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Good group of people for the most part.

Rather militant management that considers the employee groups to be beasts of burden to be fed as little as possible and whipped for not working hard enough. I guess all airlines are like that to a degree, though.

In contract negotiations now, which tickles my sense of irony. The company won't follow the current contract so why should they follow a new one. Totally impotent union.

Upgrades running around 2-3 years. Everyone I have spoken to likes the 170. Bases in PIT PHL, DCA, IND and DEN.
 
sqwkvfr said:
How senior is Denver?
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KDEN is fairly senior and its only a base for one of the three certificates...(republic 170's), so the chances of getting it are slim....if you get on the republic certificate
 
I resigned there recently as the Union was powerless and it did affect my livelihood. From degradation of insurance, to bypassing upgrades, to misawarding of overtime, pay issues, JC in crewsked taking the line of "just grieve it" and the union being a perverbial eunuch, I decided to move on.

I, as well as other pilots, should REFUSE to be treated like this. Afterall, this is a professional skill, we should be treated like such. I say, beware.
 
I am on the Shuttle America side of RAH and I really enjoy it here. Scheduling sucks, we work hard, but this job is better than 90% of the regional jobs out there. You oughta get hired at Chautauqua, bases in CRP and IAH would work pretty well with being from TX.
 
I have a good friend who works at Shuttle and he has a new story just about every week. From 12 hr. credit 4 day trips(no cancellation pay) or getting to the overnight and scheduling adding another round trip. 16 deadheads in one month at 75% pay. He said that basically a 4 day trip is like being on ready reserve. He had a cnx in JFK in the morning with the next trip not for another 8 hrs later and scheduling told the crew they were unable to get a hotel because it was not a scheduled overnight!! Plus it sounds like management just pokes holes through the contract with no recourse from the union. He'd probably leave if it wasn't for the training contract.
 
Trcb777 said:
I have a good friend who works at Shuttle and he has a new story just about every week. From 12 hr. credit 4 day trips(no cancellation pay) or getting to the overnight and scheduling adding another round trip. 16 deadheads in one month at 75% pay. He said that basically a 4 day trip is like being on ready reserve. He had a cnx in JFK in the morning with the next trip not for another 8 hrs later and scheduling told the crew they were unable to get a hotel because it was not a scheduled overnight!! Plus it sounds like management just pokes holes through the contract with no recourse from the union. He'd probably leave if it wasn't for the training contract.
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That is absolute bullcrap flamebait....get your facts right....scheduling sucks...YES....four days arent worth crap...but if the layover is 5 or more hours they are required to get you a hotel room....this happens frequently....and they have to abide by it per the CBA....granted there are routinley 4 hr. and 59 minute layovers, as well as direct contract violations with scheduling....but 8 hours is blatently obvious....if he had an 8 hour layover, didnt get a hotel room and didnt grieve it its his own fault....
 
There are much better flying jobs out there once you get the experience.. I think the company treats us like dirt. One the bright side, you build hours fast and quick upgrade right now. Get your time and move on. All regionals suck.
 
snap145 said:
That is absolute bullcrap flamebait....get your facts right....scheduling sucks...YES....four days arent worth crap...but if the layover is 5 or more hours they are required to get you a hotel room....this happens frequently....and they have to abide by it per the CBA....granted there are routinley 4 hr. and 59 minute layovers, as well as direct contract violations with scheduling....but 8 hours is blatently obvious....if he had an 8 hour layover, didnt get a hotel room and didnt grieve it its his own fault....
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This happens quite often on the republic side. They cancel a flight then refuse the hotel room on the basis that it was not a "scheduled" layover but a non normal ops event. This happen to me, I argued the case to no avail.

Next time I had them fax me a copy of the new schedule, just for crew clarification purposes mind you.....then called for the hotel room with my new schedule in hand, complete with the 7.5 hour layover printed right on it. We got rooms.
 
