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Old 07-26-2013, 12:26 PM
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bedrock
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I wouldn't bet on staying at XJT for a career--the 50 seat days are numbered. Better to go to Compass. Minneapolis isn't that far away from CLE, you'll fly the E-175 and that experience will go farther. Esp. if you ever go overseas to fly or got to JetBlue. At XJT right now, things are a mess. It is a shadow of it's former self of just 5 or 6 years ago. Royal screw-ups right and left, flight cancellations, fights with payroll over getting paid correctly. Contract negotiations are going on and mgmt just asked for ANOTHER 10% cut in pay and cut in benefits. XJT pilots took 7% back in 2008 already. Pilots are livid and saying no more. The writing is on the wall over there--mgmt is going to try and pull a comair if they don't get what they want, even though they all took a 50% plus raise. Also, a lot of 7 yr. FOs waiting to upgrade ahead of you.
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