Na 9/11 2001 is Continental Airlines de eerste (major) airline die al haar mannen (en vrouwen) weer op de bok heeft zitten..

Deze maand is new-hire training begonnen voor mensen die voor 9/11 2001 waren aangenomen maar door 9/11 niet konden beginnen met training..

Vanaf volgende maand gaat continental weer (veel) mensen aannemen ivm pensioensgolven..

De eerste 150 man van COEX (express) hebben inmiddels ook een startdatum gekregen bij mainline..

http://www.continental.com/company/career/pilot.asp

Continental hiring info
The application process will open Monday, April 11th, after 3:00 PM pending the completion of our online application system. The application window will remain open indefinitely. There is no advantage to being the first to apply. The selection process will employ an automatic ranking system that will place an applicant in order for review based on criteria established by management.

The system will be entirely paperless including recommendations. An applicant can apply by going to Continental.com/company/career/ and selecting the "Pilot Positions" page. There they will find a link to the online application. The applicant will be able to submit the email addresses for persons providing a recommendation. The system will send an email to those people with a web-link to an online form for submittal of the recommendation. Your recommendation will aid the applicant in getting an interview.

Pilot Recruiting anticipates more than 15,000 applications will be filed with as many as 5,000 recommendations coming from Continental employees. Staffing does not exist to handle telephone calls or letters endorsing pilot applicants. No paper recommendations or resumes will be processed. You may communicate with Continental Pilot Recruiting via email at [email protected]. Telephone calls for recommendations will not be accepted.

The following are the minimum qualifications to apply:

1,500 hours fixed-wing total flight time

1,000 hours fixed-wing PIC time, or 500 PIC time and 500 SIC time in a turbojet

1,000 hours fixed-wing turbine time

1,000 hours fixed-wing multi-engine time (civilian or military) or 1,000 hours single-engine military fighter jet time

Must have successfully completed the ATP written exam

A current first class FAA medical

Must have right to work and live in the USA

Please monitor and have your have your applicant monitor the above pilot hiring webpage for future announcements

Continental


*Continental Airlines is the world's sixth-largest airline with more than 3,000 daily departures throughout the Americas,Europe and Asia.
*source: www.continental.com
NYSE: CAL
www.continental.com
Houston, TX
QUICKTAKE:
-Pilots ratify TA (3/30/2005), Pay rates reduced 8.9%
-Retired last MD80 from fleet in Jan 2005

FLEET:
777: 18
767-400: 16
767-200: 10
757-300: 9
757-200: 41
737-900: 12
737-800: 93
737-700: 36
737-300/-500: 113

-Pilots ratify TA (3/30/2005), Pay rates reduced 8.9%:

jaar 1 : 2500 USD per maand (...)
jaar 2: 55, 62 of 72 dollar per uur..
capt top jaar 12: 186 dollar per uur..

Monthly Guarantee: 72 hours
"A" Reserve Guarantee: 72 hours (partial bid period availability)
"B" Reserve Guarantee: 76 hours (full bid period availability)

Per Diem:
$1.85/hr (dom)
$2.05/hr (int'l)

ATC Callsign:
"Continental" 4,100 Total

Union: ALPA

Domiciles: EWR, IAH, CLE, Guam

Hiring. Application window open on April 11th. Once CAL Express flow-through pilots (85) and pre-9/11 poolies (15) are hired, hiring off the street hiring will commence.

Most junior captain hired Jan 1998 (737/EWR)

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Begint er goed uit te zien dus aan deze kant van de plas!! Airtran, Southwest, Frontier, ATA, FEDEX en UPS nemen al een tijdje elke maand aan. Plus dat er bijna geen (ja inderdaad GEEN) regional airline is hier in de US die op het moment niet aanneemt...

:)