittany Bunch, Scott Stahl Benjamin Hamilton, Marcia Scott Thank you! Marcin Kolodziejczyk Craig D. Pieper Photographs By Editor in Chief Mesa Airlines Corporate We gladly accept and encourage letters to the editor. These letters will be reviewed and Communications Department published at the sole discretion of the Editor. Please limit your letters to the Editor to a Photographs used with permission maximum of 200 words. You can email you letters to [email protected]. Please include a city and state. All questions emailed may or may not be published. Aero from Mesa Airlines Crew News assumes no liability for the information contained in letters to us that are published. IMAGINEAIR Corporate Communications Department Photographs used with permission Here’s what you missed last month. from IMAGINEAIR Aero Crew News features ExpressJet Airlines and MonarchAir! Plus Aviator Craig Pieper Bulletins from Allegiant Air, Horizon AIr, Kalitta Air Envoy and PSA. Plus Additional Photographs our new feature Fitness Corner and As noted more from Contract Talks. To view this and previous issue visit our archive at AeroCrewNews.com/Archive. If you wish to advertise with us please email © 2016 Aero Crew News, All Rights Reserved. Aero Crew News reserves the right to [email protected] all the data, articles and information contained in this magazine. Unauthorized use is Don’t have an ad? We work with a company strictly prohibited and prosecutors will be persecuted to the fullest extent of the law. that can produce an ad to your specifications. 4 | Aero Crew News Back to Contents Aviator Bulletins Allegiant Hiring Update One of Allegiant’s core values is innovation, and this to each. The video medium is a fresh approach moving has been demonstrated most recently in the integration away from traditional techniques yet providing an insightful of video interviews in the hiring process for First Officer understanding of the individual. The candidate feedback candidates. The candidate is asked a series of questions has also been well received in affirming it refreshing and in which they have up to 5 minutes to record a response original. Endeavor Soars Past Performance Record with More Than 50 Straight Days of Endeavor Soars Past Performance Record with More Additionally, Endeavor recently announced plans to Than 50 Straight Days of Perfect CCF expand service in New York City by opening CRJ-200 On Saturday, April 23, Endeavor Air announced that crew bases at JFK and LGA. These bases will provide it had wrapped up 50 straight days of 100 percent important regional service connecting Delta customers Controllable Completion Factor (CCF). This stretch of to their mainline flights. Endeavor will ramp up these new perfect performance soared past the regional carrier’s bases later this summer. previous record of 43 days, 18 hours, between controllable Endeavor is the world’s largest operator of CRJ-900 cancellations – a cancelled flight due to crew or aircraft, with 81, and will continue to increasing its CRJ- maintenance related issues – which was set on February 200 fleet to more than 60 aircraft through the end of 11, 2016. The 50 day streak saw Endeavor successfully 2016. To learn more about Endeavor or to apply to join complete more than 27,900 consecutive flights between this stable, reliable, and growing airline, please visit http:// its Bombardier CRJ-900 and CRJ-200 fleets. As of the www.EndeavorAir.com. time of submission this article, the streak was still going. May 2016 5 Aviator Bulletins Want to Know How The latest aviation industry hiring news and more. Amy Landed Her Horizon Air offers Guaranteed Interview at Alaska Airlines and more... Dream Job? Hiring continues at Horizon Air. We are running two classes airplane is scheduled on-line April 2017. Fleet order is per month with approximately 6-8 students per class. We for only a partial replacement for Q-400 flying, much to now have a voluntary guaranteed Alaska Airlines interview growth. program for all Horizon Air Pilots. Two weeks ago we Lastly Alaska Air Group has purchased Virgin America. announced the largest fleet purchase in Horizon’s history We are exploring areas where this may have an impact on with 30 firm orders and 33 options for the E-175. First Horizon Air for growth opportunities. Endeavor Air Expands Endeavor Air announced this week that it will open two new CRJ-200 crew bases in New York City at JFK and Service in New York City LGA. As the largest operator of regional flights in and out of New York City for Delta Air Lines, Endeavor is expanding the role it serves in the Big Apple. More than 27 million customers connected through New York City in 2015, and Endeavor led all Delta Connection carriers in overall performance reliability. For pilots looking to fly in one of the most exciting and challenging markets in the world, Endeavor offers: • Highest First Year Pilot Pay of More Than $50,000 Earnings Potential • Rapid Career Progression With Upgrades Projected at 24-30 Months Well, her experience and awesome attitude were the kicker; that and • The Delta Guaranteed Interview Program – Endeavor her spotlessly up to date LogTen Pro X logbook with all the answers is the Only Airline to Offer a Defined Career Path to the airline needed at her finger tips. Delta Visit coradine.com/aerocrewnews for a 3 month free trial!* • Commuter Friendly Lines, Free Company Provided Transportation Between Bases *Use promo code ‘aerocrewnews’. To learn more about Endeavor and to apply now, please visit http://goo.gl/mRxLkq or call the Endeavor Pilot Outreach Team – 612.266.1470 or Pilot.Outreach@ EndeavorAir.com. LogTen Pro X 6 | Aero Crew News Back to Contents Want to Know How Amy Landed Her Dream Job? Well, her experience and awesome attitude were the kicker; that and her spotlessly up to date LogTen Pro X logbook with all the answers the airline needed at her finger tips. Visit coradine.com/aerocrewnews for a 3 month free trial!* *Use promo code ‘aerocrewnews’. LogTen Pro X May 2016 7 Is the Sky Calling? Mesa is The Answer. At Mesa, We are Pilots Helping Pilots Progress in Their Careers.