I'm leaving RAH as a senior Chautauqua captain to start at JetBlue. This place has great potential with the 170 product and good code-shares but management seems determined to walk all over labor just because they can. Not the worst place by any means but there are other good options out there; I enjoyed my last 6 months far less than my first 4 years. If you're in TX I'd seriously consider Eagle or ExpressJet.
 
If you have a 5 or 6 hour sit and they don't give you a hotel room, tell them you'll be calling in fatigued right before your next flight. That'll get you a hotel room real quick.
 
My second regional. Better than the first one. Once I can bid from Shuttle to Republic and be based home, I wouldn't mind handing out here for a while.
 
Wow. Not at all what I experienced at the JB interview... Is it sizzling a little in here?
 
Clarification

No worries man, I actually meant the guy who posted that comment in the other forum was a flamer. Lots of ex-CHQers over at JB, including the ones who helped me. I'm sure they have their 2 percenters like anyone. The pilot group at CHQ is one of the few things I'll miss; good luck in your continuing career there.
 
I have been at RAH for almost a year. I have liked it here so far. I average 14-15 days off a month and just about every trip is commutable on one end if not both (for my base). I Average about 85 hours of credit. Like most airlines we are short on pilots, especially captains. We have our share of problems,(crew sched, mgt) but like everyone else has said its a regional. I came from another regional and it is way better. Upgrades are running 2-3 years depending on the plane and base. If you have any specific questions feel free to pm me. Good luck with your decision.
 
snap145 said:
That is absolute bullcrap flamebait....get your facts right....scheduling sucks...YES....four days arent worth crap...but if the layover is 5 or more hours they are required to get you a hotel room....this happens frequently....and they have to abide by it per the CBA....granted there are routinley 4 hr. and 59 minute layovers, as well as direct contract violations with scheduling....but 8 hours is blatently obvious....if he had an 8 hour layover, didnt get a hotel room and didnt grieve it its his own fault....
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no this is not flamebait, this kind of stuff happens all the time, they really dont care.
 
aewanabe said:
No worries man, I actually meant the guy who posted that comment in the other forum was a flamer. Lots of ex-CHQers over at JB, including the ones who helped me. I'm sure they have their 2 percenters like anyone. The pilot group at CHQ is one of the few things I'll miss; good luck in your continuing career there.
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I'm one of the ex-CHQer's here at JetBlue. The "culture shock" you're going to experience is like moving out of hell.

Productive trips...at least on the Bus.

And line guarantee. Holy crap I thought I'd die last night when they took me off my trip because I wouldn't get my required rest and realized that I was pay protected for sitting home all night. At CHQ, they would have delayed the departure so I'd get the minimum rest and told me to enjoy my 5 hours of sleep.

Cooperation from scheduling. When I was on reserve, I had a scheduler spend all morning calling me to tell me I was released from a late night trip because it was my last day of reserve and they didn't want me to work too late on my last day of reserve. I almost passed out.

And BUH-BYE Joesama bin Cespedes....I've spoken to a scheduler at JetBlue maybe 4 times in 4 months.

Chief Pilot office that actually supports you.

FLICA...holy crap you're not gonna believe what you can do with FLiCA. My second month as a line holder...85 hours with 17 days off.


CHQ was great for what I used it for....a quick upgrade. Other than that...Bedford and his hoodlums could give one rat's a$$ about the pilot group there. By the way...he makes 4 times what the JetBlue CEO makes and JetBlue's CEO donates his entire salary to an employee assistance program.

Except for our health insurance...which needs a major overhaul...you're gonna love it here. Welcome and good luck!
 
BusDriver12 said:
no this is not flamebait, this kind of stuff happens all the time, they really dont care.
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You and your boy need to grew a set andstand your ground... and quit being told what you are gonna do by a scheduler, they dont even know their own jobs- Let alone how we do ours.

There are a few good threads on our own Message boards right now about this. People are finally standing their ground and getting results.
 
my worst day at Republic is still 100 times better than my best day flying part 135 cargo...
 

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