Southern Air Interview
#202
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Sep 2012
Posts: 106
The B737 captain bid went very junior. There are not many FO's below the most junior award. I would expect to see direct-entry captains off the street with the next bid later in the summer. If you are a single leg commute from CVG or will do anything for turbine PIC time it might not be a bad gig. The rest of us will stay on the B777. Be warned though! Night hub turns are not fun!
#207
Our union and pilot group, everyone's for himself, is no help.
Everybody turned down that $itty 737 contract but we showed them. ATI had a 100% rejection vote.
No, we are doomed.
#208
New Hire
Joined APC: Mar 2015
Posts: 8
ABX Union leadership wouldn't even put the 737 deal out for a vote
because it was so bad. ATI at first voted no and then tried again for
reasons unknown. Southern finally agreed even though it has been a total disaster. Plenty of Managment watchers on this forum will keep
telling us it's the life of a ACMI pilot and if you don't like it leave.
I will do that the minute a better offer presents its self. Before I go
I'm going to fight for a much better contract and the odds of success
are directly tied to all of us standing together.
because it was so bad. ATI at first voted no and then tried again for
reasons unknown. Southern finally agreed even though it has been a total disaster. Plenty of Managment watchers on this forum will keep
telling us it's the life of a ACMI pilot and if you don't like it leave.
I will do that the minute a better offer presents its self. Before I go
I'm going to fight for a much better contract and the odds of success
are directly tied to all of us standing together.
#209
So many pilots are going straight from the left seat of a regional jet to the right seat of a major that an intermediate stop to collect a 737 type at Southern is unnecessary. I predict that Southern will continue to have an extremely difficult time finding pilots who will come to the 737 program there, and if they do they will be leaving as soon as possible to go to Alaska and Southwest.
Heck, Atlas is having a very difficult time attracting pilots who are willing to stay even with our (albeit "relatively") decent pay and conditions. We are already scraping the bottom of the barrel (myself as a prime example). The pilot candidates who do stay at Atlas are typically too old or damaged to get on with a better airline. If Atlas is having a difficult time filling classes, Southern will find it next to impossible to staff their jets with an adequate number of pilots. And if SIA is having a tough time, a rathole outfit like Florida West (with absolutely no offense intended toward the pilot group) will find it totally impossible.
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Heck, Atlas is having a very difficult time attracting pilots who are willing to stay even with our (albeit "relatively") decent pay and conditions. We are already scraping the bottom of the barrel (myself as a prime example). The pilot candidates who do stay at Atlas are typically too old or damaged to get on with a better airline. If Atlas is having a difficult time filling classes, Southern will find it next to impossible to staff their jets with an adequate number of pilots. And if SIA is having a tough time, a rathole outfit like Florida West (with absolutely no offense intended toward the pilot group) will find it totally impossible.
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#210
Line Holder
Joined APC: Oct 2011
Posts: 45
Heck, Atlas is having a very difficult time attracting pilots who are willing to stay even with our (albeit "relatively") decent pay and conditions. We are already scraping the bottom of the barrel (myself as a prime example). The pilot candidates who do stay at Atlas are typically too old or damaged to get on with a better airline
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