Another Bad Sign @ Piedmont

[zamboni9]

Typo...so so so sorry. Spar yes.

 

[PA31Ho]

So are we actually getting the -200's replaced? I mean, I know they are leaving, but are we certain that the -100's are being put in place of them?

 

[PropPiedmont]

We are awfully short on airplanes for the flying we do have, or so it seems to me. Maybe this was just a decision to cover the schedule, who knows?

Rumors continue to abound... The LGA mechs still say the airplanes are going to paint.

We have mechanics in LGA? Call mx control in SBY or Farrow and ask. They will tell you no paint for now.

 

[LowlyPropCapt]

We have mechanics in LGA? Call mx control in SBY or Farrow and ask. They will tell you no paint for now.

No suprise that bad info abounds... We are all just mushrooms here!

 

[WSurf]

Yea, I just heard from by bud thats in CQ right now! Seems the 200's will be leaving and there is gonna be a 1 for 1 swap out for them. Yet 2 of those that are swapped out will be Dash 8 300's. That is a done deal, they are used 300's however (Imagine that).
Looks like 45 upgrades in 2006, only due to people leaving! Not sure when the first class is.

Now for the Rumor!!! PSA will be returning CRJ-200's as there leases come up. They will build up to 30 something CRJ-700 and then you might see a possible merge of the two operations. Parker is said to not wanting the CRJ-200's at the WO's. Also US Airways will be taking a big order of 190's (Sure it won't be soon with all the orders out there) that will be flown by mainline pilots.

Please don't shoot the messenger, that is only what I heard!

 

[bizzum]

On the hotel van the other night, a PSA crew said the big rumor over there is that PDT is getting all of their CRJ 200s and they will be a 700 only operator. Did not make much sense to me, but nothing in this industry does....

Like WSurf said, dont shoot the messenger, just what I heard.........also, according to the last union dance in SBY, the next new hire class will "for sure" be in March......so hopefully your life jackets are not too waterlogged yet....

 

[PropPiedmont]

Not to be shooting at you, but has the training department ever told a CQ class bad news?

They are part of management and are trying to keep people around. Every CQ I have ever been to has been filled with positive rumors:

Dash Q400s on the way, PHX base opening, More 300s, More 100s, No lease returns, CRJ 705s on the way, CRJ 200s on the way, 240 new hires and 60 upgrades, Parker likes Dash 8s, paint by summer, growth, growth, growth.

Yet nothing ever seems to happen, except for downsizing. I will always judge PDTs future based on past facts. We all know better not to believe it until we see it when it comes to US Air and Piedmont.

 

[Quack]

PropPDT is exactly right. Haven't we learned a long time ago at PDT, and hell all the other regionals for that matter, that nothing is ever true until it's in front of you. And even then someone could be pulling the wool over your eyes. PDT is not getting any bigger, and for the moment not any smaller (subject to change). It has a an extremely Senior captain group, meaning no one is in a hurry to leave. This in turn lowers attrition to a stand still (no upgrades since LAST spring). The only thing, and I mean the only positive thing that is still up in the air even, is the CEL list with mainline. If that goes down the $^!tt}r then I think most of us will be stuck where we are at for a long time.

 

[WSurf]

True, True! Just what I heard!

 

[PA31Ho]

never believe it until you see it with anything aviation related - not just PDT and USAir

 

[ceo_of_the_sofa]

Like WSurf said, dont shoot the messenger, just what I heard.........also, according to the last union dance in SBY, the next new hire class will "for sure" be in March......so hopefully your life jackets are not too waterlogged yet....

I am crossing all appendages (even that one :nuts: ), it's getting moldy in the pool.

 

[lear24]

what's the DOH of the most jr captain there. Just curious where I would stand with a Nov2000 DOH

The most junior captain was hired April 2001.

Happy?

 

[blzr]

WOW... 10k # pilots. What is the world comming to?

 

[ceo_of_the_sofa]

What's the latest on paint/attrition/class dates?

Are the -400s on the property yet?

 

[JohnnyP]

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Nothing has changed. Well i guess hats are now optional, I guess thats semi-new. And thats about as exciting as it has gotten lately. And Loretta had me scheduled for seven days of duty straight in a row, that was amusing. Wake up lady.

 

[Sig]

Did you tell Ed? I think the poultry effluvium and bum ticker are making her nuttier than squirrel turds.

 

[ceo_of_the_sofa]

Safe to say no class in Feb.?

 

[zamboni9]

March new hire classes and upgrades. Supposedly 40 some upgrades who knows how many new hires.

 

[RobCat]

What are the current upgrade times at PDT? It seems as if there were few pilots hired in 02 and 03.

 

[PA31Ho]

it seems that there is no point to a newhire class... i'm not complaining because BRING IT ON!!!! however, I don't fly as it is. they going to hire new people so they don't get to fly either? lol

seriously though, i hope they get some more people in here like they are planning.

 

[blzr]

What are the current upgrade times at PDT? It seems as if there were few pilots hired in 02 and 03.

When I got hired in 2000, it was something like 2 years. Then in 2002 and three it went up alot. kinda changes all the time, kinda like the industry itself.

I wouldn't go there looking for a quick upgrade, but at least you can live on the F/O wages and the people that work there are the best.

 

[Vladimir Lenin]

it seems that there is no point to a newhire class...

it's the 400s, man, they're coming

 

[G2T]

it's the 400s, man, they're coming

Thanks Vlad, I needed a good chuckle! :laugh:

 

[LowlyPropCapt]

Thanks Vlad, I needed a good chuckle! :laugh:

They aren't? I thought they were in the paint shop in BGR? :laugh:

 

[G2T]

They aren't? I thought they were in the paint shop in BGR? :laugh:

Shhh. Don't tell anyone else. It was supposed to be a surprise. They are going to start just dispatching them when they are out of paint. There will be an alert bulletin and FIL in your box with limitations and differences, good luck!

 

[LowlyPropCapt]

Shhh. Don't tell anyone else. It was supposed to be a surprise. They are going to start just dispatching them when they are out of paint. There will be an alert bulletin and FIL in your box with limitations and differences, good luck!

Yes... The Q400 stuff will be in one of those "ghost" revisions. You know the ones: They are dated at least six months prior to the date you actually get them, and only then after you have called Diane in pubs 30,900 times asked where the f*ck it is!

 

[lear24]

What are the current upgrade times at PDT? It seems as if there were few pilots hired in 02 and 03.

This was just discussed on the previous page of this thread. It'll be up to five years in April.

 

[eightdriver]

Run Away!!!!