XJ street captains

[submachXJ]

If seatlocks are relased for saab captains, then why did the 200 and 900 go so junior? I know that I have my bid set up for the jets in MSP and I am senior to both those jr 200 and 900 guys.

Will we see this award get revised 6 times too?

FO

Just to clarify on my previous post the locks are released one for one bidding to saab captain not from saab captain to something else. although that could change soon if the jet continues to go jr.

 

[WTF-Over]

The company has NO incentive to release any seat lock. You know how much they save by hiring street capt's at first year capt pay vs. 4th or 5th year pay for someone internal to upgrade.
The company has no insentive to release the locks until there are no qualified people left to hire off the street.

 

[flap operator]

Submach - ok, now it makes sense. I was wondering where you were going with your post. Obviously, with street captains starting on the 19th, all seatlocked FOs are no longer seatlocked.

WTF - actually, the company does have an incentive. It's called the contract. It clearly states that the seatlocks will be removed on a one for one basis to prevent the hiring of street captains. If jet vacancies are looking like they will go unfilled, they'll release the locked saab captains (tons of them) so that no street captain flies the jets. But you're right, its far cheaper to have a guy at 1st year pay than those of us on 7+ pay.


FO

 

[MEL'ed]

Knowing the street CAs will be on reserve, how many are typically on rsv in DTW and MEM?

 

[sopdan]

There was never a seat lock for an FO to CA move. FO's are seat locked for 2 years before they can bid for FO on different equipment.

 

[XJohXJ]

Actually, there were a few FO's who bid over to jet FO, from Saab FO (they weren't displaced there) and were seat locked there. Those FO's will now be eligible to bid for Saab Captain.

 

[CubanSmoker]

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[CubanSmoker]

No street ca's on the CRJ, not in the training dept. There are ground instructors hired but they are management. They don't get to fly the line or even get a senority number for two years.

Close. The guys they hired for ground instruction on the CRJ are NOT management. They are employees of the training department out of college - former CFI's. You are correct however that they can't get a seniority number for 2 years from their DOH.

There are also ground instructors that have come from the line as FTI's on the CRJ. They are "contract" pilots with experience on the aircraft (here at XJ not elsewhere) that are under the ALPA contract. At some point, they will return to the line, LCA, or sim instruct if the training department ever catches up enough to let them return.