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That's a good question. We have a new hire class for Freedom going through the sim now. We have plenty of pilots on the Freedom side. Also, today a standing bid came out with 45 captains moving/upgrading to the Freedom side. That would give us about 150-165 captains on the Freedom side for 30 erj-145. We have never been this fat on any aircraft so something must be happening. The Dash is full, they have all the pilots they need for the 1 dash 100. We had 2 but the FAA shut one down. Right now 2 erj and 2 OLD BE1900D are covering all of the flying in JFK. I've read where Chq is going to cover our @$$ in JFK if we can't get our act together. We also have a contract carrier flying our us air flights from CHS-RDU. The bottom line is we are hurting. Rumor is United is going to drop us so that would free up 6 more erjs and a Butt load of crjs. I have very hard evidence that Raython was called this week by Mesa and asked to locate 15 BE1900. If true you are going to the Mighty Beech. Everything is up in the air. If I were you I would try to get on Skywest, then Chq and Mesa last. Comair, ASA, PSA and all the other will treat you better and you will have a QOL but the upgrade is years away. Mesa sucks but we burn through pilots to the tune of 300+ per year.
Good luck.
That's a good question. We have a new hire class for Freedom going through the sim now. We have plenty of pilots on the Freedom side. Also, today a standing bid came out with 45 captains moving/upgrading to the Freedom side. That would give us about 150-165 captains on the Freedom side for 30 erj-145. We have never been this fat on any aircraft so something must be happening. The Dash is full, they have all the pilots they need for the 1 dash 100. We had 2 but the FAA shut one down. Right now 2 erj and 2 OLD BE1900D are covering all of the flying in JFK. I've read where Chq is going to cover our @$$ in JFK if we can't get our act together. We also have a contract carrier flying our us air flights from CHS-RDU. The bottom line is we are hurting. Rumor is United is going to drop us so that would free up 6 more erjs and a Butt load of crjs. I have very hard evidence that Raython was called this week by Mesa and asked to locate 15 BE1900. If true you are going to the Mighty Beech. Everything is up in the air. If I were you I would try to get on Skywest, then Chq and Mesa last. Comair, ASA, PSA and all the other will treat you better and you will have a QOL but the upgrade is years away. Mesa sucks but we burn through pilots to the tune of 300+ per year.
Good luck.
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olympus593 said:
So your just an A** to everyone then. I would say that the true bottom of the barrel is MESA Air Group, TSA and Hojets. RAH is one the best run and efficient operations that has ever been around. Just that PHL and LGA are hosing it for everyone. So remind us the next time you need a ride somewhere and we will tell you to find someone who cares.
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Just got invited to a groundschool on Monday. The story is Dash 8, and upgrade in conjuction with training. Street Capt. It sounds like the ranks are filled and they might not be needing the streets anymore? Hmmm.....
For those that have done this, how did it work out for you? I understand getting through IOE can take a while. At least there's a little pay coming your way as you're waiting.
For those that have done this, how did it work out for you? I understand getting through IOE can take a while. At least there's a little pay coming your way as you're waiting.
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trolleydriver said:
I wouldn't worry about them not having the aircraft at this time. The biggest problem has been getting sim time in the 100s. they have 3 AC out in the JFK system at this time. 6 planes are in paint or on conformity checks right now.
Also expect to fly your ass off. Top line out of SYR was all day trips, 14 days off (28 day bid cycle), with 90 hours scheduled. Most turns are 20 minutes.
About being on reserve......This next class is most likely to have reserve for quite a while. There have been 3 classes already that have gone through with street captains. The class on monday will be the 4th.
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