interviews

alpha speed · Post by **alpha speed** » Sun Jul 10, 2005 9:35 am

Just wondering if anyone has any info on when the next interviews will be happening?

alpha speed · Post by **alpha speed** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 3:11 am

I'm not sure if no news is good news in this case.

thanks anyway.

NovaBoy · Post by **NovaBoy** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 4:34 am

Don't quote me on this, but I don't believe there will be any hiring until October/November. The training dept is busy all summer with -200 to NG transition training.

alpha speed · Post by **alpha speed** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 6:06 am

Not what I was hoping to hear, but thanks anyway.

twinpratts · Post by **twinpratts** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 8:53 am

heard of a guy who interviewed about a month ago, for Sept G/S.... anyone confirm this?

RL206 · Post by **RL206** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 11:02 am

twinpratts, I can't confirm on the guy you're talking about. But I interviewed about a month ago for a lowly position. I call the recruiter almost on a weekly basis with a reply at first that they were considering a momentary hire freeze to they'll make a decision next week. Near time to call them again and I'll bet you that they'll say, "We haven't come to a conclusion but we'll make our decision next week.".

NovaBoy · Post by **NovaBoy** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 2:49 am

I just heard today, upgrades are back on track for 2 years from date of hire, and 150 pilots to be hired next year.

alpha speed · Post by **alpha speed** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 3:55 am

So does that mean there will be no new hire courses till next year?

prop2jet · Post by **prop2jet** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 8:11 am

I hear that there might be another new hire course by the end of the year, however you have to keep in mind they already interviewed for a pool, likely to be sufficient to cover two classes. So if you figure out the numbers... if they run another course, pool excluded that puts a course at November... From what I hear, their plans seem to be in a constant state of flux... so trying to guess when the next round of fresh new hires is going to be is not easy!

alpha speed · Post by **alpha speed** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 8:32 am

The second quarter results come out thursday. Maybe this will shed some light on things.

B612 · Post by **B612** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 10:49 am

Interesting Novaboy - isn't the 2 year mark well behind many people these days? Does anybody know the actual number of new airplanes confirmed to arrive versus the number of -200 retirements. I'm curious what the total fleet size will actually be and at what point the 2 year upgrades become never upgrades when the growth stabilizes. Rumoured aircraft/options not exercised don't count! My guess is that date is behind us already...

NovaBoy · Post by **NovaBoy** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 6:03 pm

Don't forget a/c usage is going from 12hrs a day to 15hrs.

TFTMB heavy · Post by **TFTMB heavy** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 8:30 pm

I beleive it's from 8 to 12 hours a day. Can anybody confirm?

leftyxl · Post by **leftyxl** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 1:24 pm

Aircraft usage numbers are available in the quarterly report on the wj site
under press releases
Also the confirmed aircraft aquisitions for the next year
as far as upgrades...25 months and counting.
Still a great place to work in spite of what Blister, Baster or whatever he calls himself has to say
way to go Westjet

Snow Monkey · Post by **Snow Monkey** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 5:03 pm

Upgrades 25 months and counting? What the H%** does that mean ? Counting up or down?

Flightlevels · Post by **Flightlevels** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 6:41 pm

the last 10 upgrades took 2.5 yrs for them to achieve. In 2006 we have 11 firm orders coming and this was verifiied again today in the Q2 conference call. All of these aircraft require new crew as all of the 200's will be gone by 2006.lots of growth yet.

Schlem · Post by **Schlem** » Sun Jul 31, 2005 12:51 am

Heard from a very good source that hiring will be delayed until January.

twinpratts · Post by **twinpratts** » Sun Jul 31, 2005 11:52 am

#%@*& !

Flapsforty · Post by **Flapsforty** » Mon Aug 01, 2005 8:18 am

TFTMB,

Aircraft usage is going from 11.1 hours a day to 11.5 hours a day.

Cheers

Machiavelli · Post by **Machiavelli** » Tue Aug 02, 2005 9:37 pm

With adding 11 -NG's by the end of 2006, how many aircraft will be in the fleet? I calculate 63 which would be a net gain of 6 as of today (I think) = 57 mixed - 8 200's + 3 600's + 11 in 2006.

With increased utilization, I figure very roughly about 70 new hires in 2006 plus attrition. But the only thing that remains the same is change so I could be way off.

metal overcast · Post by **metal overcast** » Fri Aug 19, 2005 5:26 pm

I don't suppose there are any changes to the hiring at WestJet before the new year?

tonysoprano · Post by **tonysoprano** » Fri Aug 19, 2005 6:02 pm

NovaBoy wrote:Don't forget a/c usage is going from 12hrs a day to 15hrs.

All it means is you now fly 93 hrs per month instead of 90. Almost an extra day a month at work. Hiring will be done when there is any expansion and or retirements. With such a young workforce, I don't suspect too much retirement so expansion will have to happen. It might. I wish you luck. Better get a good contract boys.

Flightlevels · Post by **Flightlevels** » Fri Aug 19, 2005 9:49 pm

tony go stir the pot at your own company....If you don't know what goes on here by taking misinformed info or none at all why comment so blindly....I was wrong in saying 15 hrs utiilization, it is going up about 1/2 hr per day from 12. I have yet to work over a blocked 80 hrs by will of the company...I have done it on my own to cover available overtime...some yrs I have done very little and others as much as 100 hrs ... as for the workforce we have a mix bag and I suspect 10% over 50...the rest ranging from 26 yrs old to 50. and two retiring in 2006 that I know of for sure... Yes lots of growth/expansion with 11 firm a/c coming in 2006. Interviews will start againin the fall as the transitions will be done by Nov. and yes we have only one class of 8 hired for when they are required by either Dec or Jan....prob Jan though and expect a course about every 3 weeks on a rotation of 8 then 10 pilots....btw seniority sucks if your junior eh?...not here.

metal overcast · Post by **metal overcast** » Sat Aug 20, 2005 5:30 am

Glad to hear they will be starting interviews in the fall. I hope it is sept or octand that I get a call. Fingers crossed.

tonysoprano · Post by **tonysoprano** » Sat Aug 20, 2005 6:53 am

Fltlevel. Not stirring any pot dude. I may be just a little misinformed about what you guys fly, I appoligize, but I stand by the rest of my thread. You have proved my point about retirements. You think 10% are over 50. That's not a big number and 50 something is not retirement. Maybe two will retire in 2006? Anyway, I think you get my point. As for the big expansion in equipment, are the 11 machines arriving not replacing the -200's that are leaving? If that's the case, that's not expansion. Listen, I don't care who dose the hiring. I like to see all those guys on the "street" get the jobs they want. Just because I don't work for Clive doesn't mean I'm against expansion at WJ. The bigger the better I say. Bring it on. So put away your paranoya and let's have a normal discussion.