NWAirlink Qs

[Fisch22]

Ladies and Gents,

Curious about NWAirlink's hiring status right now, how they look at 135 work and the general feeling from those who've been with them.

Regards,
B

 

[JJJ]

which airlink? Mesaba, or Pinnacle?

 

[JJJ]

or BigSky?

 

[Fisch22]

Pinnacle I guess, I have to admit I'm not too familiar with them right now.

B

 

[PCL_128]

Pinnacle I guess, I have to admit I'm not too familiar with them right now.

B

Do a search on Pinnacle for the last month or so and you'll find a bunch of posts on it.

 

[othello]

Roumor mill say's Big Sky will have a press release out some time this week regarding a future growth plan.

Mesaba is not the place to be right now (or any time soon) just put out a list of 12 more capt's taking a 40% pay cut and getting down graded back to the right seat yesterday.

Last I heard pinnacle was hiring NWA main line furloughs?

 

[JJJ]

I believe that the NWA furloughs will be starting training the first part of next year. The agreement is that 75% of the classes will be NWA furloughed pilots.... if they can get that many.

 

[hmmm]

furloughees Mainline NW

Also didn't it have n the agreement when big NW calls back the furloughees only a certain amount per month can return from NW Airlink / Pinnacle

 

[Sppedmode]

I think they have to stay a minimum of 18 months prior to being recalled and no more than 5 can return per month. To be honest, I don't know why anyone would do this...they will have to sit reserve for at the very least 6 months (Pinnacle reserve...not NW reserve, I'm talking 18-20 days of airport ready reserve/ month). Plus, with the number of First Officers that have the time to upgrade now, there is almost zero chance that they would upgrade in the next 18 months. I would take a job at Home Depot and enjoy life with friends/family for 18 months and wait for the recall before being subjected to our crew scheduling/planning practices and only seeing your family 10 days a month! Life is too short!