american Eagle and base selection

[captdorn81]

I'm interviewing with Eagle in a few weeks. My question is, If I want the ERJ can I select that aircraft with its coinciding base or do I just select the base and hope I get the jet I want?

 

[flyboyzz1]

you can only pick the base not the equipment... although if you pick a base that only has a jet.... you know what ya got

 

[DGdaPilot]

You could just bid for an all EMJ base and chances are you'd get the domicile of your choice before finishing training. That is, you would if you put in a bid for another domicile and that base doesn't happen to be DFW or LAX.

 

[Starscream]

..........or MIA or SJU.

 

[CitationLover]

don't bid SJU/DFW/LAX/MIA and you will be guaranteed an EMJ or CRJ.

 

[Flyer1015]

Bid BOS or LGA, and you are absolutely guaranteed the EMJ.

ORD could get you either EMJ or CR7.

 

[siucavflight]

Yes, the last class that started had three ORD CRJs.

 

[CitationLover]

Yes, the last class that started had three ORD CRJs.

you say that like it is a bad thing.

 

[Flyby1206]

you say that like it is a bad thing.

I dont think it was meant as a bad thing. The original posted stated they wanted the ERJ. So if you ask for an ORD base, you might not get the ERJ. If you ask for BOS or LGA you would be guaranteed the ERJ. Simple enough!

 

[CitationLover]

I dont think it was meant as a bad thing. The original posted stated they wanted the ERJ. So if you ask for an ORD base, you might not get the ERJ. If you ask for BOS or LGA you would be guaranteed the ERJ. Simple enough!

no i know siucavflight, he was riding us crj drivers.....

ORD is the best eagle base. come be junior to me for my last couple of months there! we have the fastest, most efficient rampers in all of eagleland.

 

[bogey383]

the CR7 has gone pretty junior in ORD from what I have heard.. Though I am just a new hire. what do i know..

 

[CitationLover]

the CR7 has gone pretty junior in ORD from what I have heard.. Though I am just a new hire. what do i know..

2.6 yrs at eagle and i am barely holding a relief/composite line. don't believe what you are hearing. i would easily hold a line on the emj and at dfw on the crj would be almost halfway up the list.

there are 7 people in training now for ORD CRJ (4 i believe are expected to hit the line midmonth according to the latest flowplan). this maybe what people are thinking it is going junior.

 

[yaya]

Why not the saab? In a few years it will be the quickest upgrade and you won't have to make the upgrade in a different aircraft.... Just a thought.

 

[CitationLover]

Why not the saab? In a few years it will be the quickest upgrade and you won't have to make the upgrade in a different aircraft.... Just a thought.

it is the quickest upgrade now, you do not have to wait a few years. most people don't want the turboprops because they pay less in years 2+. it is running at about an 8 yr clip right now for left seat of the saab.

 

[yaya]

it is the quickest upgrade now, you do not have to wait a few years. most people don't want the turboprops because they pay less in years 2+. it is running at about an 8 yr clip right now for left seat of the saab.

I realize it is the quickest upgrade now, the people that have flown it before have an easier transition experience. Up and out is what everyone wants, right?

 

[Flybet3]

Why not the saab? In a few years it will be the quickest upgrade and you won't have to make the upgrade in a different aircraft.... Just a thought.

how tough is the Saab? training wise? is ground school and sim training easier in the saab or the jet?

 

[CitationLover]

how tough is the Saab? training wise? is ground school and sim training easier in the saab or the jet?

any jet is easier in training and the sim than any turboprop imho.

 

[CitationLover]

I realize it is the quickest upgrade now, the people that have flown it before have an easier transition experience. Up and out is what everyone wants, right?

not to our CA's. every eagle rights pilot i fly with says the same thing: SWA, FedEx, UPS, or they stay.

 

[yaya]

not to our CA's. every eagle rights pilot i fly with says the same thing: SWA, FedEx, UPS, or they stay.

I am not staying. There are other options opening up. The next few years will be very interesting.

 

[DGdaPilot]

there are 7 people in training now for ORD CRJ (4 i believe are expected to hit the line midmonth according to the latest flowplan). this maybe what people are thinking it is going junior.

There's actually 8 in training. 4 are just starting IOE. The other 4 are starting systems. I'm one of those but I'm just waiting for a DFW slot to open. No thanks to ORD. I'll have 13 below me in DFW compared to 5 in Chi-town.....and that's with 1.5 years seniority.

 

[CitationLover]

There's actually 8 in training. 4 are just starting IOE. The other 4 are starting systems. I'm one of those but I'm just waiting for a DFW slot to open. No thanks to ORD. I'll have 13 below me in DFW compared to 5 in Chi-town.....and that's with 1.5 years seniority.

DFW scum......

there are a lot of ord fo's who will be going to dfw senior to you, we are down to 33 hard lines in may. we are the red headed step child of eagle. the few, the proud, the ord crj fo's! besides the important thing about lines is not who is below you, but how many are above you.....

 

[bogey383]

very well said!

 

[siucavflight]

DFW scum......

there are a lot of ord fo's who will be going to dfw senior to you, we are down to 33 hard lines in may. we are the red headed step child of eagle. the few, the proud, the ord crj fo's! besides the important thing about lines is not who is below you, but how many are above you.....

But you get to go to the bahamas

 

[CitationLover]

But you get to go to the bahamas

they goto nassau from DFW also. bahamas stink. besides we're there a whipping 45 minutes.

 

[AvroGuy]

! besides the important thing about lines is not who is below you, but how many are above you.....

I have to disagree with you, just a little. It is important on how many are below you. Take me for example, no one below me means I have the 0600 ready every month unless someone forgets to bid. So it is important to have a few under you that way you aren't doing ready every month. In ords case you would need two. One for the 0600 and one for the 1400.

 

[CitationLover]

I have to disagree with you, just a little. It is important on how many are below you. Take me for example, no one below me means I have the 0600 ready every month unless someone forgets to bid. So it is important to have a few under you that way you aren't doing ready every month. In ords case you would need two. One for the 0600 and one for the 1400.

so you get paid to come into work and sleep. a lot of people would like that job.

 

[DGdaPilot]

I'd rather be #13 on the reserve list than #6. A little bit more power to choose.

 

[pgcfii2002]

What bases allow you to hold a line right out of IOE?

 

[DGdaPilot]

so you get paid to come into work and sleep. a lot of people would like that job.

So are you gonna bid the S-lines as your first choice for May?

 

[AvroGuy]

so you get paid to come into work and sleep. a lot of people would like that job.

If that were true I woul not still be doing ready.