As a jetblue pilot, I knew right away that your $20,000 check had to be from a huge PTO cash out, but don't you think it's a little misleading to say that you had a $20,000 check with 16 days off without clarifying for the folks out there who are trying to get information on our system and real...
JetBlue just CUT training pay to $2000/month and $26/day "meal credit" down from $2500/month and $48/day per diem. They obviously take it for granted that they'll attract all the good, qualified applicants they want. I hope they are proven wrong and bring pay up to a respectable level for...
Visit onebag.com and spend some time browsing around there, you're likely to at least find a few good tips. I've lived for a month out of one bag with little difficulty by following some of his advice.
Good question.
For those who are paying attention, there are two groups- the haves and the will nevers. The haves have been here over 6 years or so and have upgraded. Captain pay here is nothing to be excited about, but viewed against the backdrop of the concessionary contracts that are only...
I agree with you on the lack of growth, which is why I also agree that a very very lucrative pay scale as well as some nice quality of life features are going to be required to attract recalls or new hires once industry hiring starts to pick up.
As far as the junior PIC vs senior SIC argument...
The lack of an age limit at NJA is the number one thing that is going to make attracting new pilots difficult.
With no predictable retirement age, accepting a job at NJA is basically a bet on the fact that the company will grow rapidly. I think that would be a very poor bet with the current...
True, I'm sure the company will drag their feet on the CBA until the pilot "shortage" is in full swing and they'll definitely need to sweeten the pot to attract talent.
When I came to NJA in 2007, I specifically chose it over a 121 career because I perceived it as more stable. Well, we see...
I'd love for you to be right- that's pretty much the only way I'd be able to justify taking a recall, but I just don't see that happening. There's no precedent that I'm aware of for an all captain company and if I was given a contractual raise to captain rates + 30%, I'd be very expensive to...
Dude!
Sweet idea, I'm almost embarassed that I didn't think of it sooner!
Tomorrow, I'm just gonna call FedEx and tell them to expect me in class on April 1. Or should I call Delta? Maybe Southwest? UPS?
All these options are making my head spin!! I never realized that working at XYZ...
Thanks, I have no experience in the 717 and just found those numbers on Wikipedia. They list a 717-200 "basic gross weight" variant with MTOW of 110,000lb and 1430nm range as well as a "high gross weight" variant with MTOW of 121,000lb and 2060 nm range. I think the Basic Gross Weight version...
Haha, nice. I don't doubt that ELT would try to make that argument, it's just up to us to not buy into it. I sure don't. It's a mainline jet and it deserves mainline pay.
We are the most productive pilots in the industry according to the MIT airline data project (http://tinyurl.com/7xkpnwn) but we're paid, as a matter of company policy, the previous year's industry average. I'm happy that they finally got around to honoring the agreement, albeit two months late...
No thank you. The 190 is not a regional jet, it's very similar to a DC-9 or 717 which have always been mainline jets. Just because every other jet that Embraer makes is an RJ, that doesn't make the 190 an RJ by association.
Boeing 717 - Max takeoff weight, 110,000, Typical seating 106-117...
The last 12 years are solid, factual, documented reasons why we should all be chomping at the bit to vote yes for a union and to negotiate a CBA. Let's stick with those facts. Someone who knows the whole story should put together a timeline just like what FedEx has for their history of labor...
That's not what the email said, and where are you getting the 125% from? The email is clear that we are getting the 2.21% this year and that they want to revisit it and potential adjust the peer set and premium trigger next year. When you don't have the confidence in your argument's...
This is one of the puzzle pieces that needs to fall into place for our profession to start making gains again.
Reducing supply of pilots by raising barriers to entry, increasing demand for pilots through the new flight and duty time regs, the upcoming retirements. All of these things fall on...
Nice! You'll be past me in no time, I better up my game!
Sleep, my old friend, I used to know him well. Actually, it's been pretty good so far, we'll see how it goes when we get home.
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