Babar350 wrote: ↑Wed May 08, 2019 6:41 pm
Okay so GGN finally flowing to mainline...
Do you know if GS will continue during summer or like Jazz they’ll resume in September ?
Ground schools are planned to run though the summer.
The only ***asterix I would include with respect the the GGN pilots is that they were part of a short lived flow through program from a few years ago (2014/15?) whereby applicants interviewed at AC and GGN, were selected essentially pre-hired at AC before completing their training from 0 TT to 1900 PPC at Vero Beach before flying for 2-4 years at GGN.
1 year getting your license and PPC, 3 years keeping your nose clean in a Beechcraft, and now Mainline... a pretty fortunate path.
I guess this could possibly be a sign of future recruiting methods, depending on how well these candidates fair/transition to this operation with fairly limited industry experience. No doubt they will be having to work hard.
TheStig wrote: ↑Thu May 09, 2019 7:47 am
The only ***asterix I would include with respect the the GGN pilots is that they were part of a short lived flow through program from a few years ago (2014/15?) whereby applicants interviewed at AC and GGN, were selected essentially pre-hired at AC before completing their training from 0 TT to 1900 PPC at Vero Beach before flying for 2-4 years at GGN.
I wondered why Vero Beach started showing up everywhere all of sudden. Didn't know Air Canada had a cadet program.
So reading between the lines,with the next couple courses being mostly Express, and two GS’s slotted after June 10 (July and Aug), it could be potentially closer to the beginning of fall for some of us?
Iflyroads, thanks for all the updates, very helpful.
You posted last month saying there would be a GS every 2 weeks during this summer, now you’re saying it’s more like once a month until August. Is it fair to say hiring will be slowing right down until after the integration of Transat pilots if this deal goes through? Reading between the lines I’m guessing hiring won’t be at a 2 week cycle until the new year.
Transition9er2 wrote: ↑Thu May 23, 2019 7:10 am
Iflyroads, thanks for all the updates, very helpful.
You posted last month saying there would be a GS every 2 weeks during this summer, now you’re saying it’s more like once a month until August. Is it fair to say hiring will be slowing right down until after the integration of Transat pilots if this deal goes through? Reading between the lines I’m guessing hiring won’t be at a 2 week cycle until the new year.
Am I off base or kinda close?
Thanks again for all the info.
Once every 2 weeks was the plan a few months ago. The dates I posted are confirmed gs dates. Could have more gs in the summer or that could be it.
We don't expect the Transat deal to be fully implemented for another 8 months to a year if it goes through.
So...why does Air Canada tell every interview candidate they will have a decision in 4-6 weeks? They never tell anyone within this time frame. Its usually more like 3 months from people I know. I realize a few weeks over a 30 year career isn't a big deal, but why not just be honest instead of raising hope. People have a lot riding on it and its important to the individuals. Its pretty disrespectful. I know this will come across as a whiny sad little rant but it bugs me and I already feel better....... is it just me?
tallyho wrote: ↑Sat May 25, 2019 9:18 am
So...why does Air Canada tell every interview candidate they will have a decision in 4-6 weeks? They never tell anyone within this time frame. Its usually more like 3 months from people I know. I realize a few weeks over a 30 year career isn't a big deal, but why not just be honest instead of raising hope. People have a lot riding on it and its important to the individuals. Its pretty disrespectful. I know this will come across as a whiny sad little rant but it bugs me and I already feel better....... is it just me?
Two months seems to be the norm right now. At least for Express applications and yes I realize this is the OTS thread. I imagine things might get a little slow on the OTS side of things. Last class only had something like 6 of 27 OTS. The rest were Jazz. And of those OTS they were all quite experienced. Military, Etihad, WJA...
tallyho wrote: ↑Sat May 25, 2019 9:18 am
So...why does Air Canada tell every interview candidate they will have a decision in 4-6 weeks? They never tell anyone within this time frame. Its usually more like 3 months from people I know. I realize a few weeks over a 30 year career isn't a big deal, but why not just be honest instead of raising hope. People have a lot riding on it and its important to the individuals. Its pretty disrespectful. I know this will come across as a whiny sad little rant but it bugs me and I already feel better....... is it just me?
I think the point is why do they give any time frame at all? Just say we will call whenever, you know us, that’s how we roll, we AC , you know you want this! Why say 4 weeks, 2 days or whatever, is it something learnt in HR college, tell them one thing but do another, make them boys sweat it out a bit, keep them guessing. Who knows. It’s like something you do to your kids, telling them you’ll be back at 8 so they clean up and don’t have a party, but you know you are coming back at midnight.
tallyho wrote: ↑Sat May 25, 2019 9:18 am
So...why does Air Canada tell every interview candidate they will have a decision in 4-6 weeks? They never tell anyone within this time frame. Its usually more like 3 months from people I know. I realize a few weeks over a 30 year career isn't a big deal, but why not just be honest instead of raising hope. People have a lot riding on it and its important to the individuals. Its pretty disrespectful. I know this will come across as a whiny sad little rant but it bugs me and I already feel better....... is it just me?
I think the point is why do they give any time frame at all? Just say we will call whenever, you know us, that’s how we roll, we AC , you know you want this! Why say 4 weeks, 2 days or whatever, is it something learnt in HR college, tell them one thing but do another, make them boys sweat it out a bit, keep them guessing. Who knows. It’s like something you do to your kids, telling them you’ll be back at 8 so they clean up and don’t have a party, but you know you are coming back at midnight.
YUL C-PAD wrote: ↑Tue May 28, 2019 12:29 pm
How long after reference check calls have people been getting a call for a course date?
My references were also told 2 courses in July and 2 in August now....FYI
3 days after the second one was contacted.
It seems like they are giving 2-3 weeks notice right now on average for class start dates. One class starts on the 10th so I would wager that same week calls should go out for the next one which will likely start 2-3 weeks later.
