Mesaba..CPTs Off The Street!

[Vegaspilot99]

I'm going through FO CRJ training at SKW right now, but more than meet the mins for an XJ CA slot. I'm kicking around the idea of putting an app in. The biggest downside for me is that I live out west and plan to stay out west....sooo it'd be a bit of a haul to any of XJ's bases. Just trying to decide whether I should stay put and wait (hopefully) for one of the majors I've applied to to call, or to give that CA (and about double the pay I'm at right now) a try. They keep saying that upgrade here is runing just over a year, but more realistically it's a year-ish on the Bro and 3-ish on the jet...for a good base anyway. Any thoughts or ideas you guys could throw out for me would be much appreciated. Thanks.

 

[wmuflyguy]

I'm going through FO CRJ training at SKW right now, but more than meet the mins for an XJ CA slot. I'm kicking around the idea of putting an app in. The biggest downside for me is that I live out west and plan to stay out west....sooo it'd be a bit of a haul to any of XJ's bases. Just trying to decide whether I should stay put and wait (hopefully) for one of the majors I've applied to to call, or to give that CA (and about double the pay I'm at right now) a try. They keep saying that upgrade here is runing just over a year, but more realistically it's a year-ish on the Bro and 3-ish on the jet...for a good base anyway. Any thoughts or ideas you guys could throw out for me would be much appreciated. Thanks.

The coomute from west coast to the east I hear is pretty tough on your body. I don't think I would be tough enough to stand it.

 

[OPECJet]

How is the reserve life at Mesaba? I imagine anyone going there as a street captain will be on reserve for a while.


I'm also wondering about commutability to MEM. It's almost drivable for me, although just a little over 4 hours each way. Still beats my current 2 legger.

 

[Lear70]

Well, I don't have a sweet Corporate gig, I fly on-demand freight. I'm sure I do get home alot more than anybody at the regionals, but I never really know when I will be home. I do have a pretty good job, it pays well, and advancements are fairly quick, but living life on a pager is really starting to wear on me. Never knowing when your going to work is really hard on both your body and personal life. I also only get 4 days scheduled off a month, though they're always on the weekend and I do always get holidays off, since all the plants are shut down over the holidays anyway.

I understand that. The job I'm training for right now is on-demand, live on the pager, mostly freight and air ambulance Lear command, so I'm going to be BACK in that environment, but at least it's 2 weeks on, one week off.

Personally, I'm just happy to have a flying job at the moment after the way I got hosed by my last carrier, but that's a longer story.

If that's how you're living then yes, the regionals would be a good jump up in quality of life, plus I'm comparing everything to Pinnacle which is, arguably, one of the worst regionals to work for in terms of quality of life, so Mesaba may be much better than I'm giving it credit for.

Flap Op, I didn't know MSA was getting that kind of growth. A lot of senior ex-Avro guys I'm sure are VERY happy about that.