Originally Posted by Navmode

I believe you start earning captain pay when you pass your check ride, but you don't get it until a month or so after your fed ride.

Originally Posted by MESArable

Hello,

New to the forum.

Early Summer 2015 class date

DFW CRJ FO

I have bid a line every month after I completed training. As far as how I bid- I request no specific days off and select same day pairings or whatever the lingo is on the antiquated bid system. For people who do not understand what this means, I essentially tell the company they can assign me any schedule they like.
Importantly, the result is, I have never received a line.

As it looks going forward I am not likely to get a line until hopefully March.

I sit ready reserve at DFW an average of approximately 9 days per month. There are 40 or 50 (haven't counted in awhile) people junior to me on the DFW seniority
list.

January I flew less than 16 hours.

I have less than 300 hours in the airplane.

I want to fly but fact is that I sit at the airport on ready reserve.

All of my classmates have had a very similar experience thus far.

Additionally, the majority of the hotels we stay in are completely unacceptable.

My reason for posting this is to simply provide an accurate current pilot's experience at Mesa .

Originally Posted by El Dorado

You're right, my buddies in DFW and PHX are still a little ways away from holding a line. But the spring flying is picking up next month, and things will continue to improve. We lost 18 on the most recent update of the seniority list, and 15 were senior to me. I have around 200 people junior to me, with more ejets still on the way.

Yes, our pay sucks, but I'm still happy with my decision to come here. I took a 50% cut from charter to come here, and only time will tell if I made the correct decision, but I don't regret it.

So far, I've traveled to four continents and to each corner of America. I'm young and debt free, things aren't as bad as some make it out to be.

Originally Posted by spacerbubble

Why is the PHX base more difficult/longer to get a line or upgrade? Or is that still true now?

Originally Posted by 20sx

Just saw the seniority list.....My God, where and who would take Lianna?!

Originally Posted by 977flyer

Any idea or juicy rumors why Mesa is holding an open house for pilots and flight attendants in Atlanta later this month? Why would FA's commute out of Atlanta?