Ameristar - current info on conditions etc

[Windsor]

Asked MM about it this week, he said there was not going to be a change. Its just a rumor.

 

[kamikaize]

Asked MM about it this week, he said there was not going to be a change. Its just a rumor.

A source at the BNN said it was confirmed!!!! lol

 

[Windsor]

A source at the BNN said it was confirmed!!!! lol

sombody farts, the whole company smells it.

 

[King Hippo]

Whats the new schedule?

 

[RedEye1]

Netjets is hiring, the schedule is 7 on 7 off, the union, International Brotherhood of Teamsters http://www.ibt1108.org/index.html has the contract and starting pay, as well as http://airlinepilotcentral.com/airlines/fractional/netjets.html

 

[Texanflyboy]

Heard it was going to a 5 on 2 off schedule. That's why they postpone the class date.....that is if they're going to even have it now. We shall see.

 

[pilotyip]

sounds like 8 days every four weeks, what is the present time off?

 

[kamikaize]

The current schedule is a combination of 10/4, 9/5 and 11/3 during certain months for a total of 110 days off a yr. If we were to go to a 5/2 schedule we would lose a few days unless they gave us a couple back at some point in the yr. The biggest problem with a 5/2 schedule is that we have alot of pilots that commute from home to their base.

 

[pilotyip]

Looks like the schedule will be weekends off, is that right?

 

[AMDFlyer]

vibe is that there will be a mass exit. anyone know if the contract will be void?

Mass exit...? which mass exit? to go where? Are Oil prices going down? Are Legacy carriers hiring again at full and steady pace? Is the federal reserve lowering the rates? Is aviation booming again? Has this happened overnight or didI miss something during my days off?
Maybe the new schedule will help me keep in touch with the real world!!!


"LEAVE THE CANNOLI AND TAKE THE GUN..."

 

[landlover]

Mass exit...? which mass exit? to go where? Are Oil prices going down? Are Legacy carriers hiring again at full and steady pace? Is the federal reserve lowering the rates? Is aviation booming again? Has this happened overnight or didI miss something during my days off?
Maybe the new schedule will help me keep in touch with the real world!!!


"LEAVE THE CANNOLI AND TAKE THE GUN..."

The mass exit was referring to the guys that commute. Many expressed that they would find other work.

 

[AMDFlyer]

The mass exit was referring to the guys that commute. Many expressed that they would find other work.

Ahhh....I see

 

[Windsor]

The biggest problem with a 5/2 schedule is that we have alot of pilots that commute from home to their base.

Bingo. It'd make commuting impossible.

 

[flyinloki]

Yah I believe it would be weekends although I've heard some variations on the rumor. Been hearing more and more and thinking that this is probably a little more than a rumor in the company. It'd be bad for me because I really would have no life. I don't know anyone @ base and drive to my hometown on most of my 4 or 5 days. With the rumored schedule it would be almost impossible to stay for more than a day and then drive stright back. I actually like the schedule now as i'm sure most in our company especially the commuters do. But even the non-commuters such as people with wives and kids would only be around for a day and a half and back onto the road again. As we all know this is not a 9 to 5 type job where you come home every night and say "hey honey how are the kids and is dinner ready.". But I suppose theres nothing I can really do except voice my displeasure and hope the company listens to the pilot base. I'm in it for the long haul.


"A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on."

- Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965)

 

[Tug Driver]

loki-

i hear that you don't have a life anyway

tug

 

[flyinloki]

loki-

i hear that you don't have a life anyway

tug

Nice of you to say.....read quote below.

 

[AMDFlyer]

I hope it is just a rumor; there is no chance that a company like it would be able to keep enough pilots in the roster at the current conditions plus such an obscene schedule if it gets approved.
mgmt should know better...even if crew scheduling had a meeting in the past days with the D.O.

 

[Windsor]

loki-

i hear that you don't have a life anyway

tug

He dosent...HA HA HA!!!!

 

[flyinloki]

Gee I think these wisecracks sound familiar....I wonder who they could be...hmmmmm:laugh:

 

[Tug Driver]

tooo much tevo

kidding of course...