Comair is done

[DrewBlows]

Does Comair still have the no-furlough clause for pilots who were on the list during the strike?

 

[makersmarc]

Does Comair still have the no-furlough clause for pilots who were on the list during the strike?

No-furlough disappeared for everyone during BK.

 

[WSurf]

Yea, many of us lost the no-furlough clause during BK.

 

[General Lee]

Yea, many of us lost the no-furlough clause during BK.

Where are you these days WSurf? Still a Captain in New Bern?


Bye Bye--General Lee

 

[agonyairfo]

To back up a few posts...

There is nothing wrong with turboprops besides being unsexy and slow. Sorry it's true. I know becuase I flew a Dash 8-100 for 3,500 hours. Like they say, it's like riding a moped so I am not personally busting on it. But those little European compact cars are pretty unsexy too. And they are sprouting up everywhere.

P38lightning and a few of you others are right about it being about the $$ numbers. On one hand I agree, "people don't like turboprops." But, people also don't like coach seats for example. But it isn't about "want" it is about how much they are willing to pay and what they perceive they can get for it. And, the public's perceptions change over time anyway. Detroit used to crank out 30 foot long big blocks and Toyota made the uncool cheap little car.

If over certain stage lengths the ATR or Q400 beats the pants off other 70 seat jets and on enough routes, then there are going to be t-props period. And if oil goes up (I should really be saying when oil goes up), then there will be even more of them.

The basic turboprop complaints are that it is noisy, slow, old, cramped, dangerous, etc. Everyone of those is bunk for those who know better. I don't know why there have never been any sort of ad campaigns produced by Bombardier. I think the flying public could embrace the Q400 if like someone mentioned they took out a row of seats, added tv's, and changed the public perception so that the Q400 is viewed as it is; a technologically advanced, new, fuel efficient, green friendly, roomy, quiet airliner. The Q400 has the noise complaint beat and I think it also has the same interior cross section as a CRJ 900 so it's no more cramped. The age thing is as simple as telling people that it isn't a WWII bomber but newer than anything else that they are currently flying on.

My pro bono marketing work for Bombardier:

Glossy pic of a Q400 flying over a lush country side covered with a new windmill field with grazing animals below. (Like a light bulb going off, John Q Public makes the connection that even though the windmill is a very old invention, it's being used in a very modern and efficient way. And the airplanes propeller has also been around for a long time, but it now too is being used in a very modern and efficient way.) Voila, the Q400 is the next Prius. Fast forward...Cheryl David breaks a champagne bottle over the nose of the 1,000th delivery. The end.

 

[brad767]

now if only we could get them to fly through ice! just joking

 

[COOPERVANE]

Funny you know it all. I know a guy who just got hired there from ASA with only crj time. If your truely interested put your stuff in and try, the worst they can say is no....that was his motto and he got it. If your not interested and just want a free trip to DXB use your flight benefits, dont ruin it for those RJ drivers who really want it.

It really isn't that funny about knowing things.
Yes I know it says "preference" I just know they were being VERY rstrictive about bullet point three last time I heard, and were not hiring CRJ guys. But you know, I haven't looked in months.

I'm not trying to discourage anybody from applying, but they were hiring LOTS of CRJ guys a few years back and now not as much.

But I guess I'm just a know it all

http://www.bestaviation.net/jobs/emirates/

Minimum Requirements

• Current ICAO ATPL
• 4,000 hours total flying time
• 2,000 hours flown in multi-crew, multi-engine jet aircraft
• Preference will be given to pilots with > 2000 hours on medium to heavy sized jets
• English Proficiency (ICAO Level4)
• Current within the last 12 months prior to the date of joining

 

[WSurf]

Where are you these days WSurf? Still a Captain in New Bern?


Bye Bye--General Lee

Yepper! Your still invited to come up and get some crawdaddy's! LOL! Actually I did get my stuff in at Delta. If US Airways Gives us Pref. Hiring then I think I'll give it a shot this time, bypassed it last time cause the writing was on the wall for furloughs.
I wanna stay her on the East Coast so Delta and US Airways are basically the bread and butter for me.

Now if we get Q400's or ATR 600's then I'll definitely hang here at Piedmont.

You still on the 75?

 

[WayBack]

It really isn't that funny about knowing things.
Yes I know it says "preference" I just know they were being VERY rstrictive about bullet point three last time I heard, and were not hiring CRJ guys. But you know, I haven't looked in months.

I'm not trying to discourage anybody from applying, but they were hiring LOTS of CRJ guys a few years back and now not as much.

But I guess I'm just a know it all

http://www.bestaviation.net/jobs/emirates/

Minimum Requirements

• Current ICAO ATPL
• 4,000 hours total flying time
• 2,000 hours flown in multi-crew, multi-engine jet aircraft
• Preference will be given to pilots with > 2000 hours on medium to heavy sized jets
• English Proficiency (ICAO Level4)
• Current within the last 12 months prior to the date of joining

Thats fine, Delta's requirements are "Anything larger than a A cup, ability to pretend you're not a lesbian and Brazilian wax."

 

[COOPERVANE]

Thats fine, Delta's requirements are "Anything larger than a A cup, ability to pretend you're not a lesbian and Brazilian wax."

Touche'

HaHaHaHaHaHa!!