american Eagle and base selection

[captdorn81]

I'm interviewing with Eagle in a few weeks. My question is, If I want the ERJ can I select that aircraft with its coinciding base or do I just select the base and hope I get the jet I want?

 

[flyboyzz1]

you can only pick the base not the equipment... although if you pick a base that only has a jet.... you know what ya got

 

[DGdaPilot]

You could just bid for an all EMJ base and chances are you'd get the domicile of your choice before finishing training. That is, you would if you put in a bid for another domicile and that base doesn't happen to be DFW or LAX.

 

[Starscream]

..........or MIA or SJU.

 

[CitationLover]

don't bid SJU/DFW/LAX/MIA and you will be guaranteed an EMJ or CRJ.

 

[Flyer1015]

Bid BOS or LGA, and you are absolutely guaranteed the EMJ.

ORD could get you either EMJ or CR7.

 

[siucavflight]

Yes, the last class that started had three ORD CRJs.

 

[CitationLover]

Yes, the last class that started had three ORD CRJs.

you say that like it is a bad thing.

 

[Flyby1206]

you say that like it is a bad thing.

I dont think it was meant as a bad thing. The original posted stated they wanted the ERJ. So if you ask for an ORD base, you might not get the ERJ. If you ask for BOS or LGA you would be guaranteed the ERJ. Simple enough!

 

[CitationLover]

I dont think it was meant as a bad thing. The original posted stated they wanted the ERJ. So if you ask for an ORD base, you might not get the ERJ. If you ask for BOS or LGA you would be guaranteed the ERJ. Simple enough!

no i know siucavflight, he was riding us crj drivers.....

ORD is the best eagle base. come be junior to me for my last couple of months there! we have the fastest, most efficient rampers in all of eagleland.

 

[bogey383]

the CR7 has gone pretty junior in ORD from what I have heard.. Though I am just a new hire. what do i know..

 

[CitationLover]

the CR7 has gone pretty junior in ORD from what I have heard.. Though I am just a new hire. what do i know..

2.6 yrs at eagle and i am barely holding a relief/composite line. don't believe what you are hearing. i would easily hold a line on the emj and at dfw on the crj would be almost halfway up the list.

there are 7 people in training now for ORD CRJ (4 i believe are expected to hit the line midmonth according to the latest flowplan). this maybe what people are thinking it is going junior.

 

[yaya]

Why not the saab? In a few years it will be the quickest upgrade and you won't have to make the upgrade in a different aircraft.... Just a thought.

 

[CitationLover]

Why not the saab? In a few years it will be the quickest upgrade and you won't have to make the upgrade in a different aircraft.... Just a thought.

it is the quickest upgrade now, you do not have to wait a few years. most people don't want the turboprops because they pay less in years 2+. it is running at about an 8 yr clip right now for left seat of the saab.

 

[yaya]

it is the quickest upgrade now, you do not have to wait a few years. most people don't want the turboprops because they pay less in years 2+. it is running at about an 8 yr clip right now for left seat of the saab.

I realize it is the quickest upgrade now, the people that have flown it before have an easier transition experience. Up and out is what everyone wants, right?

 

[Flybet3]

Why not the saab? In a few years it will be the quickest upgrade and you won't have to make the upgrade in a different aircraft.... Just a thought.

how tough is the Saab? training wise? is ground school and sim training easier in the saab or the jet?

 

[CitationLover]

how tough is the Saab? training wise? is ground school and sim training easier in the saab or the jet?

any jet is easier in training and the sim than any turboprop imho.

 

[CitationLover]

I realize it is the quickest upgrade now, the people that have flown it before have an easier transition experience. Up and out is what everyone wants, right?

not to our CA's. every eagle rights pilot i fly with says the same thing: SWA, FedEx, UPS, or they stay.

 

[yaya]

not to our CA's. every eagle rights pilot i fly with says the same thing: SWA, FedEx, UPS, or they stay.

I am not staying. There are other options opening up. The next few years will be very interesting.

 

[DGdaPilot]

there are 7 people in training now for ORD CRJ (4 i believe are expected to hit the line midmonth according to the latest flowplan). this maybe what people are thinking it is going junior.

There's actually 8 in training. 4 are just starting IOE. The other 4 are starting systems. I'm one of those but I'm just waiting for a DFW slot to open. No thanks to ORD. I'll have 13 below me in DFW compared to 5 in Chi-town.....and that's with 1.5 years seniority.