Originally Posted by
av8r1
Yes mins are dropping because I have WAY less than posted and I interview on 7.14
I hate hearing all the negative talk about PSA right before I interview but I try to put things in perspective. It's a regional airline and pretty much all of them have a lot of similarities. They all have something about them that you love or hate. Maybe the "new" contract will improve things.
I know the negative....anyone care to fill me in on what to expect that's positive?
To all those that post.....thanks for the info provided on the forum. It helps out all us newbs.
There really aren't many things to boast about at PSA, but seeing as to how eager and excited you appear I'll try to compose a short list.
1. Commutability: If you don't plan to live in base, CLT trips are almost all commutable on both ends. This assuming you're a line holder ofcourse, and no one can predict how long that will take. When I was a bottom line holder, I went months without buying a single hotel room. In order to achieve this however, you will be sacrificing number of days off and weekends.
2. Cancellation Pay: This may not seem like a big deal but it is. During the winter months when half of your 4 day gets cancelled for storms, and you end up only blocking 10 hours you'll be glad thats in the contract. It's not something worth boasting about. I only mention it becuase some airlines actually don't have this from my understanding.
3. Travel: PSA and PDT employees travel on all US Air flights as same priority as mainline employees, "SA3". Also, you recieve 6 one way #1 priority passes per year. If someone senior to you uses one of their "SA1" passes, you're still bumped. As a communter, this saved my a** a few times. PSA and PDT pilots are also second in priority behind mainline pilots for the flight deck jumpseat. First come first serve bases.
Not too much to boast about like I said. Let me ask you, did you apply anywhere else?