Tab, you need to do all of us a favor and just shut up. You have no business on this thread. As someone who is very interested in working at America West, I was hoping (like mvi) that this would be an informative thread, not an avenue for your worthless dribble.
Please get over yourself. You're an unfortunate byproduct of the pilot population.
I'm pretty sure 350 doesn't work for HP either? I think he's at Mesa...correct?
MVI,
I've heard 10% growth per year for the forseeable future. They just got a 7% raise and will get another 4% in a couple years. Work rules...something like 5.25 per day rig and 1 for 2 on duty time. That's way better than my company. Good 401K matching. There's also some sort of yearly contribution kind of like comair's system but a higher percentage. They're now on a 12 bid period year instead of the 28 day cycle for bidding/schedules. No more positive or negative banking of anything above your gaurantee...so if you have 90 credit hrs in a month, that's what you get paid instead of it going into a bank. Apparently, there's now the option to drop your scheudle down to a certain limit (60 hrs??) so if you want to fly less (i.e. more time off, less pay), that's now an option.
FO pay is around 38$ to start and 50 something the next year...tops out at 80 something??
FO for 5-8 years depending on growth, etc...at least that's what i'm guessing.
Schedules are built by preferential bidding. So it's really, what you like and what your seniority can hold. I would assume that a mix of 3 and 4 day trips with 14-18 days off per month would be pretty common and is they type of schedule that the people I know there fly.
Time on reserve would be totally up to growth and hiring. 2 years or so?
For me, living in Phoenix already and no intentions to ever leave, America West is an absolute ideal. My connections there love it. The company has been know to hire some low timers with a good internal LOR. Pretty much anywhere you go, though, there's the "i hate my job" "I hate this company" types. And there's also the Tab "wholier than though" types that somehow make it through the system and no one knows why. That's just the airlines.
For a lot of people America West isn't desirable, but for some of us it's a great fit because we love this part of the country and the flying that HP does...these are quality of life factors that are important to us...more so than big pensions, huge paychecks, etc. There's nothing more i'd like than to fly a "bus" for Cactus and drive to and from work. I look forward to working with y'all sooner than later.
Hope that helps, and FYI, all of the info in here is strictly from memory...but most of it should be pretty accurate.
