You already can land at any point you can see out of the front windshield in the 400. Add any more drag to that thing to try to get down faster you might even be able to land at a runway behind you!
The Q400 still has a lesser fail rate than the space shuttle or your xbox 360. One tragedy out of how many million successful flights doesn't quite require us to throw the whole airplane away.
I wouldn't recommend Horizon even to my worst enemies. Most of my friends from school that are there are trying to bail as well, either from aviation altogether or at least just QX.
10 years as an FO might sound ok to you right now as someone in their low 20's. If you have a wife and/or kids, the thought of FO wages as a 36 or 37 year old should make you want to think long and hard about coming here. The FO wages are going down as well because the jets are leaving so the...
...Capt making $82 per credit hour.
4 year FO making $41 per credit hour.
Take an average Q400 flight of 1.5 hours from SEA to BOI.
Capt cost = 82 * 1.5 = $123
FO cost = 41 * 1.5 = $62
Now there are 76 seats on a Q400. So if the crew worked for FREE, every passenger could save
$123 + $62 =...
That's because Horizon has 0 fourth year captains. The upgrade is around 7 years, and they just cancelled a bunch of upgrades so don't be shocked if it goes up to 9 or 10 years.
http://www.columbusdispatch.com/live/content/business/stories/2007/12/18/skybus_loss.ART_ART_12-18-07_C10_8V8Q86U.html?sid=101
Must be hard to make money with $10 seats when it costs more than $10 to drive to the airport
hey already are. See CBA 27.H.2.a -- quoted below.
2. Pilots may participate in the Company 401k Plan on the same basis as other employees.
a. If the specified employer matching contribution to the Company’s 401(k) plan is reduced to less than currently provided (100% match of the employee’s...
thats actually a false alarm for pilots. Someone on the internal IBT message board said that it was in the pilots CBA that the company will match up to 10%. Looks like the 6% is for other position newhires.
My wife and I will be returning to Sun Valley, Idaho to be closer to our family. This will require leaving my position as a regional FO, since the commute is virtually impossible and/or a nightmare. Does anyone know of any leads for any type of aviation position at Friedman Memorial, or of any...
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