Originally Posted by
IlliniPilot99
if you live in base that's fine.
but I still get all the emails from the union and talk with a bunch of pilots there..
1. about 80% of the attrition is the bottom of the list
2. a massive displacement is expected soon with the parking of the Q's and 145's
3. If you left for TSA or PSA you would upgrade in less than a year and hold a line.
4. we haven't even hit summer yet and RAH is cancelling 25% just due to lack of crews
5. How many pilots are bypassing the 145 for the 170, last I heard it was around 70 which would push back upgrade even further
Even for the sake of the contract...it is so unbearably bad that at TSA I'm on pace to make almost double what I did on 3rd year pay and am sitting Left seat.
Good luck but IMO,staying there for in base is fine but 100 numbers isn't good enough to stay
The money means nothing in my case. Living in base lets me double dip in the Guard, so I'm making about what I would as a Captain anyway. Plus the MIL leave is my own nice little FU to the company. I see why guys at my seniority are leaving for other regionals, it does not make sense for me to do so however. As I said, I see no reason to chase the upgrade, especially if I can get out of here without TPIC.
All that said, guys who come on here and say "If you're not willing to jump to another regional it's business as usual" are, in fact, far out of touch with how bad it's actually gotten here in the past months. I have not had a 2-4 day trip that hasn't been reassigned multiple times since December. So I bid my day trips and take MIL orders whenever I can to keep myself sane.