Comair company culture?

[Ralph]

thanks, where can I find out about the plan? A quick search via google didn't help. Comair.com doesn't really give details on the pilot contract either.

 

[jarhead]

http://www.airlinepilotcontracts.com/Contracts/Comair2001.pdf

 

[Ralph]

Thanks! I thought no regional airline had a retirement package. Obviously I was wrong. The vacation time stinks. My current (non-flying job) allows 4 weeks a year. Do you guys get enough time off anyway that it doesn't really matter?

 

[jarhead]

Four weeks a year is very generous. If you use that as your benchmark, very few employers will be able to meet that, let alone exceed it. School teacher is about the only one I can think of (my wifes profession). As with most employers, vacation acrual increases with longevity. As your senority increases, you will be able to bid and hold days off to tie in to your vacation time, plus you can often "swap" trips with other pilots. And don't forget about your travel benefits as an airline employee to get you from "here to there"

 

[wil]

Ralph- when I was a senior FO I was able to turn my 7 day vacation into 15 without breaking a sweat! I did this by bidding a line with 4 day trips at either end of my vacation period and dropping conflicting trips. And, if you add my other 7 days which I made into 13 plus working 3 on and 4 off I would say that my quality of life was pretty good. Now I'm a very junior Captain and my quality of life sucks but I flew 5 hours last month. I spent a good amount of time poolside at the crashpad! If you live in domicile and want a minimum schedule it can be done.
And Jarhead is correct about the travel Benes! I'm taking the wife to Ireland. Last year we went over biz class (awesome) and came back on Aer Lingus (and they did not charge us- God bless the Irish!) to JFK so we could see the "City that never sleeps". If you master standby travel (it is an art!!) the world is only an ATL (or CVG, etc) connection away!!