Great news for PDT poolies!

[WSurf]

Do worry there will be tons of stuff that will have to be hammered out! But why would anyone wanna leave RP and come fly a old worn out Dash 8 anyway?

 

[trainer8]

Do worry there will be tons of stuff that will have to be hammered out! But why would anyone wanna leave RP and come fly a old worn out Dash 8 anyway?

Don't think they do. Most will be E-170 Captains by summer if these AAA recalls keep going. All J4J classes are filled as of 3/20. But there may be MDA CEL furloughees who mightt want to come back.

T8

 

[Sig]

Five? Captains or FOs?

As far as EFIS...don't shoot the messenger, I'm sharing the info. Check it out for yourself.

Captains. Again, they're the ones I know about (flown with, can point them out in a crowd, they know my name, etc) in the past few months. Not a flood, for sure. Which further illustrates the lack of seats to be had recently for the displaced guys- the ones that don't want to push us out.

Now EFIS is the deal breaker? Dang. Shuuuure is faintzy, with them vector graphics and all. EICAS and all that whiz-bang stuff? Dang again. Do they display engine condition in dynes, and airspeed in decimeters/week? Must be UTTERLY alien stuff.

Nobody in this industry is trainable, from what I gather. Isn't the old saw about the intransitive property of flying cubs and concordes true anymore, or hoowhat?

 

[WSurf]

Remember the saying about the Future Cockpit! It will be a Dog and a Pilot! The pilot is there to feed the Dog, and the Dog is there to bite his hand if he touches anything!!!

 

[OPECJet]

The dogs have to pay for training, and their union isn't happy about it.....

 

[check6]

apparently everybody that interviewed at piedmont today got sent home after the written test... they changed the test fyi

Not good for me! Time to crack the ATP book. . .

 

[mnalpha]

confirmed from SBY base re-alinment. PHP, and CLT are going bye-bye

 

[WSurf]

confirmed from SBY base re-alinment. PHF, and CLT are going bye-bye

Well that was only a matter of time! I feel for the CLT people (once FL people) now those folks are looking at 2 Leg commutes! Man, and you had 17 year Captains sitting reserve in CLT!! Grrrrrrr!

EWN is Bad, really bad!!! You CLT and PHF folks don't wanna come down to this hick town.... its terrible!!! LOL, Jking!!! Good Luck to all those folks if this is true!!!

 

[ceo_of_the_sofa]

What does this mean, again? I am pretty new at this airline game, but isn't KPHP in S.Dakota? When did PDT spread its wings there?

What about new hires? What bases are slim on FOs right now?

 

[PA31Ho]

so what does that mean for the last guy on the totem pole in EWN? I'm only guessing bad things.. lol

and what the hell is PHP?

 

[LowlyPropCapt]

so what does that mean for the last guy on the totem pole in EWN? I'm only guessing bad things.. lol

No no... LGA is very nice in the springtime!

 

[JohnnyP]

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their talking about PHF, my base. great. it was only a matter of time i suppose. and theyll let us know the details about a month ahead of time, to make sure we all have to scramble to re-align our lives.

mnalpha, what else did you hear about the upcoming events? any possible time frame, etc.

 

[WSurf]

so what does that mean for the last guy on the totem pole in EWN? I'm only guessing bad things.. lol

and what the hell is PHP?

Sorry meant PHF!! Jeez, can't get one thing past you croonies, you guys are fast !!! Ho, you should be fine! I would think if CLT and PHF are closed, then you will see probably more lines given to EWN and ROA or CHO!
Now, with a base closure I believe they will be able to bid any crew base that there seniority can hold! Eg. 18 Captains in EWN, if no more positions are added to EWN and CLT or PHF guys wanna go there they can start bumping people out of EWN. These people will be able to bid any base that there seniority can hold. If they add Captain and FO slots to EWN then you (nor I) will be bumped out of base only dropping in number in base.
However, I do believe that a few junior captains in EWN will downgrade to stay there if they get bumped.
Anyway!!!!! FUBAR!

 

[PA31Ho]

force move me... wonderful! .. send me off to ROA - great! (i can hold a buildup there)... send me up north - hmmmmmmmmm i'll have some thinkin to do

 

[G2T]

force move me... wonderful! .. send me off to ROA - great! (i can hold a buildup there)... send me up north - hmmmmmmmmm i'll have some thinkin to do

Come on now, the north isn't so bad. You afraid of a little snow?

 

[PA31Ho]

no not realy.. as long as i can fly...

 

[OPECJet]

Good luck getting ROA if / when CLT closes.

What a bonehead move by the company. Any of you mgm't types reading this? KISS MY A$$!

 

[JohnnyP]

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when this base closure thing starts to happen im definately gonna try to stay as far south as i can, i.e cho, ewn, roa. i dont have my contract in front of me, but im pretty sure we can go anyplace we have at least one person junior to us. so for all the phf fo's, that will be anywhere. there hasnt been anyone put there in about a year and a half. now the fa's have a different story, i think they have to bid on a certain number of spots all spread around?

 

[PA31Ho]

so the HHH trips are being giving to the big time jet boys? or we still gonna have those.. couldn't image an rj leaving there full

 

[OPECJet]

No, PDT will still be flying out of CLT, just no more base there. Crews will all be coming from the other bases.

Good luck getting an RJ in and out of Hilton Head........................

Yes, if your base closes, you can go anywhere your seniority can hold. Translated, if the most junior guy in the base you want is junior to you, you can go to that base. If the most junior guy is senior to you, you can't go there.