Piedmonts Large TurboPro Rates

[NCFlyer]

Nothing sarcastic, just trying to figure out your math. CA pay on the -300 caps at $74 an hour. Does PDT have and 250% pay rate??

Not correct. The -100 caps at just under $74 / hour. The -300 caps at just under $84 / hour.

The math isn't difficult. The company was/is offering double premium pay for picking up open trips on a scheduled day off. That is 8 hours of additional pay over the scheduled block for each day of work. Depending on the trip that could about equal triple pay and easily be $180 / hour.

 

[MackyG1]

Thats great Macky. There are a lot of people at this company that depend on this place to make a go of it and to have a decent lifestyle. I'm so sorry it didn't work out for you here at PDT. You did your time here...but don't forget where you came from.

You are right! As i have stated in my past posts, PDT was the first real flying job I had. I will never forget that. I met great people there who are smart and fun.
All I am saying is that the MGT is bringing the place down.

 

[Long Time Gone]

Not correct. The -100 caps at just under $74 / hour. The -300 caps at just under $84 / hour.

The math isn't difficult. The company was/is offering double premium pay for picking up open trips on a scheduled day off. That is 8 hours of additional pay over the scheduled block for each day of work. Depending on the trip that could about equal triple pay and easily be $180 / hour.

Thanks for the correction. My information is from airlinepilotcentral, which isn't always the best. It shows the caps at $65 for the -100, and $74 for the -300. Don't you guys have any more -200s? I flew for ALG based out of MDT until August of 02, right when the Scheiße schlug den Ventilator. Don't need to understand German to understand what I just wrote.

 

[WSurf]

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All I am saying is that the MGT is bringing the place down.

Not is it bringing Piedmont down, MGT is bringing down US Airways as a whole!

 

[NCFlyer]

Don't you guys have any more -200s?

No more -200s.

What a shame. It really was the hot rod of the fleet. Not to mention that it could carry more load than the -100.

 

[CFI2766]

For the uninformed, what exactly do they mean by large turboprop?

 

[flypixs]

For the uninformed, what exactly do they mean by large turboprop?

More than 2 engines.

 

[flypixs]

Thanks for the correction. My information is from airlinepilotcentral, which isn't always the best. It shows the caps at $65 for the -100, and $74 for the -300. Don't you guys have any more -200s? I flew for ALG based out of MDT until August of 02, right when the Scheiße schlug den Ventilator. Don't need to understand German to understand what I just wrote.

I do understand German, however your words do not fit into the direction of this conversation.

 

[ex j-41]

Not is it bringing Piedmont down, MGT is bringing down US Airways as a whole!

Nail on the head brother.

Lets put the crews up in the worst locations possible. Give them 10 days off, non commutable trips and see what that will do to moral.

This is what low moral will do....you will find it impossible to staff the airline. You will have to cancel flights because of lack of crews. you will have delays after delays.
So what did your penny pinching do? It ran the airline into the ground.
But if you work for management you won't take responsibility but just blame it all on the aviation cycle that we are in.

 

[OPECJet]

Ran PSA into the ground as well. I heard from a pilot there who said that TK guy was in CLT and told the pilots they were parking either 3 or 5 more airplanes for July.

The wholly owned managements are reaping what they've sowed for years.

 

[CFI2766]

More than 2 engines.

What are we talking here, C-130? Reman TU-144? Who makes a 'more than 2 engine' turboprop for transport?

 

[Long Time Gone]

I do understand German, however your words do not fit into the direction of this conversation.

Then you don't understand the history of ALG or PDT. Been there, done that, won the T-shirt, and burned it.

Good luck to all Y'all.

 

[I_Love_Lamp]

What are we talking here, C-130? Reman TU-144? Who makes a 'more than 2 engine' turboprop for transport?

DeHavilland, of course!! My favorite PDT captain line... "Well, back on the Dash 7..." (used almost exclusively to prove why SOP was unnecessary)

The large turboprop rates are for ATR72 or Dash 8-400. >50 seats.

 

[mu2]

I heard there was a Q400 at the D concorse in CLT the other day. Anyone see it? I did find a thread on another forum, but it's a very unreliable sorce.

http://www.airliners.net/discussions/general_aviation/read.main/3475462/

 

[mu2]

I see this is now posted:

Minimum Qualifications:
Commercial Pilot with multi-engine land rating

 

[flypixs]

I heard there was a Q400 at the D concorse in CLT the other day. Anyone see it? I did find a thread on another forum, but it's a very unreliable sorce.

http://www.airliners.net/discussions/general_aviation/read.main/3475462/

The Dash 400 was in Clt several times last week. It belongs to a charter company out of Toronto (Porter ). They only do charter ops. There was a wedding in Toronto and that family rented the dash to fly friends and relatives up north.

 

[mu2]

Why wasn't it at the FBO?

 

[flypixs]

Why wasn't it at the FBO?

That question I can not answer.

 

[NCFlyer]

Why wasn't it at the FBO?

If I had to guess it had to do with clearing customs on the "D" concourse.

In other news, no PDT a/c to paint yet. I talked with maintenance this morning (Monday) and they claim that the plane is/was ready to go any day last week but it seems that the "paint contract" wasn't finalized. So no paint yet.

Just another in the long list of excuses as to why no a/c has reached the paint shop yet.

I don't think they ever intend to paint them. You don't paint planes that you are going to park or get rid of.

Let's see:

1. Airways had planes painted and ready for debut the day the merger was made public, Sept 2005 (I think).

2. Airways is painting 1 plane per week the last I read.

3. PDT was to start its paint program 4Q 05 or 1Q 06 and here we are in the last week of June 07 and as yet not a single plane has made it to the paint shop.

4. Latest excuse - no paint contract?

Ask yourself, if you were going to paint planes in 05 or 06 why is it that in June 07 there is still no paint contract?

I think that the simple answer is, there never was any intention of painting planes. Certainly not in 2005 or not in 2006, possibly not even today.

Just excuse after excuse, or should I say lie after lie.

 

[ex j-41]

Just remember that Bigger Airplanes = Less Jobs.

Rather than the 4 flights to FAY we do a day this will be reduced to 2.
Half the flight crews needed. Parker has already stated that he wants to reduce the 50 seat flying. Maybe our management is not hiring F/o's because this is the easy way out of parking airplanes. Less congestion on the E gates, yada yada yada...
BTW i heard that if we do a high speed, Continuous duty overnight, that we only get paid for 1 day or 6 hrs. Is this true? Anyone confirm?