PSA/Piedmont..how bad is it?

[Jeff775621]

I may have an interview with both..I would like to hear what you guys think of both regionals.

 

[I_Love_Lamp]

PDT is the place to be. Wonderful domiciles, great future and plenty of chance to upgrade. Get in now before its too late.

 

[Grey Ghost]

Is Bobby Trout still doing interviews????? HMMMM!

 

[Jeff775621]

PDT is the place to be. Wonderful domiciles, great future and plenty of chance to upgrade. Get in now before its too late.

Sounds like sarcasim?

 

[I_Love_Lamp]

Sounds like sarcasim?

Not at all. Who wouldn't want to live in SYR, EWN, ROA, CHO, LGA, MDT or SBY? Wonderful places, all of them. Not to mention the future at PDT. Wow. It's so bright, I have to wear sunglasses all the time.

 

[Jeff775621]

has to be better than ohio.

 

[Booker]

Is Bobby Trout still doing interviews????? HMMMM!

Negative; he "left" some time ago.

 

[LearLove]

Not at all. Who wouldn't want to live in SYR, EWN, ROA, CHO, LGA, MDT or SBY? Wonderful places, all of them. Not to mention the future at PDT. Wow. It's so bright, I have to wear sunglasses all the time.

With the exception Of LGA I'd take any of thoes cities as a base compared to hub basing. Outstation towns are much cheaper to live in so your $$$ goes further. General operations such as driving to, parking and navigating the terminal are much better at smaller airports also.

Now if you commute thats a much diff. situation....

 

[ex j-41]

I just got my next months schedule. Not commutable.
Every 4 day trip starts with a show time of 7am. Of course 3 of those first days have 7 legs. And like you would expect end late on day 4.

PSA hotels are crap. You are living in a half way house, being locked up till you can go to work the next morning. PSA is the reason that people become alcoholics.

My advice...Go to Chautauqua or Skywest. Get better hotels, schedules etc.. If you are going to live 200 days a year on the road you may as well be as comfortable as possible. Our management doesn't want us here long enough to get comfortable.

Continental express has hot reserve for 5 hrs. Ours is 9.

If you get charlotte count on being on reserve for at least a year. Maybe less if the J4J actually get to go back to US Airways.

There is a reason why PSA dropped their minimums to Commercial Multi. They can't get people to work here. If you were management wouldn't you ask yourself why? And with Chautauqua Mesa etc... giving a signing bonus...more of a reason to go elsewhere.

PSA - training dept is great.
PSA - airplanes are great...all airplanes break.
If you want to fly a jet and live in a trailer park then PSA is for you!

Pay first year will be under 20k. Second will be close to that as well.

 

[Steve]

Not at all. Who wouldn't want to live in SYR, EWN, ROA, CHO, LGA, MDT or SBY? Wonderful places, all of them. Not to mention the future at PDT. Wow. It's so bright, I have to wear sunglasses all the time.

How large of a base is LGA? Can a new hire get it out of training?

 

[suupah]

I am sure you can, I don't know why you would want to be based in LGA since PJ is in ROA now.

 

[Steve]

I am sure you can, I don't know why you would want to be based in LGA since PJ is in ROA now.

I live on LI and it would be a easy drive. Who's PJ?

 

[Grey Ghost]

I live on LI and it would be a easy drive. Who's PJ?

PJ is only the best employee that Piedmont has ever seen! You'll find out when you get there! PJ is a treat to work with!

 

[NuGuy]

Not at all. Who wouldn't want to live in SYR, EWN, ROA, CHO, LGA, MDT or SBY? Wonderful places, all of them. Not to mention the future at PDT. Wow. It's so bright, I have to wear sunglasses all the time.

While I agree that times were better when TPA and JAX were choices on the menu, CHO is a very agreeable place. Nice smallish town, only a few hours down the road from DC and from the beach. It's part of a very select few places I've lived that I'd actually move back to (actually Staunton or Harrisonburg, but same area).

If you are more into the rural life, EWN isn't half bad either, and when I was at PDT, had rock bottom cost of living. Just don't plan to ever travel anywhere, because the flights are full, and its a million miles to anywhere unless you are going to Kitty Hawk.

LYH wasn't too bad if you were a bible-thumper, but it takes all kinds.

They all beat LGA, MDT or SBY easily.

Nu

 

[buxflyr]

has to be better than ohio.

You must be from michigan.

 

[Grey Ghost]

But what about PJ?

 

[zasca]

The new hires in the latest class all got LGA. All two of em...

 

[N813CA]

I was at Piedmont 5 years ago. What happened to PHF and ORF?

 

[doug_or]

I was at Piedmont 5 years ago. What happened to PHF and ORF?

They, along with CLT and everything in FL closed. ORF flying went to Whiskey, we had no originators in CLT, and we there is no longer any flying in FL.

 

[Grey Ghost]

But they still have PJ flying for them!