Minimums wrote: ↑Wed Nov 24, 2021 8:31 am
AirSprintInc wrote: ↑Fri Nov 19, 2021 4:23 pm
blueoval56 wrote: ↑Tue Nov 16, 2021 4:36 pm
Hello sir,
I am seeing your most recent job ad a little late, but have you filled all of your Captain positions?
As a side note, after reading through this entire thread, the openess and transparency of the Airsprint team is truly refreshing!
Thanks
Hi blueoval56,
Our application window is still open for both Captains and First Officers so I encourage you to apply!
Matt
Are there not enough people to fill internally, especially the captain ranks? I know you guys are growing, but i can’t see a citation guy not wanting a legacy seat, unless there is something overwhelming tempting about the smaller jet that i don’t know about.
Also, noticed your payscale hasn’t changed in a few years, nor is it indexed to inflation, which, i presume, means you are not unionized, or that wouldn’t be a thing. 90k starting 5 years ago was alright. 90k, is the old 80k at the bank of Canada average 5 years ago, and that’s not taking in this years wild and crazy. Judging by your chart, raises would barely keep in pace with inflation, am I incorrect?
Have noticed a few of your guys lately. They are not the happy go lucky that they used to be. I see a lot of black eyed pilots coming through, some of them starting their shifts, not just ending it, usually mumbling some level of dissatisfaction and fatigue. Lot of new faces too, whom seem more grumpy than some of your veterans.
Hope someone is steering the ship out there.
Hi Minimums,
As addressed elsewhere in this thread, our preference is to always upgrade from within, whether that be for a CJ or Embraer FO to CJ Captain or CJ Captain to Embraer Captain position. Unfortunately crewing numbers do not always allow for this and with our unprecedented growth we are simply not able to fill every Embraer Captain position internally.
It is true our pay scale has not changed in a few years, but again as mentioned elsewhere in this thread, we are constantly evaluating our pay scale to ensure it is competitive within the industry. As we believe in transparency we have posted our salaries for prospective pilots to see. If our salary range does not meet someone’s expectations I would imagine they would choose not to apply.
AirSprint has experienced unprecedented growth in the past year and this, combined with pent up travel demand from our owners, has resulted in our flying being well beyond what we normally see, and as a company this level of demand is not desired. Every department, from pilots to maintenance to dispatch etc. are all effected by the extra workload.
While each department is tackling the increased workload in different ways, from the Flight Department side of things we will have welcomed 12 new pilots to our team in Q4 alone and will continue to add to the team well into next year. Our management pilots are flying the line on a regular basis to help with the workload and training. The FD Management team is also constantly reviewing the schedule and providing proactive support wherever possible, and our Duty Pilot (on call management pilot for operational support) is on call 24/7 to assist with anything a crew may need.
With three aircraft joining the fleet next month and our owners pent up demand subsiding we will start to see a return to normal workloads in the near future. And the future remains bright as we do have 4 additional new aircraft deliveries scheduled for 2022, these are in addition to the three aircraft joining the fleet next month mentioned earlier.
All of the above is not news to our pilots though as both the leadership team and FD management have communicated this to the team. Our CEO, James Elian, hosts a weekly meeting with all employees to provide updates on how AirSprint is doing, what is going well, what the struggles are, and what is being done to address those struggles.
COVID has been a struggle for our entire industry, and each company is facing challenges unique to its own operation. While we have not been immune to these struggles, we are learning from them so they are not repeated in the future.
Minimums I appreciate your concern for our pilot group and their working conditions and I hope I provided some sense of how the “ship is being steered” as it were. I welcome you to contact me directly to discuss these issues further should you so desire.
Fly Safe!
Matt