Originally Posted by
Paid2fly
Your statements above are the cheerleading of bottom feeders being referred to.
If you weren't so completely biased, you'd realize/admit that Skywest, Air Whisky, Horizon, and ASA/Expressjet have always been far better places of employment than your wife's employer. The pay, benefits, work rules and treatment of employees at J.O.s outfit have always lagged the above, even prior to the bankruptcy you use for an excuse.
Really?!?!
Skywest: I see a lot of folks complaining about QOL, poor pairing construction, horrible schedulers, and so on. In fact, I saw a post on the Skywest thread talking about the senior guys with 15+ years getting 11-12 day off lines, awesome!
Air Whiskey: I know many at AWAC and yes they have a good deal. It doesn't change the fact that they don't have a base in IAH, and it just isn't worth it to commute for 20 something bucks an hour.
Horizon: Great place, great pay, etc. They are also all props based in the Pacific northwest or AK. Even at $40/hr vs. $29/hr at 2nd year pay it's not worth the commute.
ASA/XJT: And this was choice number 1, however, during the "Welcome to Expressjet" presentation some 2 days after the announcement that they were losing 102 ERJ's the mood was a bit sour. Base in IAH shrinking, pilot moral in the toilet as they get whipsawed by Skywest Inc., parking airplanes or transferring them to TSA. Yeah, no thanks.
Either way, the pay and benefits are just about the same across the board at the regionals with a few exceptions. Still nothing worth commuting to get. And even those with something a little better, it's really just whipped cream on $hit. And by the way, I was at ASA for 6 years and remember the "stellar" bennies we had.