Hiring at sunwest?

V1 Rotate · Post by **V1 Rotate** » Sat Sep 08, 2007 12:05 pm

Bit of a side track, but if you call yourself a "co-joe" then perhaps you don't deserve to get paid better.

broompusher · Post by **broompusher** » Sat Sep 08, 2007 12:36 pm

endless wrote:
SerialKiller wrote:Broompusher, are the benefits better than when you worked at Regency/Sonic Blue????
owned.

HA! Nice Try

privateer · Post by **privateer** » Sat Sep 08, 2007 3:45 pm

Yaaa. Thats to bad about regency.

So someone was saying the pay is going up at SW? Please explain a bit there.

underline · Post by **underline** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 11:58 am

can anybody tell me the Prediums for a King Air, B1900?

shinnyside · Post by **shinnyside** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 2:45 pm

Anyone know what the pay is for the Caravan or Metro. Do they have jump seat agreements and a benifits package?

Why are they looking for so many Pilots?

Anyone working there want to share any info.

Thanks

LegoMan · Post by **LegoMan** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 5:27 am

Seems there is lots of movement at the bottom. Guys on the jets are probably sitting in them and turboprop guys are leaving for jet jobs. that would be my guess

DA42 · Post by **DA42** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 8:35 am

I ask because I am unsure... C208 at sunwest is single pilot?

North Shore · Post by **North Shore** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 11:20 am

C208 at sunwest is single pilot?

A 172 with a turbine. Imagine the complexity of systems, and the workload...

CAL · Post by **CAL** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 12:22 pm

anyone know what the matrix shows for a B200 Captain?

Thanks I will go search now:)

underline · Post by **underline** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 12:11 am

So ya......

Anyways i heard through the grapevine that sunwest might expand more into YVR. Any truth?

Nate989 · Post by **Nate989** » Sun Sep 16, 2007 8:33 pm

anyone know what the mins are?? can 225TT cut it there?

altiplano · Post by **altiplano** » Sun Sep 16, 2007 9:28 pm

Nate989 wrote:anyone know what the mins are?? can 225TT cut it there?

Apply and find out. But it isn't too likely.

xsbank · Post by **xsbank** » Sun Sep 16, 2007 10:54 pm

""""""Apply for what you want, not what you think you can get!""""""

LegoMan · Post by **LegoMan** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 5:56 am

I think they are looking for minimum 500hrs TT. But like xsbank said even if you dont meet it apply anyways. I applied for a Hawker 800 FO job with 275hrs. Mins were 1000hrs but the Chief pilot said it was ok to apply still. I told him I would call him again in a year.

This Hawker job was not at sunwest btw

bigcanuck · Post by **bigcanuck** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 5:30 pm

Ok. $2.50 an hour from check in till an hour after you get back from the trip. Thats the per diem rate for all flights except the cargo runs, they are a little different. As for time, about 1500 hours seems to be bench mark, not to say people with less time wont be looked at. I have heard that things are in the works that would make it possible for 200hr+ people to get on. I do not know a time frame for that though. The number of pilots I have heard they are looking for should help with the schedual, although I know its not as bad as other places right now. As for numbers to be hired I am not to sure but I dont see the job posting from them getting any less. I hear they are looking for 1900 Capts and dont think they have put anything out on that yet. Always remember, where would you like to be if the music stopped tommorow? A place where the biggest thing you could fly is a 1900 or 200, or a place with a hell of a lot of jets? Things happen, many of use have seen it, some twice.

privateer · Post by **privateer** » Sun Sep 30, 2007 1:00 pm

man the posts just keep coming. word is there getting some new jets ?

bigcanuck · Post by **bigcanuck** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 12:35 pm

Yep. Sunwest orders a new Citation Sovereign for 2008 delivery.

Liftdump · Post by **Liftdump** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 5:47 am

Yep,Alberta Energy orders a new citation for 2008 del to replace the Falcoln and Hawker

Dust Devil · Post by **Dust Devil** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 8:03 am

Broompusher, are the benefits better than when you worked at Regency/Sonic Blue????

that's no big deal I'm sure Regency gave him better benefits than I did. Aside from all the free booze and women.

privateer · Post by **privateer** » Sun Oct 07, 2007 5:48 pm

Are you sure their replacing the hawker and falcon? Aren't they like new airplanes? Although with that cheap US dollar maybe now is the time to buy airplanes.

pinkus · Post by **pinkus** » Sun Oct 07, 2007 10:25 pm

Hawker and Falcon are to be replaced for more versatile aircraft. 3 Sovereign are rumored to be the answer. The Falcon was for Ecuador but they are not going there now.

C208 is single pilot from what i recall. They are in desperate need.

They are looking for so many pilots because of:

Airline hiring and the lack of applicants that meet contrail that are willing to sign a bond.

No jump seat. Benefits are excellent.

They are going through pain like all of the other carriers. I would not take their conituous search for pilots as a knock against them. It is just a fast market right now.

Pilot quits, replacement takes over a month with training time. Less pilots on the flight line means more hours for everyone. This means less happy crews...

Wacko · Post by **Wacko** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 9:16 am

pinkus wrote: Airline hiring and the lack of applicants that meet contrail that are willing to sign a bond.

Speaking of Contrail... any word about reducing the required minimums?

Justwannafly · Post by **Justwannafly** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 3:19 pm

pinkus wrote: Airline hiring and the lack of applicants that meet contrail that are willing to sign a bond.

That’s a good thing, because it means two things are currently happening in the industry.

1 - The industry is growing
2 - Pilots are starting to wake up & realize that they should NOT have to pay to work!

(btw I'm not saying that Sunwest makes their pilots pay to work)

privateer · Post by **privateer** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 5:51 pm

Thats a good thing...it means 2 things. A the industry is moving & B pilots are starting to wake up & relize that they should have to pay to work (btw I'm not saying that Sunwest uses this practice)

Pay to work?

So anyways...

Justwannafly · Post by **Justwannafly** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 7:53 pm

privateer wrote:
Thats a good thing...it means 2 things. A the industry is moving & B pilots are starting to wake up & relize that they should have to pay to work (btw I'm not saying that Sunwest uses this practice)
Pay to work?

So anyways...

lol oops sorry bit of a typo there...I fix'd it

Justwannafly wrote:
pinkus wrote: Airline hiring and the lack of applicants that meet contrail that are willing to sign a bond.
That’s a good thing, because it means two things are currently happening in the industry.
1 - The industry is growing

2 - Pilots are starting to wake up & realize that they should NOT have to pay to work!
(btw I'm not saying that Sunwest makes their pilots pay to work)