New CS Rumors

[flagshipper]

The first thing I did last wednesday was send an email to our cp when I heard it and he directed me to my acp who confirmed the rumor. The only thing my acp said would change would be the effective date. The base lock may not start until July or August so if you are at CS and want to move better hurry up.

 

[SKYLAWYER]

The first thing I did last wednesday was send an email to our cp when I heard it and he directed me to my acp who confirmed the rumor. The only thing my acp said would change would be the effective date. The base lock may not start until July or August so if you are at CS and want to move better hurry up.

Great job flagshipper. The more emails the better. It's not the best situation but I hear 300+ pilots complaining about this change and would have to guess that only 20 emails have been sent. Even if the cp referred you to your acp he would have heard the message. If he had to refer almost every pilot in the company he would get the point. I believe that some ACP's absorb the message of the pilot group and do not pass it on to those who matter. Some that believe that because they spoke to their ACP that mgmt here's their complaints may be very surprised to find out the truth.

 

[Flex-ible]

Depending on how it's run, it could be cheaper. I know Flex has a deal with American because of its volume out of DFW. It is also more convenient for dispatchers and schedulers to caluculate the most efficient way to get crews to planes. It will also improve first and last day efficiency because the based airports offer direct flights to most of the country; connections take time and reduce crew availability on day one.

With that said, my last one way ticket out of FLL to a small city in the eastern time zone was over 800 bucks! So much for saving money

 

[bailout]

Yep the super bases...... I live in one and have not ever started in my base and only ended in it once in 2 1/2 years.

 

[Guitar Guy]

I also don't believe its one of those things that a union could save us from. NJ was union when they were reduced to a small number of bases also.

To be fair, it should be noted that the reduction to 5 domiciles was voted on by the union membership and only affected pilots hired post-ratification. Management at NetJets could not have imposed the basing change without a vote by the union membership.

Hopefully CS will realise it does not save money, and pushes away good candidates.

I truly hope that is the case. Best of luck to you folks over there.

 

[SKYLAWYER]

Yep the super bases...... I live in one and have not ever started in my base and only ended in it once in 2 1/2 years.

I live in one and have airlined only twice this year so far.

 

[flagshipper]

I live in one and have airlined only twice this year so far.

Yeah I live in one and have started and ended in base maybe 3 times over the past year

 

[blueridge71]

I've ended in my base once and a cross town base about a half dozen times.

A few tours back, the company repositioned my plane over five hundred miles to avoid buying an airline ticket and paying me a day of OT. Cost for that leg was probably a couple of thousand dollars.

 

[7777]

Here is a question for you CS guys.

Your domicile is White Plains. You leave your car there on day 1. Your plane ends up in Kennedy or LaGuardia on day 7. Does the company pay to get you to your car?

Or here is another scenario. Your domicile airport is OHare. Your plane is at Midway on day 1. Would they have you drive to Midway to get your aircraft or would they have you park your car at OHare and have you take a train, bus, taxi to Midway?

Thanks in advance to all who reply.

 

[SKYLAWYER]

Here is a question for you CS guys.

Your domicile is White Plains. You leave your car there on day 1. Your plane ends up in Kennedy or LaGuardia on day 7. Does the company pay to get you to your car?

Or here is another scenario. Your domicile airport is OHare. Your plane is at Midway on day 1. Would they have you drive to Midway to get your aircraft or would they have you park your car at OHare and have you take a train, bus, taxi to Midway?

Thanks in advance to all who reply.

They pay for you to get to your car and to any other base besides your base of origin. In scenario one its always a car service that handles this for the company. White plains to New Jersey (besides newark) will get you a rental car. In scenario 2 you park at ohare and they get you to where they need you via taxi or rental car.