What airlines dont have training contracts?

[LITCHAT7]

Which regionals dont have training contracts?

Just curious!

 

[wmuflyguy]

It's probably easier to tell you which airlines have training contracts.

 

[flyer172r]

TSA doesn't, although with attrition as bad as it is, I'm sure management would love to have one.

 

[flyboyzz1]

Off the top of my head these DONT: Skywest, AE, Express Jet, Comair, ASA, many more

 

[The Drizzle]

how about we go with everybody that isn't Republic and Great Lakes(?)

 

[mavdog]

... and Horizon.

 

[skid]

... and Horizon.

Horizon had one when I was there a year and a half ago. 2 year training contract.

 

[XJohXJ]

Mesaba = one year training contract ($20k ish), and a management that has prooven that they are willing to chase you down for it, no matter what the circumstances (even if you are furloughed!!!!!).

Admittedly, after enough uproar, they gave up on the furloughees. I guess they made their boat and second house payments without the extra money.

 

[mavdog]

Horizon had one when I was there a year and a half ago. 2 year training contract.

Yup, they still do, but it's 3 years if you're on the CRJ. I think the Dash is still 2 years though.

 

[The_Russian]

Great Lakes and Colgan have them too. I know GLA is 15 months from checkride. Colgan is similar.

 

[akseiner]

colgan is 12 months from date of hire (first day of training), so you get past checkride and you are already done a month and half. Its $16000 prorated.

 

[surplus1]

Obvioudly people sign these things or they would not exist. Can anyone give me an idea why you would sign such a thing?

 

[The_Russian]

Obvioudly people sign these things or they would not exist. Can anyone give me an idea why you would sign such a thing?

The same reason people fly RJ's for 20 bucks an hour, buy their own type, or PFT:

Career advancement.

Say you are a lowly Cessna pilot looking to move forward. If a training contract was the only thing standing between you and that Saab or 1900, you would sign too! All four of those reasons together means there is NO WAY out of lowering the bar in the regional world! We should all get over it and move on.

 

[Soverytired]

Off the top of my head these DONT: Skywest, AE, Express Jet, Comair, ASA, many more

Mesa has a training contract; 1 year, pro-rated, 10k for the CRJ.

 

[FlyingFisherman]

The Russian talking about other folks PFT????

I thought I'd seen it all.

 

[andym037]

Obvioudly people sign these things or they would not exist. Can anyone give me an idea why you would sign such a thing?

Thats a damn fine question. One must ask WHY a company is forced to resort to indenture to retain employees. A training contract should be a flashing red warning sign.

 

[The_Russian]

The Russian talking about other folks PFT????

I thought I'd seen it all.

Why not?

 

[Soverytired]

Mesa has a training contract; 1 year, pro-rated, 10k for the CRJ.

I forgot to mention:

Any time you change equipment in the first four years of employment at Mesa, you'll be signing a brand new training contract for the new training.

(1 year, pro rated, 8k for 1900, 9500k for the D8, 10k for the jets)

BTW, the company will probably be raising those numbers soon, once it realizes our contract allows them to "increase the monetary value of the training noes annually by the amount of the CPI".

Just another way to keep guys here an extra year to finish their hitch.