Air NZ announcement

[pointyengine]

Zeroandbelow - Since the last hiring intake, from memory that was 2013? I'll touch base with HR this week and see if they give me any indication of what the scoop is.

I might have cut the wrong person off at an intersection somewhere??

[flyingtool]

So what's happening with external hires?

[Terrorhawk81]

Originally Posted by flyingtool

So what's happening with external hires?

Apparently 7 got through last weeks external interviews.

[wantobe]

Any idea of the experience level of the candidates that received interviews?

[Terrorhawk81]

I believe the lowest had a little more than 1600tt

[Visual_Approach]

6-7 I believe

[KiwiAvi8er]

Originally Posted by kcboy

Have they had any external interviews for recruit to group? ie not eagle

Definitely one, maybe two RTG's for externals have been held recently. Recruiting for both Cook and Nelson.

[Sqwark2000]

Just an offering, but it's not called "Recruit to Group" anymore. The concept of 1 interview, 1 career has changed. Now all vacancies in the group (except for command upgrades, Base moves, and jet fleet switches) which is covered by seniority) must be interviewed for.

The process is now called "pilot recruitment"

[mattyj]

Yeah "recruit to group" is a name is good as any..

.."grab your ankles" has a nice ring to it too..

[spudschickenlegs]

Any of the externals interviewed this year had any word on
start dates?

[KiwiAvi8er]

Originally Posted by spudschickenlegs

Any of the externals interviewed this year had any word on
start dates?

I know a couple of guys who have ground course dates in Sept and another guy in October. All for Air Nelson.

[wishiwasupthere]

Did anybody ever recieve a 'thanks but no thanks' email, or just left in limbo?

[spudschickenlegs]

some starts happening.

Air Nelson has had some ground courses recently and Mt Cook has one starting in a couple of weeks. Mixture of mostly former eagle and some external pilots. To anyone sitting on a yes letter hopefully HR has been in touch. Some externals like myself have been waiting 18 months. My wait is over now thankfully

[flyingtool]

Spud,

Nelson or cook for you?

Starting when?

[b787q300]

More ATR's

Air New Zealand buys 15 new planes for regional routes | Stuff.co.nz

[scon]

Take with a grain of salt I guess as the information came from Wikipedia. But both the Eastern and Air Nelson Wiki pages are indicating Air Nelson will take two of Eastern's Q300 in Feb next year.

Anyone got any more insight into that?

[waren9]

may well be.

thought'd be more likely they'll be made available to jetstar nz.

wait and see i guess

[27/09]

15 new aircraft but only 4 extra over and above current numbers.

[oldm8]

Anyone got any gouge on the external re-interview process? Preferably from someone who has been through it.

[Jbrownie]

I saw them post up a new F/O advertisement on the 16th Nov, for the ATR and Q300.. does this mean they will be opening up again?