Has much changed at Frontier?

[airludy]

Has much changed since Republic bought Frontier? Are the crews still happy?

 

[d.fitz]

How would you feel if the airline you worked for was bought by a regional? Having worked at republic, I'm guessing my friends at Frontier are less than happy!

 

[dougdrvr]

Do you still have your own crew schedulers and dispatch or has it all moved to the bright center of the universe?

 

[ABC123]

Own crew scheduling and Dispatchers, but 90% of the Dispatchers are new hires and the SOC Shift Managers are all former CHQ Dispatchers

 

[airludy]

Oh I bet those dispatchers are steller...

 

[Cardinal]

There's a few kinks as various functions move towards Indy, but day-to-day life on the line hasn't changed discernably. Still great people, and a pretty good environment within the cozy confines of our contract. Not a great time to be unrepresented, however. "Jesus gonna f you in the a"

 

[LongBoarder]

And if you were a Lynx guy or girl outside of the 4th class..... You are hosed...

Thanks Republic...

 

[johnsonrod]

And if you were a Lynx guy or girl outside of the 4th class..... You are hosed...

Thanks Republic...

Care to explain that? Not sure I am familiar with those details... Is a certain group guaranteed Republic jobs and everyone else not?

 

[CrownandCoke]

There will be approx. 40 Lynx pilots held on to until September, at which point Bedford will shut down the operation altogether. Lynx pilots were offered pilot positions at Republic, but I'm guessing few to none will take them.

 

[Palmtree Pilot]

There will be approx. 40 Lynx pilots held on to until September, at which point Bedford will shut down the operation altogether. Lynx pilots were offered pilot positions at Republic, but I'm guessing few to none will take them.

No offense to you as I don't know you personally and you maybe a stellar individual in your community and company. How can you expect a profession such as ours to be taken serious by outsiders, that roam these public boards all the time, when there are many like you that have drinking screen names and things such as "I bang the chick below" and "drilling the chick above" in your profile?

Try looking at a board for doctors or many other professions and see if they are acting like college frat kids with their screen names and profiles. The general public probably doesn't get a "warm fuzzy" about the professional pilot community in general when they see screen names and profiles like yours. These are the things they remember, not your explanation of the subject.

It's a free world and I am only suggesting that we all try to be a bit more respectable when having something to due with our profession when in the public eye.

Pt P

 

[thepotato232]

There will be approx. 40 Lynx pilots held on to until September, at which point Bedford will shut down the operation altogether. Lynx pilots were offered pilot positions at Republic, but I'm guessing few to none will take them.

Is that from the mouths of the Lynx guys themselves? I wouldn't blame them for leaving - the Lynx pilots (especially the captains) are in for a world of hurt at RAH.

Just for perspective: I know better than most here what a **** operation RAH is, but Lynx wasn't exactly sunshine and candy canes, either. The DEN base and schedules were nice, but their payscale was closer to Great Lakes' than to Republic's, and that was for their 72-seat Q400s.

Glad to hear things at F9 haven't deteriorated yet, but with RAH schedulers and dispatchers moving in, it's only a matter of time before you guys see signs of things to come. Brace for impact, and best of luck.

Palmtree - I get where you're coming from, but I think we as a profession have more important things to worry about (both at FI and on the macro scale) than CandC's description of his social life.

 

[ALPO]

No offense to you as I don't know you personally and you maybe a stellar individual in your community and company. How can you expect a profession such as ours to be taken serious by outsiders, that roam these public boards all the time, when there are many like you that have drinking screen names and things such as "I bang the chick below" and "drilling the chick above" in your profile?

Try looking at a board for doctors or many other professions and see if they are acting like college frat kids with their screen names and profiles. The general public probably doesn't get a "warm fuzzy" about the professional pilot community in general when they see screen names and profiles like yours. These are the things they remember, not your explanation of the subject.

It's a free world and I am only suggesting that we all try to be a bit more respectable when having something to due with our profession when in the public eye.

Pt P

I agree, and quit walking around with your back packs and I-pod buds in your ears, you think you look cool but it gives no confindence to pax.

 

[Flynfish]

Very low class Crown!

 

[cale42]

Potato.. pay rates aside Lynx was a fantastic regional operation. Good schedules, good work rules, phenomenal flight ops management team that gave their crews tons of latitude and support to run a safe and efficient operation. Little to no micro management. It's going to be sorely missed by many.

And lay off Cnc, he's a good guy. I'm not sure the screen name Palmtree Pilot and a Beavis and Butthead character is any more "professional". This is an anonymous message board where a lot of less than "professional" stuff is said. While pilots have a perception problem that needs to be addressed I don't think avatars on anon message boards are the root of the problem.

cale

 

[thunderworm]

I enjoy a good crown and coke and I would do her too. Maybe we should let the pax in on some of our training and PT and PC and see how much confidence they have after that.