Northwest Airlink vs ASA vs ComAir

[RimRaider]

Dude why are you so afraid to say you work for PINNACLE!

With Northwest I'll be based in Detroit or Minneapolis. I have a
house in Atlanta. Northwest Airlink doesn't have a base in Atlanta

Northwest??? What's up with that??? Trying to shine a turd??

They only fly new jets! dude the deliveries eventually stop, and some of 9E's planes already have paint coming off and residue streaks. IF flying a brand new shinny jet matters to you, go for it.

The ONLY thing Pinnacle has going is a quick upgrade and that won't last forever!

Comair tops Pinnacle in everyway except upgrade time, but if no majors are going to be hiring WTF! Your going to need alot of PIC time before you are marketable these days at places like SWA, Aitran, JB, ATA, FedEx or UPS.

YOU NEED TO GET YOUR PRIORITES STRAIGHT!

 

[Freight Dog]

None of us will ever know if we had made the right decision until we hit 60.

It's just too bad we can't beat the clock.

 

[CatfishVT9]

Frieghtdog, that is probably the wisest one liner I've read here. Well said.

I've just retired from the Navy and I wonder if, I mean, I think I made the right call. But no one has hired me yet.............

Catfish

 

[LearLove]

None of us will ever know if we had made the right decision until we hit 60.

It's just too bad we can't beat the clock.

Amen to that.

 

[Long Time Gone]

I'd go to the one with the quickest upgrade, the majors will turn around and will resume hiring in a few years i hope. That way you will be positioned well with turbine PIC instead of just upgrading like you would at some regionals.

Oh yeh.......there's all of that long term airline experience talking again. We know you've been around for quite a while.

Just make sure that you whine to a moderator about this, too. If you're a good boy, maybe someone will get you some cheese.

LTG

 

[g159av8tor]

I'd go to the one with the quickest upgrade, the majors will turn around and will resume hiring in a few years i hope. That way you will be positioned well with turbine PIC instead of just upgrading like you would at some regionals.

Dude, go away!!!

At the least, listen and think before you speak, write, or act.

Tabby, if the above is what you honestly think, you are as ignorant as you are naive. Didn't you pay attention in AS-101? Read up on the history and future of the RJ and also on the history and future of the LCC. Find some divergent opinions?

Then, compare and contrast the airline industry today and 10 years ago and tell us where the airline industry will be in a decade. My best guess is only marginally better informed than your best guess provided you did your homework assignment. I'll let you know in 8 months when I finish my GRP on this topic

"Liv'n the dream (ha!)" is much more than the quickest upgrade. If you want sage advice, there are numerous valid posts on this board concerning this quandary. Where's my Airbus?

Tailwinds...

 

[g159av8tor]

Re: Translation

heh... sure thing.

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I'd pay $10,000 for the privilege of avoiding any semblance of real-world experience and jumping right into the cockpit of a turbine-powered airliner where I can have a reasonable expectation of meeting chicks by wearing my uniform to the grocery store.

ACA company policy unfortunately forbids wearing of the uniform outside of work.

On the other hand, they said nothing about the hat.

(chicks dig the hat)

Where's my Airbus?

Tailwinds...

 

[sf3boy]

Northwest Airlink flies more planes than CRJ's. I know trying to explain to people in MEM that bit of information is as useful as bashing your head into the wall. Go to a Delta carrier. You'll make more money and you might even have a chance to sit in the left seat someday.

 

[dondk]

The ONLY thing Pinnacle has going is a quick upgrade and that won't last forever!

This is the truest statement of all... The current upgrade time is 2 1/2 years and that may go down slighlty in the upcoming months then climb again by the fall.... Unless NWA has plans for more CRJ's at 9E we WILL top out in less then a year for upgrades. By the time the last jet is on the property my guess we will be better than 3 years for upgrade unless some serious hiring starts in the next 12 months...

Although the pay isn't the best at Northwest Airlink, the pilots are pretty happy with the environment their working in.

You have not been here too long based on that statement.. or you have drank way too much from the company kool aid....

I would say the morale while not at it's lowest, it running close to it... The company has very little interest in keeping pilots happy.

 

[Rook]

Amen to that dondk...

Rook(pouring Captain Morgan's in the company Kool-Aid)

600'AGL Autopilot on.
'WHEW!'

 

[T-Gates]

You have not been here too long based on that statement.. or you have drank way too much from the company kool aid....

I would say the morale while not at it's lowest, it running close to it... The company has very little interest in keeping pilots happy.

Amen Dude......

 

[Sppedmode]

Although I work at Pinnacle and commute from the west coast to DTW/MSP, I would tell you to work where you live. If you get the job at Comair/ASA I would take it. The upgrade time is currently coming down at Pinnacle, but the guys who get hired now probably won't see the left seat for 3 years unless we get another batch of CRJ's from NW (Mesaba will probably get the next order of CRJ's).
Seriously, if you have to sit reserve, you sit reserve at home, not a crashpad or hotel. 2-3 yr pay is like $35 an hour at Comair, Pinnacle is $23 at 2yr and $29 at 3yr. Plus, Pinnacle is still a mom-n-pop airline who just happend to get new CRJ's. Our work rules still suck, planning and scheduling are impossible to work with, and the commutes are getting harder to catch every month. It still looks like anyone getting hired today at a regional will be there for at least 5 years...so do you really want to commute to DTW or MSP for 5 years, when you could have been at home with your friends/family more often?

5 years ago, one of my instuctors told to me work where I live, I'm still kicking myself every day for not taking his advice...