TheSultanofScud

sorry if this is already commonly known, but I'm curious which bases are going junior at the moment...trying to determine my odds of getting DTW as a newhire (assuming i can get in).

submachXJ

Historically and now DTW has just about always been the junior newhire base. Just about always available if not forced into it already. One caviat the crj - 200 is only MSP based but not much hiring into that one right now. Crj 900 and Saab are MSP DTW and MEM based.

taiwanpilot

Hi all... I posted a questions a few pages back and I think it just got lost in all the questions about interviews. I know that Mesaba provides health insurance but during the interview they mentioned that expenses are directly removed from our paycheck. How much are we talking about here? thanks

djrogs03

Depends on your coverage the most expensive i believe is a little over $50 biweekly, the cheepest beeing around $20 biweekly...i believe there are 3 plans

johnson48

I heard a rumor that Mesaba was skipping over high time guys, like saba 5k+ tt, and going with the lower time guys. Any truth to this?

Flyhigh770

not sure. the guy with the most time in my class has 1800 tt and like 300 turbine time. i have 920 tt 700 me and no turbine time. there is a guy who has 600 tt/40 me in my class as well. who knows!

soon2be

what is the average hours of people in your class?

Flyhigh770

I would say 1200TT

Diver Driver

They may be doing this. I think that they might be worried that high time guys are going to jump ship at first chance once things start improving at the majors, fracts, etc.

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johnson48

Well, that is what I am starting to believe. Thanks for the feedback. Maybe I should subtract about 5000 hours and reapply. Airlines only get upset when you pad up your times, they probably wouldnt care if you take some off, would they?!!!!!