ASA Pool

[RJFlyer]

I've been here about 3.5 years, and looking at at least 2 more years before upgrade. That said, if you want to come here, it's a pretty good company to work for. My only advice to make it better - DON'T COMMUTE. Commuting sucks, and takes away what QOL we do have.

 

[Parethd70]

ASA blows!

I've worked at several airlines, one of them ASA, and I must say that my experience there was less than pleasant. The pay is near but not tops in the regional industry...and that's the good part. But there are virtually NO work rules. Scheduling treats everyone like disposable pieces of $h!t. There are no fewer than 5 chief pilots for the ATL base alone (4 assistants and one base chief) and they are all absolutely worthless. Most are really great guys but have absolutely no power to actually solve anything.

The contract negotiations are going absolutely nowhere. Supposedly 25 new RJ's next year....Im sure they will announce sometime soon that the remaining ATR's will be parked for a net gain of only a few planes.

Say what you will, but a regional is a regional. They all treat their employees like crap.

 

[ProLine4]

From the inside, looking out

For the poolies,

As we all know, the best part of the job is when the door is closed and the CA calls for "engine start check to the line." Beyond that, things now here are IMO on par or worse than other regionals. We are hiring, and like what was stated earlier, attrition is supposedly at 10-15 people a month, primarily to guys getting on with our neighbor in C Concourse and a few heading to WN. Upgrade right now is sitting at 4+ years, with hope that it will reduce to 3ish thanks to attrition and hiring. Of course, they could have 200 people on reserve in ATL and nothing would change. SLC is super senior, at least for now, so plan on ATL base.

As stated earlier, work rules are transparent to scheduling, and you can expect to be abused and used at their will. Know the contract, rest requirements, and the basic FARs. Some of your buddies on reserve will fly nonstop, others will wonder if their cellphone is broken because it hasn't shown "Restricted" on the caller ID in weeks. The last thing I'd do is call and ask them about it, though, because you'd probably get on someone's b!tch list.

Morale in DFW right now is horrible due to 1/31/05 looming on the horizon, and scenarios like the following making the base closure that much more difficult:
-Its Nov 15, the place will be closed in 2.5 months, and still, no one has been told of any displacement plan. With just under 60 aircraft and 600 pilots in limbo, one would -think- a list of who goes where and when would be out now so people can plan for leases, families, house sale closures, etc. After a quick phone call the other day, even the "relocation coordinator" at the Deathstar, I mean GO, does not know.
-Good luck trying to redeem the S1R relocation passes to househunt anytime soon, they aren't there. Myself and a gate agent could not find anything in Deltamatic indicating that we have been allotted said passes...mgmt put out that memo on flica, but hasn't followed up by telling the pass bureau to credit our PPR account with those S1Rs. Be careful with the kiosk check-in, it will allow you to list S1R, but you'll pay a $150 fine and get a nastygram from the pass bureau since it was an unauthorized priority level!

These are just two basic examples on how mgmt is completely detached from the true day-to-day operations of this airline. After your first month out of training, you'll soon realize this as well. Luckily everyone on the frontline realizes this fact, and keeps the operation going.

Just my 0.02.