CRJ New Hire Class @ XJT

[COOPERVANE]

Is that a question as to what performance I was referring to? or the definition of abysmal? I'll do both...

Abysmal: a·bys·mal/əˈbizməl/
Extremely bad; appalling.
Adjective: Very deep.

On the United side we've had 112 cancellations in FOUR days!!! Half of the CRJs in IAD are broken, a:14 is somewhere in the 60th percentile. Very little of this has anything to do with pilots... weather has been a major problem and we can't seem to recover. I could go into an entire thesis as to how much we suck and the various reasons why but this isn't the thread for it.

2nd that.

They are broken with MAJOR issues. Be VERY careful out there.

Multiple writeups for hydraulic leaks and Bleed air leaks. OPS check good...Ops check good.....Ops check good...it will repeat until an incident and then everyone will wonder what happened. The pilots will be thrown under the bus.

 

[777forever]

Is that a question as to what performance I was referring to? or the definition of abysmal? I'll do both...

Abysmal: a·bys·mal/əˈbizməl/
Extremely bad; appalling.
Adjective: Very deep.

On the United side we've had 112 cancellations in FOUR days!!! Half of the CRJs in IAD are broken, a:14 is somewhere in the 60th percentile. Very little of this has anything to do with pilots... weather has been a major problem and we can't seem to recover. I could go into an entire thesis as to how much we suck and the various reasons why but this isn't the thread for it.

My apologies, us ATL guys always forget there is an operation out there in IAD. Thanks for the heads up on what to expect though as I picked up a United roundtrip in open-time.

 

[rjacobs]

On the United side we've had 112 cancellations in FOUR days!!! H

Cancel's in the United side(ERJ's) if its the old CAL contract dont mean a whole lot since CAL controls the cancellations. I am almost 100% positive that when the final numbers are tallied each month the cancellations that CAL(UAL) forces are not counted against us. It looks bad, but its not since we didnt cause or request those cancellations(most of them).

 

[TEXAN AVIATOR]

Hopefully during Indoc they tell these kids not to wear cowboy boots in the cockpit!

You should come to IAH, more than half the pilots wear boots. You'd love it. Boots can look very professional. Many of the lawyers at my wife's law firm wear nice cowboy boots to the office. Why are you so worried about guys shoes anyway? Why not pick something like the goofs wearing navy blue north face jackets, wrinkled and stained shirts.... or something like that. You have to look very hard to even notice a guy is wearing boots.

Monthly attrition on Xjet.com shows 16 crj fo's left in 2012. Just a replacement of attrition it seems.

 

[goahead]

You should come to IAH, more than half the pilots wear boots. You'd love it. Boots can look very professional. Many of the lawyers at my wife's law firm wear nice cowboy boots to the office. Why are you so worried about guys shoes anyway? Why not pick something like the goofs wearing navy blue north face jackets, wrinkled and stained shirts.... or something like that. You have to look very hard to even notice a guy is wearing boots.

Monthly attrition on Xjet.com shows 16 crj fo's left in 2012. Just a replacement of attrition it seems.

Agree boots are badass, there's a couple of us in ATL leftover from the DFW days still wearing them.

 

[COOPERVANE]

Every winter

 

[Clutch]

CT says 2 new hire classes in July to cover block hours and future attrition when Delta hires in the next 6-9 months..

Best hire more than that, tutt.

 

[enuffalready]

CT says 2 new hire classes in July to cover block hours and future attrition when Delta hires in the next 6-9 months..

Best hire more than that, tutt.

So we have 2 classes of 15. 6 drop out. that leaves 24 new hires for new flying and attrition to delta ? Huh?

 

[wms]

Hopefully during Indoc they tell these kids not to wear cowboy boots in the cockpit!

But they won't get through OE without them.

 

[JumpersAway]

The numbers I hear DAL will need may exceed 60 per month for the next 3 years. How on earth will 26 DCI newhires help this???????

 

[79%N1]

The numbers I hear DAL will need may exceed 60 per month for the next 3 years. How on earth will 26 DCI newhires help this???????

Well, 35% of those comes from DCI. That's 21. Of those 21, maybe a quarter will come from the old ASA crj side. So, 5 per month? : )

 

[COOPERVANE]

Well, 35% of those comes from DCI. That's 21. Of those 21, maybe a quarter will come from the old ASA crj side. So, 5 per month? : )

So....maybe I should resign. That way I'll be in the 65%. Much better odds

 

[Flyguy1226]

My apologies, us ATL guys always forget there is an operation out there in IAD.

Yup, and most ATL crews think the world revolves around them and Atlanta only. Cracks me up!

 

[Max Q]

Most people think other people think the world revolves around them. Cracks me up.

 

[Flyguy1226]

Most people think other people think the world revolves around them. Cracks me up.

You must be ATL based.

 

[TEXAN AVIATOR]

Granted that ATL is the only real sizable base the CRJ side has.. But I can see the other bases despise atl just the same as our ORD, EWR & CLE bases despise and talk chit about IAH. Meanwhile we in IAH don't despise anyone and we really don't have a big head or think we're better than anyone else.

 

[Max Q]

Bases despise other bases? Pilots are such dorks. No wonder we are treated like ****.

Bunch of babies...

 

[TEXAN AVIATOR]

Bases despise other bases? Pilots are such dorks. No wonder we are treated like ****.

Bunch of babies...

Not sure it's got anything to do with being treated like crap.. But it is dumb and childish.

 

[crazy8]

Granted that ATL is the only real sizable base the CRJ side has.. But I can see the other bases despise atl just the same as our ORD, EWR & CLE bases despise and talk chit about IAH. Meanwhile we in IAH don't despise anyone and we really don't have a big head or think we're better than anyone else.

Nah, we just think you guys are anti-social, which leads us to think that you think you're sh!t doesn't stink.

 

[asayankee]

Nah, we just think you guys are anti-social, which leads us to think that you think you're sh!t doesn't stink.

Not antisocial...but in a base with about 1400-1500 pilots you can't stop and talk to everybody. You would never move in the terminal! As a reserve, when I'm assigned an IAD/ORD trip I definitely find I spend a lot of time talking to folks in the lounge or terminal. There's a much more relaxed pace about things and you see the same faces more frequently.....so you talk to them more. Ask any of the old DFW or SLC folks about it. They will tell you the exact same thing.

Smaller bases, fewer flights and less pilots leads to a more familial and social environment. More sociology than attitude.