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Compass


Chantilly, VA
www.compassairline.com

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  • Maintenance hangar complete in Louisville (SDF)
  • Monthly schedules bid via PBS
  • All aircraft equipped with electronic flight bags
  • 96 crews in MSP, 39 in DTW, & 31 in MEM
  • Simulator has been delivered to MSP training center; certification scheduled for early June
  • First 6 years of longevity, 13 days/year vacation
  • Deadhead pay is 75% of flight pay
  • 11 days off/mo minimum for line or reserve
  • E175s each fitted with 12 first class/64 coach seating
  • Compass is wholly owned by Delta Air Lines
  • Flow-through program: Compass pilots are entitled to the 1st 20 vacancies at Delta each month (up to 20 can flow up per month, or 25% of the seniority list in a rolling 12 month period)
  • Delta must take Compass pilots before any off the street or any other Delta affiliate carrier
  • Flow-through is a one time offer; if turn down the initial offer to Delta, there are no second chances
  • Delta pilots can flow back, however any Compass pilot turning down the flow through to Delta retains seniority over any Delta flowing back
  • ATC callsign: "Compass Rose"
  • This page last updated: May 22, 2009 (hiring info)
 
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pilots pilots
335
Total
335
Active
0
Furlough

ALPA (amend. Apr 2013)
pilots pilots
E175: 
36

MSP
DTW
MEM

pilots

Limited hiring. Interviewing.

New-hires are brought to MSP for 2 days of orientation and then sent home for 30 days to complete a home study course. After the 30 days, they are returned to MSP for 1 week of general operating subjects followed by systems/procedures and simulator training. New-hires going to all three domiciles. All new-hires will receive an ATP with a PIC ERJ170/190 type rating.

Once training begins in MSP, all new-hires have to provide their own housing during training (you are considered to be based in MSP as a new-hire).

Compass jobs page.

Mainline flow through: Once pilot has been with Compass for 30 months and is a captain, he has the right to go directly to mainline. Now that the merger has occurred the pilots can flow to Delta or Northwest when either are hiring. Once the airlines are under one certificate they will go to the new Delta.

$12,000 training contract, valid for 1 year. Amount is pro-rated $1,000/month.

Minimums:
1,500 TT
1,000 ME
Eligible for ATP
Current class 1

Compass interview gouge.

pilots

CASS participant. Unlimited jumpseats. All carriers having a jumpseat agreement with NWA are eligible to ride on Compass.


401K matching based on years of service:
1-4: 50% up to 6% of salary
5-8: 50% up to 8% of salary
9+: 50% up to 10% of salary

Contractual pay raises: Jun 2008-2012

Most junior captain hired:
DTW: Feb 2008
MEM: Feb 2008
MSP: Jan 2008

Per Diem :
$1.55/hr
 

pilots

401K:
yes
401k Matching:
unknown
A/B Fund:
Other: