Mesaba street captain q's to ask

[XJohXJ]

Here's the scoop. You would certainly want to live in your domicile. You will get 11 hard days off each month. You could technically get junior manned into 10 days of, but the likelihood of that happening is very remote. You are allowed to trade your days off with other pilots if you need to get a particular day off (not particularly easy to do, but it is an option.)

There is a provision for ready reserve, sitting at the airport, but it is rarely used on pilots. You sit reserve at home, with a 1.5 hour call out followed by a one-hour show time. Technically, that means you have 2.5 hours from the phone call to door close.

Reserve tends to go in waves. Some months you are used all the time, some months you barely ever go to the airport.

From what I have heard about 135 on-call, 121 reserve gives you much better QOL as long as you live in base.

No matter what, the company will do their best to limit you to below 75 hours credit on reserve, which could be OK for QOL, but you'll always know the size of your paycheck (not counting per-diem).

 

[Raskal]

Thanks, that actually does explain a lot. I think I'll at least go and talk to them, can't hurt.

 

[rhino3040]

Quick question in regards to the payscale and base selection.......If a street captain, detroit or MSP would be the like base and what is the first year payscale like?

 

[Simon Says]

payscales are on airlinepilotcentral.com.

QOL of a street captain will increase dramatically if you live in domicile. I would say that you would have at least 11 days off. The days you sit on reserve and don't get called is another day off if you live in domicile, if you live out of domicile it is just another day stuck in a crashpad....at least that is how I see it.

 

[OzBushWhacker]

Training contract?

 

[Monster Buck]

Hey all, I rarely venture to the 121 side of the boards, but I am curious about the street captain position Mesaba is listing. Let's just say I were to accept an interview, being completely unfamiliar with regionals/contracts/unions etc...what are the questions I would need to ask? Like is this a good gig?

For example, I would think the current contract would address something like street captains-how does it work? The guys in the right seats obviously aren't going to lose seniority to new hires, so what happens down the road?

What else needs to be asked?

Being familiar with only corporate, I'm a bit out of my element here and would appreciate any explanations you could offer.

Where did you see this?

 

[WIPilot]

Where did you see this?

mesaba website.

 

[CFIfornow]

junior capt was awarded in memphis on the last award. detroit isn't to far behind, both are possible for street capts. I would never say never, but chances of holding Minneapolis as a street captain are slim to none.(until you have been at XJ for about a year) You will sit at the bottom of the captain list in your domicle (some street capts may be below you) until those hired after you start upgrading. You can not get kicked out of your seat or base unless there is a reduction in fleet (or base) size

 

[flap operator]

IMO, a street captain who got on RIGHT NOW wouldn't have it all that bad. Here's why...

First, there is a reason why we're hiring street captains. There is no shortage of qualified guys to go to the jets. When they do, the left seat on the saab will be vacant. Most of the FOs on property pre hiring boom, have upgraded or are slated for class.

That being said, the remainder of the FOs are ones hired this year and don't have the time/age to meet the minimums.

As the jets deliver and the current saab captains who are not seat locked (IMO, they'll be released) move to the jets, the street captains will move up the list.

The problem lies when the lower time FOs gain their hours to upgrade, then these street CA's will get pushed back down the list.

So, if you get hired NOW as a street captain and live in base, I don' think things would be so bad. It looks like DTW, then MSP would be the most likely bases for now, since that's where all the growth is. When MEM starts getting the -900s next year, then things will shift once again. I predict by the end of next year we'll get back to our traditional MSP, DTW then MEM order of senior to junior bases.


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[wmuflyguy]

How is the training department for the Saab? My friend said it was pretty good and he enjoyed it ( he had flown the Saab at a 135 place, so he had a bit of an advantage). anyone here have opinions? What is the training footprint like?

Think there is much of a difference in the standard interview for street captains?