TimdeGroot From Netherlands, joined Apr 2002, 3674 posts, RR: 67 Posted (4 years 9 months 1 week 4 days 11 hours ago) and read 4039 times:
Hi All
We are currently in the process of hiring new screeners. The major website problems are now behind us and screening is working 100% again and we're in the process of bringing the queue down. To ensure we can keep it low in the future we are looking for 2 or more people to join us in the coming months.
We will be hiring you for a training period during which you will be taught the ropes. After that period we'll either part ways if we think it's not going to work out, or make you a full screener after which a monitor will be supplied to you to be used for screening.
We are looking for long term commitment. Screening will take abut 30-45 minutes of your day on average (minimum). Most screeners of course spend much more time
If anyone is interested please send an email to headscreeners@airliners.net
The email should contain the following
real name
username
age
link to your photos
short description of your experience in photography
a short motivation on why we should choose you
Deadline for applications is august 31st.
Looking forward to some responses, and please post any questions here.
Wrxflyer From Netherlands, joined Sep 2007, 67 posts, RR: 0 Reply 2, posted (4 years 9 months 1 week 4 days 7 hours ago) and read 3953 times:
Very good idea Tim.
But maybe can you give us some more information about what you want from the new screeners
Minimum age?
Minum number of pics in DB?
At least xx- year active in aviation photography?
Some information like that........
I am very interested in helping Anet forward, but if I have just a little feeling of wasting my time, by emailing the sceening team, I won't do that.
Speaking myself; I am a photographer since 1988, with 3000+ pics, waiting to get scanned and edited for uploading, but I have just 6 pics in the DB
If you only need some help by selecting the "garbage" from the rest of the uploaded pics or really do good qualified screening is quitte a difference.
San747 From United States of America, joined Dec 2004, 4936 posts, RR: 13 Reply 9, posted (4 years 9 months 1 week 3 days 21 hours ago) and read 3711 times:
Quoting QANTAS077 (Reply 8):
more like you need more photographers uploading photos... Wink
Don't say that!!! I had to wait almost 2 weeks for my last batch of photos to be screened... Let us revel in the low queue right now!
Deeplight From United States of America, joined Apr 2007, 236 posts, RR: 9 Reply 10, posted (4 years 9 months 1 week 3 days 20 hours ago) and read 3705 times:
AIRLINERS.NET CREW GENERAL MANAGER
Thanks Tim for the post. Great to hear a Head Screener saying the screening is operating at 100%
..finally.
Paulo
Dendrobatid From United Kingdom, joined Nov 2004, 1605 posts, RR: 64 Reply 12, posted (4 years 9 months 1 week 3 days 18 hours ago) and read 3649 times:
The standard monitor is sent out once a screener has got through the period of training.
New screeners are mentored by a more experienced screener taking them through a few batches, generally talking them through together using Skype which gives a good grounding, sometimes even by two screeners with the trainee in a three way talk. This in itself is a way to establish the correct quality levels. They are then closely monitored, particularly by the Head screeners but by us all to a lesser degree.
If you have your images screened by a trainee, you are informed and are encouraged to appeal if you disagree with rejections or, less likely, acceptances
One issue that has not been mentioned......
It would not be difficult to find competent photographers to screen but a sound general knowledge of aviation is also important as you would be expected to screen images of any type of aircraft, not just what may be your speciality.
TimdeGroot From Netherlands, joined Apr 2002, 3674 posts, RR: 67 Reply 13, posted (4 years 9 months 1 week 3 days 18 hours ago) and read 3639 times:
Under competing websites we understand all photo databases that are set up like a.net, JP, PP and all the smaller sites. Any other sites, commercial sites, spotting groups, personal sites etc are fine.
Really we dont want to discriminate, anyone can apply
Dazed767 From United States of America, joined May 1999, 5447 posts, RR: 53 Reply 15, posted (4 years 9 months 1 week 3 days 15 hours ago) and read 3562 times:
Quoting WILCO737 (Reply 11): And now all photographers can come back and start uploading again.
I think it's too late for most of us who were fed up with everything to return to uploading.
But good luck future screeners, you'll see some interesting photos....
Kukkudrill From Malta, joined Dec 2004, 1122 posts, RR: 5 Reply 19, posted (4 years 9 months 1 week 3 days 14 hours ago) and read 3511 times:
Quoting Dazed767 (Reply 15): I think it's too late for most of us who were fed up with everything to return to uploading.
Personally speaking, I had stopped uploading for a good while but I have put a few through the queue in the last couple of weeks and I will continue to upload occasionally.
Charles
Make the most of the available light ... a lesson of photography that applies to life
Dvincent From United States of America, joined Jan 2007, 1719 posts, RR: 12 Reply 20, posted (4 years 9 months 1 week 3 days 14 hours ago) and read 3491 times:
Walter2222 From Belgium, joined Sep 2005, 1272 posts, RR: 31 Reply 22, posted (4 years 9 months 1 week 3 days 7 hours ago) and read 3323 times:
Quoting Dendrobatid (Reply 12): If you have your images screened by a trainee, you are informed and are encouraged to appeal if you disagree with rejections or, less likely, acceptances
I remember these e-mails, and indeed also with the acceptance e-mails there was a kind of apology because it had been accepted by a screener-in-training. But I have never been so unpolite to appeal an accepted shot
And I knew he was too but I do need a new spare screen so I will apply
Brought back to A.net by popular demand :-)
25 Granite: Hello Well, haven't seen the mail yet! Regards Gary
26 PictureThis: It's the dryness of the answer and the Regards bit that makes it funny
27 Lumix: Scottish wit is well known for being pretty dry! .....and I seem to recall a certain Mr Dopson was an a.net screener in a previous life! Good to see
28 JK: Tim, I am a little Curious ! You wrote : "a monitor will be supplied to you to be used for screening." Wich monitor will that be ?? Thx,greetings Joha
29 Apgphoto: Don't want to appear too keen, still plenty of time left to apply and I can let those that want to sharpen their knives/axes etc. Martin, sorry only
30 Granite: Hello Yes, but only the good ones this time around Regards Gary
41 Scotland1979: Thanks! It looks like we are in space (Star Wars) as colours as this iMac lol
42 Deaphen: The sole purpose is for uniformity between all screeners. I think that is the main reason. I may be wrong. regards Nitin
43 TimdeGroot: Hi All We have selected 2 new screeners out of the application we've gotten so far. Due to the time involved in training we are only adding 2 people n
45 TimdeGroot: We're still accepting applications, but we've decided to add 2 people immediately because of the training involved. Juts a bit of fasttracking. After
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jep, looks like. The queue is getting shorter and shorter! And now all photographers can come back and start uploading again.
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I heard many photographers say: once A.net is back to normal I will start to upload again... 
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but I do need a new spare screen so I will apply 
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