Release #: Vol. 84, No. 4
May 01, 2015

Sharing Our Success

 

Highlighting ALPA pilots’ commitment to flying for successful companies, the following is “good news” from our pilots’ airlines.

 

JetBlue Named Top 25 Place to Work in Forbes ‘America’s Best Employers 2015’ List

JetBlue Airways announced it has been named by Forbes as one of the top 25 places to work in the magazine’s “America’s Best Employers 2015” list. The ranking honors employers based on an independent survey asking how likely individuals would be to recommend their employer, and other employers in their industry, to someone else.

JetBlue ranked No. 19 across all categories of more than 500 employers.

“We aspire to give our crewmembers the same JetBlue experience that they work so hard to deliver to our customers,” said Mike Elliott, JetBlue’s executive vice president of people. “When customers tell me they love JetBlue, I know that’s a result of our crewmembers showing our customers every day how much they love what they do. This recognition from Forbes is a tribute to our crewmembers who live our mission, embody our core values, and make JetBlue a great place to work.”

Piedmont Will Help Employees Become Pilots

Piedmont Airlines will pay qualified employees to build pilot flight hours in a new program called “Piedmont Flyers.”

The company has announced that any Piedmont employee within 300 hours of the minimum FAA requirements for airline pilots can interview for a spot in the Piedmont Flyers program. If accepted, he or she will be given a conditional offer of employment as a first officer, and Piedmont will assist financially with his or her remaining flight hours.

“We have great employees, and we want them to stay and fly with us after they build up enough hours,” said Michelle Foose, vice president of human resources. “If we can help them get those hours more quickly by paying for it, it’s really a win for everyone involved.”

Piedmont will reimburse Flyers’ participants up to $130 for every flight hour accrued up to 300 hours. Flyers have one year to complete the hours. Flyers will be asked to work as a Piedmont pilot one year for every 100 hours of reimbursed flight time.

Hawaiian Airlines Is 85.5 Percent On-Time in January with Fewest Cancellations

The consistent leader in schedule reliability among U.S. airlines, Hawaiian Airlines ranked among the best in the industry for on-time performance and fewest flight cancellations in January, as reported today by the U.S. Department of Transportation.

Hawaii’s largest and longest-serving airline averaged an 85.5 percent on-time performance rating for the month of January, earning the second ranking among all U.S. carriers. Hawaiian Airlines also ranked first in fewest flight cancellations for the month of January with 0.4 percent, representing 26 cancellations out of 6,440 flights.

Alaska Air Group Makes List of Top 100 ‘Best Employers’

Forbes has ranked Alaska Air Group in the Top 100 in its annual “best employer” list, which ranks 500 U.S. companies based on a survey of American workers. Air Group, the parent company for Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air, was ranked 93. “We’re thrilled to not only have made Forbes’ list for the first time, but also to have been ranked in the Top 100 list of best employers,” said Tammy Young, vice president of human resources for Alaska Airlines. “Alaska and Horizon have a reputation for valuing our employees, and the Forbes list shows that.”

The Forbes survey is based on a survey of 20,000 American workers who were asked how likely they would be to recommend their employer to someone else, and whether they would recommend other employers in their industry.

This article is from the May 2015 issue of Air Line Pilot magazine, the Official Journal of the Air Line Pilots Association, International—a monthly publication for all ALPA members.

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