Eagle: The real deal

[ROSWELL41]

Anyone care to chime in on life down in SJU? What are the schedules like? 3 or 4 day trips? Overnights?

 

[siucavflight]

What are you talking about i was hired there in 04 and quit 6 months later.

They did not hire until first 1/3 of 04.

 

[DGdaPilot]

It's only wrong if you're recommending people you don't know. Otherwise, go for it. I personally had a hard time convincing my friends to work there, but I left before the bonuses started. Maybe I just wasn't motivated enough.

Thanks for the gospel, pastor. Eagle, in my opinion, does a pretty good job of filtering people out through the interview, Captain's board, and probation. I'll recommend whomever I please.

 

[DGdaPilot]

Anyone care to chime in on life down in SJU? What are the schedules like? 3 or 4 day trips? Overnights?

1 day trips, CDOs, 2 day trips, and 4 days. Most overnights are short (12 hours or less) except for Nevis and Canouan. It can be a really good life or a really bad life, depending on what you make of it. It's very easy to do reserve, hardly fly, and sit on the beach all day long.....if that's to your liking. Some people would rather sit inside and bitch. The ATR isn't the coolest (temperature wise) airplane, so you will sweat from May to October. But now it's absolutely gorgeous down here. We are super short on FOs in SJU too. I bid reserve in July and had 16 people below me and only 4 above me. Now I would only have like 5 below me and 4 above me.

 

[pgcfii2002]

How long is reserve like out of training? Is it possible to hold a line?

Does Eagle (and regionals for that matter) vary upgrade by base?

 

[spacecadet1]

"No preferential treatment, but you do get ignored for free when walking by them in the terminal. It's not that they don't notice you, it's that they try so hard to act like they don't."

Actually, a snappy salute would be appropriate when in the presence of an AA pilot. Also, please move over to the edge of the hallway so as not to hinder their path. You are not worthy.

 

[DGdaPilot]

How long is reserve like out of training? Is it possible to hold a line?

Does Eagle (and regionals for that matter) vary upgrade by base?

Upgrade is by overall company seniority only. Reserve depends from base to base. I held a line after 2 weeks of reserve in SJU. That was 10 months ago. It's probably not quite that quick right now but still probably one of the quickest in the company.

 

[TheRaven]

Labbat's,

I never said Eagle is going away. I don't believe that. However I do believe upgrades are going to be around 10 years on the jet for the foreseeable future.

Remember, keep your expectation low, then anything better is a pleasent surprise.

Bid award from 12/05 shows a few guys hired from March and April of 1998 getting RJ upggrade....anyone demoted is back in the seat and now the time starts coming down. with the LOU about flowbacks who decline recall being displaceable, i'd say the time will come down pretty quick.

 

[pgcfii2002]

I hope so....at my age I can't enter a regional and sit right seat for 7 years.

 

[DGdaPilot]

I hope so....at my age I can't enter a regional and sit right seat for 7 years.

Then it is possible that the current Eagle may not be your cup of tea. I wholly anticipate upgrade to be around 5 years here in around 2 years. But like was said earlier in this topic: working at Eagle is a great idea if you want to have the job stability of a huge company. If you want the 2 year upgrade and are ok with more job instability, then you better look elsewhere.

 

[siucavflight]

I hope so....at my age I can't enter a regional and sit right seat for 7 years.

Well while I anticipate it coming down quickly as well you might want to think about some place else, because you never know.

 

[CitationLover]

I hope so....at my age I can't enter a regional and sit right seat for 7 years.

then what are you doing ENTERING the 121 world?

 

[pgcfii2002]

Because I hate "Office Space" types of jobs.

 

[PiratePilot]

upgrade at eagle is 10 years.... trust me you don't want to go there!

 

[siucavflight]

upgrade at eagle is 10 years.... trust me you don't want to go there!

How do you figure that? Right now it is only 7, do you predict that even after the 3 year hiring freeze is skipped(when upgrade goes from 2001-2004)and the 390 CA's are recalled that the upgrade time is actually going to increase 3 years? How do you know that it is going to increase? Not doubting, just wondering what you know that I dont.

 

[CopilotDoug]

I don't understand all of this upgrade stuff. I thought the idea was to go to a company you could retire at rather than play musical chairs with your career. Just curious about those who left; why? I thought year 2 and on in a jet wasn't bad pay...?

 

[8AF]

2nd yr is not bad but the pay flying something bigger is even better.
Are u AV8? If so, got a class date yet?

 

[PiratePilot]

8AF-Flying something bigger is better? LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Remember you have to pass random drug tests at AE, so lay off the pot. You have so much to learn. How would you like to earn $37,500 as an eight year first officer??????????????? But at least you are flying a jet! HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Go do the math you can make more working at WALMART!

 

[altimaklr]

How hard is it to get an LGA base? I don't mind reserve...

 

[DGdaPilot]

How hard is it to get an LGA base? I don't mind reserve...

Shouldn't be hard at all. I'm sure they'll take whoever they can to get more staffing in the expensive northeast.