FurloughedAgain said:
Rumor has it that MidAtlantic has reached the bottom of the APL list while attempting to fill first-officer positions.
(There are still plenty of people who preferenced Captain who are awaiting a call).
The questions of the day are:
- Will MidAtlantic begin to offer the flowthrough to the wholly-owned pilots?
- Has a combined list of the wholly-owned pilots been generated and distributed?
- Did LOA91 eliminate the flowthrough?
- If so, will MDA now be spooling up to hire first officers off the street?
To start off, I'm not in the mix of stuff on info but here is whats on the street. Yeah I hear calls will start soon for MDA guys at the WO. That said it going to be a mess, PSA/PDT/ALG are all very short. PSA due to getting aircraft and ALG/PDT due to guys bailing fast. PDT is hiring and upgrading and ALG isn't. The merger stuff seems to be at a halt although management says its still a go. As of now Dashs arent going like they said (from what I hear) so the whole situation is going to be a MESS if ALG/PDT guys start going to MDA and PDT/ALG can't staff.
(As for myself I hope it clears guys out ahead so I have the chance to move into the left seat again. Its so nice that there are guys at PDT that are junior to me but are upgraded or are already Capts.)
Will MidAtlantic begin to offer the flowthrough to the wholly-owned pilots?
They better, if not it will be the final straw, guys will begin to try and burn this place down faster than anyone in crystal city could have ever done themnselves. Everybody got theirs, PSA, mainline furloughed (although it s not pretty), the contract carriers. Just toss us a freakin bone already, jeez it's the least they could do for these PDT and ALG guys who have contributed so much to this company in the last 15 years of WO, god only knows how many times we've proped this place up but, Ahem, guess we can never know for sure because they say there are no "books" for the WO.
[*]Has a combined list of the wholly-owned pilots been generated and distributed?
Yes its on our ALPA site, but PDT is being a pain in the A$$ about it as some of their sen went by social security # w/in class and some (most) used DOB. That Olav guy is a real piece of work.
[*]Did LOA91 eliminate the flowthrough?
Not according to the guy I asked, but who knows in the end, I don't believe it till I see it.
[*]If so, will MDA now be spooling up to hire first officers off the street?
so they say, not holding breath, see above, like I said, when I see it.......
Hope it helps