Parrot_Head_Fly
Average Joe
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hawkercpt said:Currently hiring only to specific bases. Kansas City isn't and won't ever be one. Hiring into a "flex schedule" 15 days a month, based off a rotation...yada yada yada.... ATP not required, minimums for an ATP are however. You will get one when you go to school.
Plan on sitting right seat for at least 4 years in the Beechjet, oh I'm sorry, Hawker 400XP. Upgrades are very, very slow.
Alot of unhappiness is a bit of an understatement though. You'd be hard pressed to find some happy Ops pilots.
Frac Daddy said:Actually, KMCI is a Tier 1 airport and, according to the website, they are hiring for that domicile.
My bad. Of course it is...KPIT is a tier 2, why wouldn't KMCI be a tier 1.
no damned sense.
Geronimo4497 said:No flame here at all, I'm just curious about FLOPS folks opinion of the 50 million buybuck by Raytheon. Does this mean some big change, better or worse, is coming down the road? Basically, is shutdown possible at some point?
dime line said:So to answer your question "Better or Worse"? If it were better, we would not need a Union to save what benefits we have left. So yes its worse.
twisted said:When I started at FltOps I was Sen # around 960. In the last year and a half 175 pilots in front of me have left. That is an attrition rate of 18.2%. 56 new pilots have been hired for a net loss of 119 pilots. That is a net attrition rate of 12.4%. What does that mean? Well, assuming an unchanging number of aircraft and therefore positions, upgrade will occur faster than expected because everyone is quitting. Of course since we can't replace the pilots fast enough planes will end up sitting and we will have to contract charter more which will make us lose more money which will send us out of business. If you are lucky, you can pull up roots and move your family to some new place with a higher cost of living just so you can work for a company that probably won't exist for the 25 - 35 years you might want to make a career. Assuming you would want to make a career at FltOps. I don't see that being the case much anymore. Fortunately, pilots being the consumate professionals that we are, safety and, to an extent, customer service will remain priorities as long as we are flying here. it is only right to do your best in the situation you are in, but no one realistically expects folks to stick it out anymore I don't think.
illeagle said:I really need to make more $ and get out of my current 135 job which is a seasonal piston. 2500TT 900ME . Flt Options, Flexjet, Netjets, Regionals, 7-Eleven, WW You DO? My crystal ball is MEL'd
illeagle said:I really need to make more $ and get out of my current 135 job which is a seasonal piston. 2500TT 900ME . Flt Options, Flexjet, Netjets, Regionals, 7-Eleven, WW You DO? My crystal ball is MEL'd
I was afraid someone would say that. The reality sets in...hawkercpt said:Walmart greeter. You'll have a better quality of life.
Phoenix said:Please all of you fill one of these card out very neatly and mail it back in. Use the extra for any one you find that was missed in the mailing. Have them fill it out for you and you mail it for them. Phoenix
CPNTRACT ASAP
Voice Of Reason said:Gahd, I hope you aren't a captain.
You're a worse micromanager than the company reps you profess to hate. Bullying does NOT convert people to your way of thinking, trust me... Pull that with most people and you'll gain backlash, not support. Treat people like children and they'll act like it... I know when I was a child and something was forced on me, I was that much more determined NOT to do it. Adults will look rationally at the situation and make their OWN decision, and send the card in (or not) once they've done so.