Pinnacle upgrade

[Smarta$$]

Varig-

I would bet you could upgrade rather quickly..

I came here with 2000TT.. Every check airman I have spoken with said I'm stupid if I don't try to upgrade as soon as I have 500 in the plane..

The numbers, much like everything else, at PCL changes per whatever PCL wants..

Lots of people piss and moan about this place and it could use QUITE A FEW changes, but it's no where near as bad as everyone makes it out to be - from what I have seen..

Pull your head out of the sand. It is that bad and stop recruiting for PT.

 

[PCL_128]

I have never been offered an interview this fast. It took one day to get a call.

Don't you think that should tell you something? Avoid Pinnacle like the plague.

 

[PCL_128]

Lots of people piss and moan about this place and it could use QUITE A FEW changes, but it's no where near as bad as everyone makes it out to be

You're right....it's actually much worse.

 

[Varig]

Don't you think that should tell you something? Avoid Pinnacle like the plague.

You could be right......

 

[Flyer1015]

It's Simply the Best! Phildo said so himself!

 

[ChickenSled]

It's Simply the Best! Phildo said so himself!

You misheard......

He said "Skimpily the best"

 

[Windsor]

You misheard......

He said "Skimpily the best"

....And he was not referring to the FA's.

 

[ChickenSled]

....And he was not referring to the FA's.

Nope. Here is a quote from "The Seal":

"Our compensation philosophy for all of our People is to target industry competitive wages through a mix of high productivity and reasonable pay rates for all disciplines while maintaining a competitive cost structure."

I'm not smart enough to realize what this meant at first, but then I traded a bum who has been sleeping on my back porch a steak I'd been saving for ramen noodles and a six pack of Natty Light. After I watched him eat my steak, and drinking 5 of the Natts, the translation came to me:

Quit eating alltogether and you can afford a tube of K.Y. Jelly.

Afterward, "James the bum" and I sat around for awhile and reflected on how our lives could have possibly ended up this way. He had fought in Vietnam, got spit on when he got back, his wife and family had left, and he turned to the bottle. Mine was so much easier: "I went to work for Pinnacle, I got spit on, my wife and family left, and I'd like to turn to the bottle, but I can't afford it."

 

[Grimper]

Well put Chickensled. I think you just described 1000 of the 1200 pilots here. The others just haven't received the papers yet since they haven't been home in two months.

Pinnacle is that bad. Tram wait till you try to upgrade and the APD looks at your 2500 hours on the 8710 and says " son have you ever been the captain on an airliner before, NO well 2500 hours is not alot of time and you have alot of years ahead of you. Now lets finish this up" If I need to tell you the out come of that type ride you deserve the experience.
Remember the pink slips, unsats, and violations you receive at PCL will drop off your FAA record in seven years but will remain in you company records for life. So you will still have to disclose them. To the employer you wish to be denied a job.
Pinnacle is a hazard to any pilots future. So frequenting working girls with out latex protection is your kind of fun come on over.

 

[PinnacleDude]

Varig-

Lots of people piss and moan about this place and it could use QUITE A FEW changes, but it's no where near as bad as everyone makes it out to be - from what I have seen..

Actually, its worse. Good luck if you get pink slip P as your oral, sim check airman, or Fed. Hey I guess they got some other new guys to grind out the pink slips now too. Good luck. Perhaps we'll see you on the line. Then maybe not, too......

 

[PinnacleDude]

You're right....it's actually much worse.

PCL128 beat me to it.

 

[OMG7778]

Need a lesson do ya

Lots of people piss and moan about this place and it could use QUITE A FEW changes, but it's no where near as bad as everyone makes it out to be

Obviously, you have nopt yet been called to the carpet yet for..... 1 SH!t that is not your fault, by any of the more than qualified company cronies, 2 harassed for calling in sick or fatigued, 3 disciplined for something you were not even the pilot for or a part of. Ohhhh Kind sir, just stand the hell by the long arm of the pinnacle harassment game will get you plenty soon. Just put that 4th stripe on and watch the sh!t magnet start.

 

[Flyer1015]

pink slip P

Is that GP?

 

[CrownandCoke]

Is that GP?

that's him. I actually passed my ride with him no problem.

 

[Flyer1015]

that's him. I actually passed my ride with him no problem.

Initial (SIC) type as a F/O or Captain type PIC?

 

[silver02ex]

that's him. I actually passed my ride with him no problem.

I was suppose to have him for my PC but it got changed. I'm curious to see who i get for my type ride. Just about every CA i talked to, passed with him the first try.

 

[CrownandCoke]

Initial (SIC) type as a F/O or Captain type PIC?

initial.

Btw, STFD

 

[Flyer1015]

initial.

Btw, STFD

What's this for?

 

[Tram]

I think he wants you to Shut The Front Door..

Maybe it's drafty?

 

[PCL_128]

What's this for?

Shut The Fu&^er Down. You'll hear lots of the Pinnacle guys saying it, especially the ones who were there for past contracts. The MEC actually made hats that said STFD back in '99. We had one hanging up in the MEC office in MEM.