Super senior Regional Airline pilots

[LearLove]

you guys think 81 and 79 are senior. sh1t when I was at Allegheny 79 did even get you off reserve in ABE or MDT some months.

 

[dojetdriver]

Cool.... you flew a 4 engine jet.. at a regional! Bad a$$my friend, bad a$$.

WestAir (pre ACA) flew them, along with BIZEX and ASEA also.

Why does the BAC jet/Avro have 4 engines? Because they couldn't fit 6.

4 on 3 off... dang that sux... I asked b/c at ACA the top senior guys would bid nothing but turns, home every night. wasn't sure if all airlines had those.

A lot of senior guys used to bid the standups also. Especially in the summer. The pay credit vs. how little you worked and how much you were home was too good to pass up for being able to spend the day with their kids.

 

[crj567]

4 on 3 off... dang that sux... I asked b/c at ACA the top senior guys would bid nothing but turns, home every night. wasn't sure if all airlines had those.

Yep-

I remember a time when we had those.... We even had 3 on 4 off for the top 150 or even 200 line holders. We had lots of stand-ups, etc etc....

-Seems like a long, long time ago-back before our collective tater was stretched.

 

[rickair7777]

SKW has a guy who was hired in 5/75 (lineholder, not counting managers).

 

[DGdaPilot]

655 pilots at Eagle are 18 years +. That's out of about 2700ish.

 

[Captain Morgan]

There's a couple of pilots on our (CHQ/RAH) seniority list with 1974 doh's. I think most are in the training department.

 

[WMUSIGPI]

Cool.... you flew a 4 engine jet.. at a regional! Bad a$$my friend, bad a$$.

Back when I was flying the AVRO..............did you know I flew a 4-engine jet??

I should have known better than try to honestly answer a question on this C-F of a site.

 

[Gobi Gred]

Up until a few years ago the most senior pilot at SkyWest, Earl Snow, was basically the first pilot at SkyWest. I think he put in at least 30 years and that whole time he was number 1. He held various management positions as well. I never got to fly with him but did talk to him in the crew lounge a few times and he was a nice guy. He retired early and from what I heard did really well financially with his shares of SkyWest stock. The current number 1 pilot at SkyWest has been there 35 years if I'm not mistaken.

 

[Caveman]

A quick check of an old CMR seniority list shows 5 pilots with more than 30 years, 61 with more than 25, and 268 with more than 20 years. The list I'm looking at is 4 years old, but barring medicals and early retirements those numbers should still be pretty close.

 

[kmox29]

I should have known better than try to honestly answer a question on this C-F of a site.

...and let that be a lesson to you! Logic and reasoning have no place here.

As far as I'm concerned, FI should have a 4 drink minimum.

 

[rudder]

Jazz traces its roots back to 1934 and Austin Airways. Jazz just retired the latest seniority list #1 pilot with DOH 1968. Current #1 is DOH 1970 and is still active (not on med leave).

1 pilot with greater than 40 years
6 pilots with greater than 35 years
48 pilots with greater than 30 years
100 pilots with greater than 25 years
582 pilots with greater than 20 years

http://designparavion.com/index_files/Page794.htm

 

[LearLove]

like children that compete in many consecutive special olympics

 

[rudder]

like children that compete in many consecutive special olympics

Having worked as a volunteer for the Special Olympics, whatever humour you were trying to derive from the comment is certainly misplaced and immature. I wonder what your perspective would be if your life had been touched by one of those children?

As for Jazz, there are now pilots with over 20 years seniority that are the sons of pilots that have retired from Jazz. Several pilots are the offspring of current and active Jazz pilots. Perhaps the reason that Jazz has been a success is that pilots commit to the airline and therefore commit to enhancing the pay, working conditions, and benefits. In that regard, Jazz is a leader in the industry.

In 90 days, Jazz will be adding B757's to the OC. International ops outside of North America will commence. Pilots that invested their time in making Jazz a career airline will be rewarded. Perhaps if other groups were willing to make a similar investment then we would break the cycle of regionals being used to whipsaw the majors. Only time will tell.

 

[kmox29]

Having worked as a volunteer for the Special Olympics, whatever humour you were trying to derive from the comment is certainly misplaced and immature. I wonder what your perspective would be if your life had been touched by one of those children?

Relax Francis.

 

[LearLove]

Having worked as a volunteer for the Special Olympics, whatever humour you were trying to derive from the comment is certainly misplaced and immature. I wonder what your perspective would be if your life had been touched by one of those children?

whatever Corky

http://www.performabilities.org/Chris Burke03a.jpg

You like touching children? I wasn't aware the Cathaloic church was into the special olympics?

 

[flyin4jsus]

Air Wisconsin has been around since 1965 and I believe it even goes back to 1963 as Fox River Airlines. We have several pilots and fa's with over 30 years of service.

 

[PeanuckleCRJ]

. I wonder what your perspective would be if your life had been touched by one of those children?

Why don't you come over here and have a seat?

 

[Metro752]

Ahahaha. Epic.

 

[Way2Broke]

Kindove interesting thread. Most senior pilot at Cape Air, 1988, most senior pilot at Cape Air currently online, 1989.

 

[Dubya]

In contrast, may I present the most senior Captain at Gojet...

http://www.tavustheman.com/photos/Amarillo-Sept2007/slides/DSC_9853.JPG


....Colgan....

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3223/2759177290_e709134c9a.jpg?v=0


...and last but certainly the suckiest, Mesa...


http://www.gamerevolution.com/images/misc/image/airline-pilot.jpg