Originally Posted by
babs
I read the past 50+ pages of this thread. I am currently a relatively senior fo at envoy(american eagle) but upgrade seems to constantly be getting further and further away. I have been offered an interview with ALGT. I am aware of the current situation there, but had some questions:
What are currently the most junior bases and equipment?
Can someone give me a typical junior schedule?
Can someone explain this homeless base for me. Do you have to bid it or can it just be assigned to you? It sounds awful.
Is the info on APC accurate? First year pay is $41 and second year is $66? Per diem is $1/hour?
What is the pay during training and is a hotel provided?
How much does medical insurance cost for a family of 3?
Any regional FOs that have made the jump...was it worth it?
Any other pertinent information?
Thanks in advance!
To add to what's been said...
Plan on being put in the VBD base until you can bid out. I noticed that in the last new hire class only a few were awarded something else. If your crazy enough to "want" the VBD base then bid the -80. The good news is that because the base is pretty well staffed there haven't been as many involuntary TDYs on the -80 side. On the AB side there is no VBD/homeless base which means people are pulled and TDY'd out of seniority around the system. So there are AB people from BLI going to FLL and pretty soon I wouldn't be surprised to see SFB and PIE guys going to OAK irregardless of seniority.