US Airways hiring

[Jetpipeovht]

Working for a scumbag such as Parker is enough to keep me away.

 

[jmreii]

I was really surprised to hear someone just got hired with zero turbine pic.

US Air and America west have always hired pilots with little or no pic turbine time, so what's your point.

I was told a long time ago unless you are flying the same type of aircraft you are going into it won't mean a thing unless you got that swing.

 

[Deadalus]

Do all new-hires go into the EMB-190 (the only $41 1st year pay scale)?

The payscale for new-hire pay on everything else looks to be $25 an hour according to APC...? $39 if you are hired under the AW contract which, since UAir is the one hiring, is a big question mark...?

$25 an hour? No way, no how, thanks anyway.

No, I understand wanting to get out of your regional, I did 5 years at PCL with rarely better than 12 days off and increasingly uncommutable lines, mandatory junior manning and extensions, etc... There's a lot to be said for Quality of Life.

However, being a career F/O doesn't sound very appealing to me, either. America West hired almost 75% of their pilots in the last 5-7 years if memory serves. That means you'd be going to UAir with a seniority number that would put you at the bottom of the pile for a long, long time.

Unless you're under 30, you'll spend more of your major career as an F/O than you will as a CA. That just sucks... Not to mention problems with saving any money for retirement with NO pension.

I honestly haven't followed the contract negotiations much, but unless pay snapped back to pre-9/11 levels at UAir, 15 years as an F/O works out to an average of $84,500 a year, and doesn't get above $60,000 (what I need to just barely support my family of 4) until 3rd year pay.

Just can't afford to do it. I'm amazed anyone else can either, unless you're currently an F/O at a regional in which case it might be break-even 1st year...?

Unless it's a "jump on board and pray for a good raise" kind of plan.

I'm almost 4 yrs here and am at about $76k, which sucks. Hey, what is the number of that trucking school?

 

[Deadalus]

Hey I just got a line next month 80hrs and 18 days off. What the f$%! Only the second time I've ever had a line. Wa hooooooo!

 

[greyskyracer]

I'm almost 4 yrs here and am at about $76k, which sucks. Hey, what is the number of that trucking school?

1-800-big-rigs

 

[Lear70]

Lol... :d

 

[AV1ATRX]

Does anyone know if anybody's getting hired without 121 PIC?

 

[akseiner]

Does anyone know if anybody's getting hired without 121 PIC?

Yes, I heard of one with no turbine pic and no 121 pic.

 

[BeCareful!]

Hiring will continue despite age 65.

Source?

And, while you're at it, can you estimate how much longer the hiring will be happening?

For what it's worth, I think you're wrong. The company will be looking to furlough sometime next year after the next merger.

 

[greyskyracer]

Yes, I heard of one with no turbine pic and no 121 pic.

I never knew there was Dougie Parker JR

 

[vetrider]

Source?

And, while you're at it, can you estimate how much longer the hiring will be happening?

For what it's worth, I think you're wrong. The company will be looking to furlough sometime next year after the next merger.

EB's hotline said the company anticipated hiring well into 2008, and that was after he gave the news about age 65. One thing we all know by now, though, is that who knows what the future will bring.

 

[weasel_lips]

Source?

And, while you're at it, can you estimate how much longer the hiring will be happening?

For what it's worth, I think you're wrong. The company will be looking to furlough sometime next year after the next merger.

Someone in the know down there in CLT.

12 interviews a week, till the 350 slots are filled.

I would not worry about a furlough, unless a joint CBA ever happens...

 

[m80drvr]

Someone in the know down there in CLT.

12 interviews a week, till the 350 slots are filled.

I would not worry about a furlough, unless a joint CBA ever happens...

Nice use of FUD idiot, but if you were to do some research you would find that a joint CBA would require the hiring of more pilots. The west has better work rules and more vacation. But alas, no one can reason with the east. Vote in usapa and good luck in the next merger. I'm sure ALPA will love making sure the east guys get all that they deserve. Karma.......it's a b*#ch.


There will be furloughs, but it will be due to the age 60 change and the excess capacity that occurs with EVERY merger. Doug won't keep 500 extra pilots for the next 4 years with virtually no attrition. So all us junior pilots get to be unemployed so grandpa can keep his standard of living for 5 more years. Thanks guys. Let the class warfare and fights in the cockpit begin.


PS. While you spread your FUD make sure you tell the newhires how they will be protected by the pickleballers when they are merged with an ALPA carrier twice their size. You and every east captain will be screaming for relative seniority when UAL staples all of us to the bottom. Remember TWA?

 

[jws717]

Such a pleasant group at Airways. I just has one confront me and remind me that my ALPA lanyard was not popular in Charlotte.

I was impressed to see so much maturity from a 55 year old.

 

[weasel_lips]

Remember TWA?

Too bad ALPA didnt.