CAL JAN Class Breakdowns

[Deerkiller]

Nothing "kiddie" about it. Anyone who is willing to throw their own brothers and sisters under the bus for quicker upgrade and more pay (but still horrible pay nonetheless) at their regional will have no problems doing the same thing to their own at a major. If Continental goes on strike at some point, this guy will probably be the first to cross the picket line for his chance at the left seat.

Is it "kiddie" that someone will crush your quality of life to better their own? Not hardly...

Not completely true.

I was dh'ing home and was talking with a couple of TransMeridian pilots. They were about to be furloughed, b/c TM was about to close it's doors. They were both previous TWA. Both had extensive experience, but were about to lose their jobs. One mentioned a upcoming interview w/ GoJets as a street CA. He wasnt exactly happy about it, in fact, i would say he looked borderline depressed. How can you judge this guy for trying to keep food on the table?

Will he cross a picketline, i dont know. But not everyone who went to GoJets is a SJS 500 hr wonderpilot.

Flame on.

 

[lookin4better]

smart response!

Best of luck and congrats to all those hired at CAL!

 

[SiuDude]

I haven't seen too many JetBlue guys until recently. When I interviewed at CAL in Oct. 95 they asked me if I had applied to JetBlue because CAL had lost a few pilots to them. Times change I guess.

There has always been a steady stream of AirTran pilots though.

Jetblue? 1995? Was JBLU hiring future check airmen or something?

 

[Uniform Shop]

Jetblue? 1995? Was JBLU hiring future check airmen or something?

Typo, sorry. Hit the 9 instead of the 0. 05 is what I meant to say.

 

[Muff-N-Man]

Anybody have the break down of equipment and domiciles?

 

[capt. megadeth]

Seriously...id hope people at the majors dont care about this ....kind of a 'kiddie table' issue isnt it?

just curious

They don't.....I know one guy from GoJets at FedEx, one just went to SWA and one just got hired at UPS.

 

[redbook]

They don't.....I know one guy from GoJets at FedEx, one just went to SWA and one just got hired at UPS.

Plenty do.

Despite one gojet pilot here, one there. You can claim you speak for all pilots at those airlines, but plenty do care.

 

[Motive Flow]

They don't.....I know one guy from GoJets at FedEx, one just went to SWA and one just got hired at UPS.

Don't you mean "United Express?"

 

[pkober]

Uniform,

I thought it took you ten years to hear if you were hire!!!

 

[Uniform Shop]

Uniform,

I thought it took you ten years to hear if you were hire!!!

Can you believe that 10 years ago we were working at TWA. Insane!!!

Now I'm a Married, father of two, broke major airline pilot on second year pay. The progression is exactly what I expected. :nuts:

 

[Smarta$$]

dang Not 1 Single Pinnacle Alum....what up wit that!!
With all the upgrading going on I thought I would see at least 1.

I have heard 1-2 in the crew room lately that had accepted a CAL offer.

 

[Smarta$$]

Not completely true.

I was dh'ing home and was talking with a couple of TransMeridian pilots. They were about to be furloughed, b/c TM was about to close it's doors. They were both previous TWA. Both had extensive experience, but were about to lose their jobs. One mentioned a upcoming interview w/ GoJets as a street CA. He wasnt exactly happy about it, in fact, i would say he looked borderline depressed. How can you judge this guy for trying to keep food on the table?

Will he cross a picketline, i dont know. But not everyone who went to GoJets is a SJS 500 hr wonderpilot.

Flame on.

Being more expeirienced pilot does not make it right. They got screwed and screwed another pilot in return. I do feel bad for them, but you can't use your misfortune to justify screwing someone else. Two wrongs don't make a right.

 

[capt. megadeth]

Plenty do.

Despite one gojet pilot here, one there. You can claim you speak for all pilots at those airlines, but plenty do care.

I'm talking about the HR departments.

 

[El Pobre]

Interesting hiring numbers. I was DHing on CAL about a month ago and reading the magazine in the back of the seat, and there was an article from the CEO talking about the appreciation of all of the military pilots at CAL and those that were deployed. He made a HUGE point about how over 50 percent of all CAL pilots were prior military and that they drew from military.

Not getting into the well beaten mil vs civ background here, but the contrast between the CEO's article and the hiring backgrounds listed here is very interesting.

Also....let's not get down on the GoJets guy. Is flying an airbus for $65/hr any worse than flying an RJ for $19/hr...I think not.....

We all need to demand a minimum wage for pilots.....no FO flies for less than the lowest paid full time TSA agent checking your bags.

My rant is over, although I'd be interested if someone at CAL could get ahold of that article which was in your December in-flight magazine and post it here

 

[ACWild]

No need to post the article here. You summed it up just fine.