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[Future Furlough]

is not the be all, end all of regionals. It is mediocre, at best.

Redundant statement for any regional.

 

[91100 100 set]

Have you ever worked for a different airline? I have and RAH is not the be all, end all of regionals. It is mediocre, at best. That being said, it's the best place for me, personally, at this particular point in time.

Good contract? You've got to be kidding me. When you finally work for a major airline you'll know what you've been missing all this time.

You beat me to it.

 

[texarkana]

I'm just amazed at all this negativity. RAH is such an easy job compared to the 135 that I did and enjoyed for 2 years. 11 days on reserve with 5am shows is still better than loading freight at 2am after being on call 24/7 for ages. This job is sooo easy, and this contract is pretty dang good in comparison to other regional gigs. Just don't expect a FedEx contract/paycheck. Want quick money and QOL? You will find it here for about the same $ and time it takes to be a pilot. Probably not as fun though.

 

[RP170]

This job is sooo easy, and this contract is pretty dang good in comparison to other regional gigs.

I'd say it's average compared to other regionals out there now. What you have failed to mention is other regional airlines contracts/pay have been slashed and brought down to the level of RAH over the last few years.

ACA/Independence went out of business because they failed to lower the bar down to the levels of RAH, TSA, Mesa, etc. That was one heck of a good regional contract compared to what you'll find nowadays and that was approx. 5 years ago.

Same deal at Comair. They have been forced into a concessionary contract so they can become more "cost competitive" with RAH, Mesa, Pinnacle, etc. Look what's happened at XJet lately since they signed their "good" contract. When your contract isn't as good as regional contracts that were in place a few years ago, I don't think you can say you have a "good" contract.

The RAH contract has major sections that need to be re-worked. For example, it's a joke that you don't receive any pay for a wx or mx cancellation. DH pay at the previously mentioned companies 5 years ago was 100%. When RAH can add the basic necessities like this to it's contract and tighten up the very weak language in all sections of the contract then you can say it's a "good" contract.

I understand it's good compared to a few other regionals or flying part 135 but things have greatly changed in the 121 world. When you have 170/175's flying around basically replacing 737's and mainline jobs, the contract also needs to be representative of an airline opperating aircraft that are of this size.

I truly hope that in the next round of negotiations RAH raises the bar and provides a standard for the other regionals to try to achieve. There is, however, a lot of work that needs to be done and it's going to be a tough road ahead when dealing with the budget/penny pinching mentality that RAH's management is composed of. I enjoyed the 2 years I spent working at RAH mainly due to the professional captains but the contract needs a lot of work.

 

[TraneOfThought]

It's not the best nor the worst, you will fly and you will learn. Unfortunately you got a few guys who egotrip, then again that's everywhere. The contract could be better, just give it time. Hope your gets on.

just my .02 cents

 

[ceo_of_the_sofa]

Contract is OK, so is scheduling. Big commuter bases are senior. Some of the outbases, not so much. Upgrades are pretty quick, depending on the equipment. Attrition seems to be picking up, but so is training.

 

[Airline Driver]

I'm OK with the second part about military pilots. The first part needs some clarification. If you need to build time fast to meet some hiring goal, that is fine. If you don't yet know how to fly, then stay the FuGk home. 500 hour **************************************** who think it is a good place to learn to fly will be treated as such in my cockpit. Just because the company thinks it is ok to hire anyone with a pulse, doesn't mean that you are the $hit just because you get hired. In fact I am hearing there is a pretty good wash out rate in training. Although, from the losers they been kicking out on reserve I have to think the wash out rate should be double what it is. If you don't know how to fly jets, don't come here to learn.

If you had the same opportunity to fly a brand new shiny Jet back when you were starting out that the new hires have today, you would have jumped at the chance as well. Everyone has to start somewhere, and right now our industry is in demand of pilots.

Yes we as captains may have to do a little more watching and teaching in the cockpit. Isn't that part of the job of a captain to help mold the new hires into future captains? You can also learn new things from a new Hire FO no matter what the experience level if you are open-minded. Sure we would all like to have two captains in the cockpit, but with the cyclical events of supply and demand, the demand is overpowering the supply as other people have already posted.