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Could a new-hire or someone familiar with Mesaba first-year please provide a few answers for me?

1) Are you paid during training? How about per diem?
2) Is the hotel provided?
3) How long is training and where? Any time off?
4) Once complete with training, where is one based?
5) How much is the hourly rate and what is the monthly hour guarantee?
6) While on reserve, what is call-out time? How long are the reserve windows?
7) Is there ready reserve? How many RR per month?
8) Are you compensated for ready reserve? How many hours does a RR last?
9) When do benefits start?
10) How many immovable days off per month? (I'd commute) Is it consecutive days?
11) Do you get a uniform allowance or is it payroll deductible?


I'm real hesitant if I can financially venture into this since I currently have a good, stable job that common sense says remain at. Thanks for your answer!
 
Could a new-hire or someone familiar with Mesaba first-year please provide a few answers for me?

1) Are you paid during training? Min quarantee... How about per diem?
Min guarantee of 75 hrs

Only if your sim sessions are out of base

2) Is the hotel provided?

Yes if you live more then 50 miles away you get single occupancy hotel room

3) How long is training and where?

6-8 weeks starts in MSP an you could get sims in either DEN or Montreal Any time off? Depends a couple days here and there

4) Once complete with training, where is one based?

Probably MEM could be ATL if the open that.

5) How much is the hourly rate and what is the monthly hour guarantee?

24.20 per hr and 75 min

6) While on reserve, what is call-out time? How long are the reserve windows?

3 windows and 1 n half hr to show

7) Is there ready reserve? How many RR per month?

I don't know

8) Are you compensated for ready reserve? How many hours does a RR last?

I don't know
9) When do benefits start?

30 days from your first complete month.

10) How many immovable days off per month? (I'd commute) Is it consecutive days?

11 days not consecutive

11) Do you get a uniform allowance or is it payroll deductible?

25 bucks a pay period and yes to allowance


I'm real hesitant if I can financially venture into this since I currently have a good, stable job that common sense says remain at. Thanks for your answer!

Hope that helps
 
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Some fixes/adds

1) You do get min guarantee in training

4) MEM or DTW most likely

5) 24.20 is our current first year wage

7) Yes there is RR, use varies highly

8) You are compincated with per diem ($1.55 for 8 hours)

9) Company pays half of first uniform
 
Great, thanks for the good information. If anyone has more to add or sees discrepancies, I would appreciate the info.

BTW, if offered a position, how soon are folks getting a class date?

Thanks!
 
From what I have seen 4-6 weeks.
 
As far as days off, there are no single days off unless it is the first or last of the month. usually 2, 3, or 4 in a row, sometimes more, but not on reserve. You can also maximize days off in a row by bidding schedules that start or end with days off.

11 days off for reserve.
 
Thanks a lot! Hey, is there a commuter claus in the pilot contract? I was very privileged to have lived in-base with my former airline. I'm clueless with regard to the fun I must be missing.
 
Thanks a lot! Hey, is there a commuter claus in the pilot contract? I was very privileged to have lived in-base with my former airline. I'm clueless with regard to the fun I must be missing.

Yes there is. It's a call in honest policy. You must give yourself at least 2 flights on a red tail and you will be covered by the policy.
 
Yes there is. It's a call in honest policy. You must give yourself at least 2 flights on a red tail and you will be covered by the policy.

I take it that this also applies to pilots on reserve? Also, with regard to reserve days off and commuting, is there a way to group your days off in 2's, 3's, or 4's so you can commute?
 
yes you can request to trade your reserve days around. There are a couple stipulations to that but they almost always approve the shuffling as long as it's a legal trade.
 

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