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Old 03-31-2015, 09:39 PM
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I also cancelled my interview
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Old 04-01-2015, 02:37 AM
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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!
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Old 04-01-2015, 08:13 AM
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Where is Southern 737 training done?
No, not gonna go there, just asking.
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Old 04-01-2015, 08:30 AM
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Good on you guys for turning them down. Maybe if this keeps happening they will improve the pay.
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Good on you guys for turning them down. Maybe if this keeps happening they will improve the pay.
There are always bottom feeders that will take the job.
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Old 04-01-2015, 11:53 AM
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Originally Posted by DC8DRIVER View Post
Where is Southern 737 training done?
No, not gonna go there, just asking.
Boeing in MIA on 36th.
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Old 04-01-2015, 12:08 PM
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Good on you guys for turning them down. Maybe if this keeps happening they will improve the pay.
Nah, nothing will improve. They'll subcontract or buy another cheap non-union airline who will work for less.

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.
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Old 04-01-2015, 01:13 PM
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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.
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Old 04-01-2015, 05:23 PM
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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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Old 04-01-2015, 08:38 PM
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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 this is the case, why is Southern Air calling me and Atlas isn't! Haha I must be below the bottom of the barrel.
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