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Foxtrot Uniform

I am just one of many in this industry that you have already done this to!

 

[skytrash969]

Fun feeling eh?.....Enjoy the race the to the bottom!

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who has "he" done this to....he flys the F#$N planes, doesn't do the dealing. cant u come up with something better than "enjoy the race to the bottom". Its been way over used.

 

[freeflyer14]

I'll help you out...go work for somebody else!

Hmm, care to enlighten us where he/she should go to work then? Want to let us all in on who hasn't "raced to the bottom" or "lowered the bar"? I suppose you are a pissed off XJT pilot mad at the CHQ pilot group for undercutting you and taking "your" flying. Because we all know that the entire CHQ pilot group walked into Indy a few months back and said "Hey Mr. Bedford sir, let's bid on some Continental flying and screw the Expressjet pilots." uke:

 

[flyforfood77777]

Foxtrot Uniform

What a mature response. I have nothing personal against Chatuqua/Rep./Shuttle/etc., but what are they doing for the careers of all regional pilots? I would say more harm than good. Did the pilots directly seek out to low-bid all the contracts and fly airplanes that anyone sane (and not self-centered) would wish were mainline, certainly not. However, if you have any knowledge of this industry, you would have some knowledge of your company's history and their business practices before you took a job there. I am no saint, and I will always have a lot to learn, but I would rather do 135/91 corporate than fly for a company like this.

 

[ground stop]

pilots now jump at the first job offer they get without doing any real homework about the companies they are applying to. the only info they get is what is posted on this board and that is a crap shoot at best. "what is the pay, what are the bases, what aircraft do they fly...all questions that they should be getting from the company's websites or other sources, airlinepilotcentral.com for one. (some questions such as QOL are legit.) so when that question comes "why did you want to work for our company?", hopefully it will be better than "because you gave me an interview."

 

[snap145]

What a mature response. I have nothing personal against Chatuqua/Rep./Shuttle/etc., but what are they doing for the careers of all regional pilots?

And what are the rest of the pilots at every other regional airline in the universe doing to better everyone elses careers?

 

[wmudriver]

I would rather do 135/91 corporate than fly for a company like this.

 

[SennaP1]

However, if you have any knowledge of this industry, you would have some knowledge of your company's history and their business practices before you took a job there. I am no saint, and I will always have a lot to learn, but I would rather do 135/91 corporate than fly for a company like this.

So tell us what are these business practices and our history? I couldn't find anything in the Encyclopedia Britannica.

To each his own on the 135/91 gig, I assume you have experience in that part of the aviation sector. That must be that rj that you are flying in your profile.

 

[pilot22]

QOL is comparable to every other regional (Mesa excluded). .

What is the QOL like at CHQ compared to Mesa? Just curious. It always amazes me that people have this idea about other places but can never back up any hard core evidence to suggest. People think something then say it as if it were true. QOL at regionals are terrrible period and collective effort needs to be made. Set up a poll to see.

 

[flyguy81]

85 hr line next month, 16 days off, probably credit near 90 when all is said and done. Got all the days off I asked for including a nice 8 day stretch...so QOL...pretty good.

 

[Rip Vanwinkle]

flyguy: What kind of seniority does it take to hold a line like that? That sounds pretty sweet. After a certain point days off > more money, in my book.

Everyone: What's the hiring outlook (insofar as there is one) for about 6-8 months from now? I'm locked in a contract for the time being, but when I get out I'll have ~3000TT/350-400 MEL, About 1500 part 135 cargo.

I know the delta bidding is a huge question mark at the moment. Is SDF likely to stay relatively junior? Would it be effected/closed by any potential delta flying losses? What are the differences in the upgrades times for the CRJ (speculate?), 145, and 170?

Thanks,
Rip

 

[BOOMER2]

flyguy: What kind of seniority does it take to hold a line like that? That sounds pretty sweet. After a certain point days off > more money, in my book.

Everyone: What's the hiring outlook (insofar as there is one) for about 6-8 months from now? I'm locked in a contract for the time being, but when I get out I'll have ~3000TT/350-400 MEL, About 1500 part 135 cargo.

I know the delta bidding is a huge question mark at the moment. Is SDF likely to stay relatively junior? Would it be effected/closed by any potential delta flying losses? What are the differences in the upgrades times for the CRJ (speculate?), 145, and 170?

Thanks,
Rip

Many of the answers to your questions are listed on www.republicpilots.org

You can access the site as a guest, so you don't have to be a company employee. I interviewed on 9-21 and have a class date on 10-30 for the 145. Best of luck!

 

[flyforfood77777]

So tell us what are these business practices and our history? I couldn't find anything in the Encyclopedia Britannica.

To each his own on the 135/91 gig, I assume you have experience in that part of the aviation sector. That must be that rj that you are flying in your profile.

I do have corporate experience. I don't hate ya'll, I just don't think I would want to work for most regionals. I think qol and pay at all regionals is substanstandard, but some less so than others. Should we care more about job security, quick upgrade, and flying big rjs, or can we find a compromise and work for a company that does not bid against fellow airline pilots. The latter is sadly a hard option to find these days. I most likely could be a captain at Mesa right now, but I chose not to go there. That was simply my personal decision, I don't hate Mesa, I just personally had no interest in working there. I am not saying I am some martyr, but I had a little industry knowledge and I chose to go to where I wouldn't replacing other carriers lost flying. That may change soon where I work however.

 

[flyforfood77777]

What a mature response. I have nothing personal against Chatuqua/Rep./Shuttle/etc., but what are they doing for the careers of all regional pilots?

And what are the rest of the pilots at every other regional airline in the universe doing to better everyone elses careers?

Hmm, PSA voting down crappy 90 seat pay-rate, Air Whisky, TSA and GoJet, to name a few. Maybe more so management than the pilots, but do you see Horizon bidding on every contract?

 

[flyguy81]

been here for 1.5 years, bottom 1/3rd in base, so maybe a fluke, but I'll take it

 

[snap145]

Hmm, PSA voting down crappy 90 seat pay-rate, Air Whisky, TSA and GoJet, to name a few. Maybe more so MANAGEMENT than the pilots, but do you see Horizon bidding on every contract?

You said it I didnt..MANAGEMENT....thats all it boils down to..plain and simple...yes the pilots get the vote but with the outlook in the 50 seat market the way it is it shouldnt surprise any of us to vote this crap in...please understand im not disagreeing with you that 70 seats for 30 seat pay is crap...however....it is a sign of the times...and regional airlines are for the most part a communist business model....there is little democracy involved...in our case...the 50 seat market began to and is going to continue to dwindle and this is what keeps the paychecks coming...as crappy a situation and you may think it is...believe me there are many worse out there.