Originally Posted by CyFo145:1159069
Originally Posted by
MasterOfPuppets
If you want SDF you will get it however and pay close attention here....
1. SDF is 145 flying which is GOING AWAY! Contracts start to expire this fall and the last one goes in 2016.
2. The only reason SDF is a base is because we have a MX hangar there. If RAH sells the hangar due to 145 flying being pulled down SDF will close.
3. With our 4+ year upgrade you MIGHT be able to not commute while you are an FO but I highly doubt SDF will be open when you make CA.
4. If you are junior while the 145 flying goes away you will probably be involuntarily displaced to Shuttle or Republic. (you will not have a choice which certificate or which base).
5. Right now there is not much hiring for CHQ becasue it is shrinking. Most of the hiring is for S5 and YX. You can ask in your interview and they will tell you what Cert you are being hired for, I did and got what I asked for had to wait for a month before I started training though.
6. You will not know your base until sim. Our company does not plan ahead which is should be painfully obvious if you have done your research on this company.
7. If you can handle IND then you will be happy becasue it will be open tell the day the company goes out of bussiness.
Good luck, DO YOUR RESEARCH BEFORE YOU PICK ANY AIRLINE TO WORK FOR!!!
many valid points, but are you a crew planner? your saying as if no 145 growth is possible, cause I heard recently from HQ that new 145 flying is in place (either UAL,or AA, possibly both, he kept it purposely vague) but holding out until the contract is ironed out. CHQ is massivly short staffed, as are S5 and RW. SDF will be around at least 5-8 years, and anyone coming to a regional now, will be gone before that with the coming mass attrition of retirements at the majors.
Lets keep the flow of info within reason shall we?
Regarding the new 145 flying. A certain someone in HQ that one would assume to be in the know, has been throwing around this "new 145 flying" for the better part of 2 years now. Bottom line is he is full of it. His job is to be a mouth piece for the company and try to improve morale. Put zero stock in anything that comes out of his mouth.