Am I ready for a regional?

[Flybet3]

But I guess I do say dude a lot.

Hey so do I, and if anyone wants to give me crap about it, or tell me that I'm unprofessinal for telling my first officer "Hey Dude, how are ya?" or "Hey great job today bro" then that person can get on both knees and lick my cojones amigo.

 

[CRJFlyer]

I went to Riddle also....... And I know RP170.. I'm pretty sure we can both pull more ass than the rest of you And if we saw you in a bar I'm definitely sure we wouldn't have a problem mopping the floor with you. We also don't put pictures of girls up as our avatar that you would have no chance in hell of getting. And even by chance you were able to date her after she saw your pay checks she definitely wouldn't stay with you. :laugh:

What the hell am I doing on this board? Oh yeah, I was just about to see how much $ in tips and Hilton points I made this last seven day trip. Musta got sidetracked and wanted to see exactly why I left the regionals.

Hey RP how is the move back to FL goin?

 

[RP170]

Hey RP how is the move back to FL goin?

So far so good. Closing on the house on Feb. 21. I went and checked it out today. It looks great!

You slaving it on the X or is it not too bad? The Ultra's been pretty layed back.

I'd love to post an avatar of my wife on here but I don't want to make the SIU guy jealous. Hit me up when you are in MCO.

 

[CRJFlyer]

not really bad at all...the first few days of dec. were pretty busy but then it really went dead...maybe 2 or 3 legs a day..I've also spent a few days in a hotel in New Orleans(during the Championship game) and a few days in Wisconsin for the Packers/Giants game...I haven't gone coast to coast in a month either..

yeah since my wife spent so long as an FA she'd be recognized immediately by someone on this site.

If I ever get to MCO I'll give ya a call.. I forget where in MCO you are goin? We'll end up movin to FL eventually..

 

[siucavflight]

Thank you guys, I do get jealous easily. You know us SIU guys, no good looking women around!

 

[RP170]

Thank you guys, I do get jealous easily. You know us SIU guys, no good looking women around!

I take it you've never been on the Riddle campus before?

 

[siucavflight]

I have been on the Riddle campus, all guys. But you did get the vacationing spring breakers.

 

[Ernest T. Bass]

Oh yeah, I was just about to see how much $ in tips and Hilton points I made this last seven day trip. Musta got sidetracked and wanted to see exactly why I left the regionals.

IMHO the acceptance of a tip is unprofessional, contributing to the view of pilots as bus and limo drivers - the hired help. We are professionals. We should act as such.

These guys don't tip the other professionals in their lives such as doctors, lawyers, and accountants. Please - for the sake of the profession - have some pride.

I strongly encourage you to just say something like, "No thank you, Mr. Smith, it's all part of doing my job. Enjoy your vacation, I hope to see you soon."

 

[Amish RakeFight]

WHAAAAAAAAA???

I'll gladly take a tip for a charter.

...the people handing out a tip are many times flithy rich which makes me look like a pauper most times. I really don't think they sweat ~$50 bucks when they just dropped thousands on a private flight.

 

[pipejockey]

IMHO the acceptance of a tip is unprofessional, contributing to the view of pilots as bus and limo drivers - the hired help. We are professionals. We should act as such.

These guys don't tip the other professionals in their lives such as doctors, lawyers, and accountants. Please - for the sake of the profession - have some pride.

I strongly encourage you to just say something like, "No thank you, Mr. Smith, it's all part of doing my job. Enjoy your vacation, I hope to see you soon."

Are you for real? I hope you are just being facetious. If these airlines want us to act as professionals, than they should pay us as such! These so called "unprofessionals" like bus and limo drivers who accept tips are paid more than any regional FO and more than some regional captains. And that just counts their base pay not including tips. They are paid nearly as well if not more than many mainline FO's.

If I am offered a tip, I will sure as he** take it!!

 

[wilky10]

This is why I have not gone to the regionals. You can not support a family, which I have.

On the original note, if they will hire you, take it. I was low time for my last job by about 2,500 hours. I took it and learn a lot from it. For my experience level, I was told I was doing better than most previous pilots with triple the flight time. You can learn a lot from others around you with substanially more experience, if you have the right attitude.

 

[Ernest T. Bass]

I'm not writing about regional pilots, my friend (although this just happens to be on the regionals board), I am writing about corporate and charter pilots.

I am sorry you don't make squat. YOU made that choice - no one held a gun to YOUR head and made YOU go to send in YOUR resume, go to the interview, then go to INDOC and take a checkride. If you didn't know what you were getting yourself into, then you have either been under a rock or are waaayyy too stupid to be operating an aluminum tube of death with seventy lives behind you at .82 mach. Quit your whining, be a man, go fly your trip safely, and go home to your family. If you don't like your compensation, find another vocation - that's what will improve the pay - supply and demand. Microecon 1-0-fukking-1.

As long as guys keep taking jobs so they can walk through the terminal with their cool uniform on and be able to call themselves jet pilots or rely upon tips to augment their income, the "race to the bottom" as far as public/management perception, as well as compensation shall continue.

I used to be a regional pilot, too; I made a life choice to get out.

My point is this: the "race to the bottom" as far as the public's perception of our profession goes for guys to be out there taking tips - this practice is so blue collar, it should be sickening to anyone with any pride whatsoever.

If you want to be treated and looked upon as a professional, walking around with your hand out like a freaking upper East Side doorman damn sure isn't going to help.

If you're an airline pilot and you're standing there taking the blame for the landing as the passengers embark, then you accept a tip from one of those passengers (as you suggest you would willingly do), God help you, panhandler.

 

[say again]

I dont think anybody is walking around with their hands out asking for a tip. That is completely ridiculous Ernest. I havent, and never will deny a tip. I work my a$$ off loading and unloading the plane, serving these people, and I think its there way of showing their appreciation. Ive made upwards to $1500 during a 4 day trip, and to deny that is completely assinine. Now if you want to deny the tip thats fine, that just means I get to keep 100% instead of the normal 50%. :beer:

 

[Ernest T. Bass]

I will agree to disagee. I just can't participate.

I do hope, however, you are sure to spread some of that tip love to the line guys who are out there truly busting their ass.

 

[pipejockey]

If you don't like your compensation, find another vocation - that's what will improve the pay - supply and demand. Microecon 1-0-fukking-1.


If you want to be treated and looked upon as a professional, walking around with your hand out like a freaking upper East Side doorman damn sure isn't going to help.

Supply and demand?? Apparently that works in every other industry. When they can't find the talent they are looking for they attempt to increase the attractiveness of the position. But the airline industry just refuses to be normal. They can't fill classes to their liking nor staff their airlines appropriately so what do they do? They just lower standards to the gutter so that anyone with a multi-comm gets interviews and potentially hired. Guys were deemed unqualified to get hired 4 years ago at 1500 hours but now all of a sudden 500 and 100 makes one qualified now? This does not seem reasonable to me.

And the doorman?? Haaa!! There is another "unprofessional" that gets paid well above what a regional pilot earns. Oh and skycaps..they rake it in as well!! I just don't get it.

 

[hotwing]

sad...

Airlines are hiring at those times? Holy ********************! I'm outta the loop! And I do interviews! I know we don't even go that low for interns.

If they will hire you, go for it!

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