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05-07-2014, 04:11 PM
#1901
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Dec 2013
Position: Waiting for the other shoe to drop...
Posts: 220
The timing for communicating new hire aircraft/base assignments has varied. Some Indoc classes were sent their class drop a week or so in advance; others got their drop on Day 1 of Indoc.
Does anyone - perhaps a recent Indoc new hire bubba - know why this varies between classes and whether or not it will become consistent one way or the other in the future?
Just curious.
Does anyone - perhaps a recent Indoc new hire bubba - know why this varies between classes and whether or not it will become consistent one way or the other in the future?
Just curious.
05-07-2014, 04:14 PM
#1902
Roll Tide!
Joined APC: Feb 2014
Position: B717 FO
Posts: 23
I'm throwing the question back out there about the formal dinner during indoc. I know it's been answered, but I've never seen the same answer twice. Does anyone have a recent answer for when they hold the dinner? Thanks in advance. We are trying to plan around the kids' schools.
05-07-2014, 05:33 PM
#1904
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Feb 2007
Posts: 1,044
Originally Posted by ColdUpHere
The timing for communicating new hire aircraft/base assignments has varied. Some Indoc classes were sent their class drop a week or so in advance; others got their drop on Day 1 of Indoc.
Does anyone - perhaps a recent Indoc new hire bubba - know why this varies between classes and whether or not it will become consistent one way or the other in the future?
Just curious.
Does anyone - perhaps a recent Indoc new hire bubba - know why this varies between classes and whether or not it will become consistent one way or the other in the future?
Just curious.
I know in my hiring window (2008), they always gave it day 1. That was before the flows.
Have a game plan for aircraft/bases going into day 1 because they post the slots and maybe give you an hour or so, then you bid.
Congrats to all that got good news!
05-07-2014, 08:04 PM
#1905
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Jan 2014
Position: A320 Left
Posts: 715
Originally Posted by orvil
If you go to NYC, expect to take a lot of AA jumpseats. The good news is there are lots of them and few AA jumpseaters between DFW and NYC. Your seniority will go a lot further in NYC, too. ATL is very senior.
Try to plan on moving asap. You don't want to use the call in honest policy ever while you are on probation. Termination would be a real possibility. You don't want to use it if you can avoid it once you are off of probation, either.
Try to plan on moving asap. You don't want to use the call in honest policy ever while you are on probation. Termination would be a real possibility. You don't want to use it if you can avoid it once you are off of probation, either.
05-07-2014, 08:42 PM
#1906
Looking for a laugh
Joined APC: Feb 2008
Posts: 4,099
Originally Posted by ManFlex
Is that really the case? If your commuter clause language is that weak that you fear termination, then I pity the Delta commuter. As someone who works for a LCC, I find your advise alarmingly extreme.
One example: I was furloughed 8 days short of getting off probation. When I returned 5 years later, the first thing the instructor told me was to keep my mouth shut for 8 days and then I could bad mouth management all I wanted to on the 9th day.
05-07-2014, 08:59 PM
#1907
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Jan 2014
Position: A320 Left
Posts: 715
Originally Posted by Justdoinmyjob
Pilots on probation just don't have the same protections as regular line pilots. If a CP thinks you "reliability" factor is too low, there's not much the union can do for you during year one.
One example: I was furloughed 8 days short of getting off probation. When I returned 5 years later, the first thing the instructor told me was to keep my mouth shut for 8 days and then I could bad mouth management all I wanted to on the 9th day.
One example: I was furloughed 8 days short of getting off probation. When I returned 5 years later, the first thing the instructor told me was to keep my mouth shut for 8 days and then I could bad mouth management all I wanted to on the 9th day.
05-07-2014, 11:41 PM
#1908
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Feb 2008
Posts: 19,273
Originally Posted by ManFlex
Is that really the case? If your commuter clause language is that weak that you fear termination, then I pity the Delta commuter. As someone who works for a LCC, I find your advise alarmingly extreme.
05-08-2014, 04:02 AM
#1909
Bus Driver
Joined APC: Oct 2013
Posts: 278
Maybe you just didn't get the memo... yesterday was "Commuter Buzzkill Wednesday." The talking points were laid out clearly:
1. Welcome aboard.
2. Management hates you.
3. Your CP is out to get you.
4. Move now because if you commute while on probation you'll be fired.
I'm just glad it's Thursday. Congrats to everyone who got class dates yesterday.
1. Welcome aboard.
2. Management hates you.
3. Your CP is out to get you.
4. Move now because if you commute while on probation you'll be fired.
I'm just glad it's Thursday. Congrats to everyone who got class dates yesterday.
05-08-2014, 04:25 AM
#1910
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Sep 2013
Position: On the hotel shuttle
Posts: 5,812
Originally Posted by ManFlex
All of that is fine advise for a probationary pilot. Is Delta really the type of place that will terminate a pilot for a missed commute or two? I work for a unionized carrier with a not good management/pilot rapport and that would be an extreme supposition even here. I was under the impression that Delta has good labor relations and the best CBA in the industry - that's what made me question the earlier comments.
They're not out to get you.
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