US Airways Final Recalls: Take it, or Leave it?

[FurloughedAgain]

I like where you're going with this Swaayze. I think you might be on to something.

1. I'll get up at 3:30am, get into an uncomfortable shirt and tie. Then i'll drive around for :30 minutes and park my car about a mile from my house.
2. Then i'll hitch a ride on the garbage-truck back to my house (to simulate the employee bus).
3. I'll remove my coat, shoes, and belt, and have my wife frisk me when I come through the door (maybe that part wont be so bad...)
4. Then i'll go sit in the closet and barricade the door. Maybe i'll simulate an eastbound flight at dawn by shining a flashlight in my eyes.
5. Every so often my wife could bring me stale coffee or bang on the door and yell she's too hot or cold.
6. Then i'll give myself :30 minutes to switch closets while wolfing down a Big-Mac enroute.
7. At the end of the day i'll sleep on a cot in the garage...

I'm feeling better already...

 

[LittleDeuce]

Recalled

If you convince your self that you will be unhappy back at US Airways, you will be!

I am so glad to be back as an active pilot. As I said before, I accept that the industry has changed. It's still a good job with a lot of perqs.

My biggest fear right now are the amount of unhappy guys out there that are doing everything they can to disrupt operations.

 

[Swaayze]

I like where you're going with this Swaayze. I think you might be on to something.

1. I'll get up at 3:30am, get into an uncomfortable shirt and tie. Then i'll drive around for :30 minutes and park my car about a mile from my house.
2. Then i'll hitch a ride on the garbage-truck back to my house (to simulate the employee bus).
3. I'll remove my coat, shoes, and belt, and have my wife frisk me when I come through the door (maybe that part wont be so bad...)
4. Then i'll go sit in the closet and barricade the door. Maybe i'll simulate an eastbound flight at dawn by shining a flashlight in my eyes.
5. Every so often my wife could bring me stale coffee or bang on the door and yell she's too hot or cold.
6. Then i'll give myself :30 minutes to switch closets while wolfing down a Big-Mac enroute.
7. At the end of the day i'll sleep on a cot in the garage...

I'm feeling better already...

LOL:laugh:. I see you're getting my gist.

It's a glamorous life we lead!

 

[Swaayze]

If you think there is a geographical fence that is going to prevent a pilot's natural desire for bigger, faster, higher paying equipment you are going to be in for a big surprise.



Typhoonpilot

Agreed. The only functional invisifence will be for E190 and G2 FO seats. That attrition will be captured by the furloughees. International FO to a moderate degree, and G2 or better Captain seats in large part, will likely go in a more natural seniority flow.

 

[FLYLOW22]

That being said... I think I might <gasp> have a touch of shiny-jet-syndrome. Think the doc can give me some penicillin or something for that?

Not a chance but it is a self-curable infliction. Problem is that it is HIGHLY contageous... especially to younger, fledgling pilots looking to conquer the world.

 

[FLYLOW22]

If you convince your self that you will be unhappy back at US Airways, you will be!

I am so glad to be back as an active pilot. As I said before, I accept that the industry has changed. It's still a good job with a lot of perqs.

My biggest fear right now are the amount of unhappy guys out there that are doing everything they can to disrupt operations.

SJS. Prime example.

 

[FurloughedAgain]

Oh sure Flylow. It's easy to avoid the siren song of SJS when you fly an airplane with an APU (ahhh...ground air conditioning), adjustable rudder pedals, flushable lav (just in case), and enough room in the cockpit to carry more than a small envelope of your belongings...

I can't expect YOU to understand...

On the other hand it WAS nice to top all of the weather stretching from Minnesota to Texas the other day at FL470 in smooth air while listening to everyone else get the snot kicked out of them in the 30s and low 40s...

 

[FurloughedAgain]

...and trained dispatchers Flylow! (just decided today how nice it was to have somebody else worry about flightplans, fuel loads, and alternates)

 

[cactusboy53]

I'll take that bet. Most of the senior guys (Captains and FO's) at AWA are firmly ensconsed in the desert lifestyle. We've been flying red-eyes until our hair has fallen out or turned pre-maturely grayuke: . Being senior means never having to look into the sun at 0730 am with a big yawn. Twenty to 25 minutes to SkyHarbor, do your trip and go home. PHX doesn't get as mucked up as PHL (yet).

I will admit that there will be a percentage of AWA pilots that will bid East, and I'm going to go with 7 to 8 percent (approximately 144 pilots). We have some Captains and FO's that live out there already. Some like myself that commute from the mid-west, are giving it some thought. DFW commuters.....I don't know, 2 hour flight with a 1-2 (that silly hold out regarding DST) hour time difference. PHX sounds better for that.

By the same token, I think you will see a like number of East (PSA?) pilots look to PHX for the shorter commute.

I think you will see most of the East pilots take the East upgrades for those reasons alone.

 

[johnnyb]

I think you will see most of the East pilots take the East upgrades for those reasons alone.

Then putting that in writing should be no problem right?

 

[PositiveRate]

"Then putting that in writing should be no problem right?"

No thanks. You had your chance.

 

[FurloughedAgain]

Again, maybe you guys could take this to one of the other 50 arbitration threads.

Please leave this one for those of us who are trying to decide whether to come back into that quagmire or to remain clear of US Airways and attempt to put our careers back on track via other venues.

 

[FurloughedAgain]

I've got a little sticker shock looking at the price of homes in Southern New Hampshire. Could anyone suggest a town or neighborhood to look where homes are little more affordable?

 

[LittleDeuce]

June 25 Class

Just got back from the Training Center. The breakdown for Monday's class:

7 B-767
4 B-737
3 A-320

 

[Green]

Just got back from the Training Center. The breakdown for Monday's class:

7 B-767
4 B-737
3 A-320

Little Duece,

you seem to be in the know. Any talk of additional recalls above and beyond those already announced? Also is there an updated seniority list showing current equipment and base anywhere online? thanks

 

[LittleDeuce]

Little Duece,

you seem to be in the know. Any talk of additional recalls above and beyond those already announced? Also is there an updated seniority list showing current equipment and base anywhere online? thanks

You are correct sir! I am in the know. Yes, there is talk of more recalls. We are very short of crews. Numbers TBD.

There is a seniority list on the ALPA Web site but it does not show base or equipment. If you do have acess to the Web site, take a look at bid 07-04 and you can get a feel for what's going on.

 

[FurloughedAgain]

Can't seem to get the employee travel site working on the hub today. Anybody else having problems?

 

[johnnyb]

take a look at bid 07-04 and you can get a feel for what's going on.

He's a westy and has no access.

 

[cactusboy53]

Part of it's in writing: AGREED TO BINDING ARBITRATION. Your MEC and MC signed those papers in the begining, right?

 

[Green]

He's a westy and has no access.

hate to rain on the parade but all of us Westies have access. I´ve looked at the 7-04 bid but it doesn´t link names or seniority dates with equipment. I´m just curious how things are washing out with the recalls. We can also access your lines, pairings, etc.....It´s pretty easy for all you westies interested. I also found a seniority list on there that shows base and equipment but it seems way out of date....

Just log into the hub, click on flight crew information and all the east stuff is right there. I don´t know why we don´t post the west trips, bids, etc on the hub as well so the east guys can see what´s happening out west.