cargoflyr69
V-Dub for Life
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- May 20, 2003
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as a shuttle pilot I agree that the 2nd year-on-up F/O pay is very lousy. Yeah we may may a few bucks an hour more right off the bat than the other guy's company, but I think we are the only ones that have a buck an hour bump for year 2. I think that prospective new hires see this and are maybe scared off because of more money to be had at other places that are hiring... They may not get the picture that upgrade could be way faster than they ever thought. The last couple upgrade classes averaged 1-1.5 years seniority. I even think there was one guy in the last class that was only on line for 9months before upgrading. Who knows what future upgrading will be like, but it HAS been faster than industry average ever since shuttle got bought by Wexford Mgmt (2001)
Maybe Shuttle will have trouble hiring pilots? Could this be why the new hire class was pushed back a week, or so I heard? Just thinking out loud ofcourse
I do agree that the new DO will be doing his part in turning this ship around. There have already been some visible changes since his arrival here and I am keeping the faith that there will be better things coming for us. We are already a pretty darn good turbo-prop operator, just gettin better. Look at the recent UAL stats if ya don't believe me.
Jets on the otherhand.... yeah right.... we still got lots of changin' that needs to be done before anyone will let us fly jets!
Maybe Shuttle will have trouble hiring pilots? Could this be why the new hire class was pushed back a week, or so I heard? Just thinking out loud ofcourse
I do agree that the new DO will be doing his part in turning this ship around. There have already been some visible changes since his arrival here and I am keeping the faith that there will be better things coming for us. We are already a pretty darn good turbo-prop operator, just gettin better. Look at the recent UAL stats if ya don't believe me.
Jets on the otherhand.... yeah right.... we still got lots of changin' that needs to be done before anyone will let us fly jets!