PDT Upgrades

[twighead]

The FO's can stop leaving now. New permanent bid with 5 CA postitions. That's right! Five!

The floodgates are opening. We should all upgrade by about the year 2025. We may even have some new airplanes by then.

 

[PropPiedmont]

The FO's can stop leaving now. New permanent bid with 5 CA postitions. That's right! Five!

The floodgates are opening. We should all upgrade by about the year 2025. We may even have some new airplanes by then.

If the past repeats itself, then 3 of the five will fail upgrade and won't be replaced.

 

[Sig]

If the past repeats itself, then 3 of the five will fail upgrade and won't be replaced.

Yeeeeeeeeeooooooowwwwch.

I still will upgrade in 2023. WooHOO! Two years ahead of you, Twig.

Or not.

 

[flypixs]

The FO's can stop leaving now. New permanent bid with 5 CA postitions. That's right! Five!

The floodgates are opening. We should all upgrade by about the year 2025. We may even have some new airplanes by then.

Like a drop of water on a hot stone. 5 upgrades can't help the sinking ship. The reason Pdt posted these five openings is because it it the only way to justify a base reallignment. Otherwise the union wouldn't sign off on it. They did the same years ago. But I am surprised the union didn't ask the company for a number like 10 upgrades or something liket that.
However, it's nice to see some kind of movement at Pdt, even though I am watching now from the other side of the fence. Good luck to all at Pdt, and I hope everything works out just fine. It always did when Steve F. had his fingers in the pie.

 

[79%N1]

Hey guys.....

I don't underdstand why things aren't moving there at PDT at all. At ASA, we have 30+ pilots leaving per month, and I know it's like that at most other regionals right now. With such a small pilot group, even at half that movement I would think there would have to be some movement, even without any growth! Whats up? I used to work at PDT, and I know there were quite a few senior guys there not going anywhere, but most were wanting to leave.

 

[zasca]

answer to above = flowthrough

or at least the expectation of it. and if not, the hope of getting back pay from the concessions...?

 

[Sig]

15.7% of the pilots on the seniority list were hired


THIS YEAR.

3.2% of the pilots were hired in '06.


When #1 was hired a few months before I was born (Nixon was president), that's one crazy piece of stagnation around the upgrade "layer", currently about '01 hires.

 

[CoAlpha]

Both are dead in the water. Anyways, good luck guys. A 5 year FO at PDT could quit and upgrade sooner at SKYW.

answer to above = flowthrough

or at least the expectation of it. and if not, the hope of getting back pay from the concessions...?

 

[Flybet3]

The FO's can stop leaving now. New permanent bid with 5 CA postitions. That's right! Five!

The floodgates are opening. We should all upgrade by about the year 2025. We may even have some new airplanes by then.

I gotta call from them last week. The funny part is the last time I sent them a resume was back in 2004!!!

 

[jellynuts]

random Q... is premium pay 8 hours + block per day or just 8 hours over block for the whole trip? anything hear about a supposed flowthrough agreement last week?

 

[mu2]

ALPA Pilot Groups Meet to Discuss Career Progression at US Airways​

http://us.f542.mail.yahoo.com/ym/us...&umid=1_12243_APUnvs4AACcZRoXZwgsSZl8pzgc#top​

In light of anticipated hiring by US Airways in the near future, MEC pilot representatives from America West, Piedmont, PSA and US Airways, along with ALPA’s president, Capt. John Prater, vice-president–administration/secretary, Capt. Bill Couette, and other ALPA representatives, met Thursday to discuss concepts of career protection and ways to promote progression to the mainline from the wholly owned carriers.
Everyone agreed that it would be valuable to continue these discussions internally and then to approach management with basic parameters of a system to accomplish these objectives. The members of the group committed resources from their own MECs and ALPA National to work on the project.

 

[WSurf]

ALPA Pilot Groups Meet to Discuss Career Progression at US Airways​

discussions internally and then to approach management with basic parameters of a system

I am glad there meeting, however these parameters could be very interesting!!!

 

[Sig]

ALPA Pilot Groups Meet to Discuss Career Progression at US Airways​

approach management with basic parameters

No, no, NO. Somebody misspoke.

ALPA is approaching management with a basic pair of ammeters, to show what "current" is.

Either way, a load is present.

 

[Grey Ghost]

PJ could use an upgrade!