America West 01/04/05 Class Official Notification?

[PHXFLYR]

Thanks for the recognition, reepicheep. Appreciate it!

Hope you enjoy your new home here at AWA. You won't get rich working here
but then again, you won't find a more finer bunch of disfunctional aviators anywhere. From what I remember about you "mainline guys" from my days at a USAIR WO,you should fit right in!! But seriously , been here 7 1/2 years , can hold Capt if I want. The guys I have flown with out on the line in both the 737 community and now the Airbus are an absolute pleasure to fly with .Very few egos,just a bunch of guys and gals who want to go out get the job done and have a good time while doing it . Of course we have our 5% or so, but fourtunatley for us , 4 1/2% of them are assigned to the 757!

Saabslime's right. I have a tendency to be a little hard on the company with some of my posts. But that's because I think they are capable of doing better in some areas and get a little tired of them always taking the cheap way out. But I guess as long as we have Xanderman and Whiskey Driver to keep me from going off the deep end ,I guess we'll be all right! All in all , not a bad gig.( I think I just heard Saabslime pass out and hit the floor! ) Hope things are what you had hoped for. Welcome aboard and Merry Christmas to you and your family...


PHXFLYR

 

[reepicheep]

Thanks; looking forward to it!

 

[JetMonkey]

I second that, even thought I'm still "wet behind the ears" this place is definately better than I ever had at the regional level, and I came from one of the best regionals. QOL man, that's what its all about, ahhh crap! I gotta go to bed, I'm starting reserve tomorrow 5am Christmas eve. Ah the joys of being at the bottom...


Happy Hollidays everybody!!

 

[reepicheep]

That raises a question - how may reserves are actually "long call" status?

 

[PHXFLYR]

Boy, that's a good question. I think they just started the long call reserve maybe 2 weeks ago and don't know too much about it. Maybe some of the new guys and gals on reserve will be able to clear that up for you.



PHXFLYR

 

[TWA Dude]

January is the first month for LC reserve in the 737/757 and February will be for the Bus. Only a handful will be on LC at any time, the formula is like 5% or sumthin. It's too soon to tell whether it'll be worth it or not. The way it was explained to us is that if a trip is in open time more than twelve hours hence Scheduling will pick the LC pilot first. This isn't the way LC should work; LC's should be moved up to SC (short-call) first. I guess if your commute is fairly short with several flights a day it could work, but for a distant commuter like me it's no help.

 

[Cactus73]

Of course we have our 5% or so, but fourtunatley for us , 4 1/2% of them are assigned to the 757!

Let's break this down a little further.

.0000000000000000000000000000000000000000001% on the 737

I don't know I've been hearing some stories about you Bus guys.

The guys on the 737 are really great. We have 2 guys that write up everything they can to ground planes in the out stations, but they treat their FO's well, from what I've experienced. That's as bad as it gets. I've really flown with a great group of people so far.

My worst day at AWA is still better than my best day at my old company.

Merry Christmas everyone!

 

[Saabslime]

PHXFLYR I'm shocked!! (Dusting myself off the floor ) Nice to see that even some of the most cynical can manage to put a positive spin on working here. You may just be gellin' after all.

One more tidbit on the long call reserve (12 hrs). Once you are contacted for a trip by CS, at the completion of that assignment it's CS's discretion whether to allow you to go back on long call or stick you on the 2 hour call out.

 

[PHXFLYR]

..nice to see some of the most cynical can out a positive spin on working here...

HEY...don't blame me !!! It was Whiskey Driver's idea !

Have a Merry Christmas!


PHXFLYR

 

[xanderman]

People like PHXFLYR keep it in perspective for cool-aid drinkers like me!

Andy