Originally Posted by
deskflier
No offense but I'm looking at regionals and PSA and this is not what I heard at recruiting events....just want honest replys not bitter employee responses....Charlotte base out of training or before sims is possible I heard
Recruiters are either overly optimistic or they are straight up lying because they want people below them to to increase upgrades and flows.
You will not get a CLT base right out of training. Other people on here will be able to give you a prediction of the time to hold CLT. You will be most likely commuting to Dayton for awhile (6 mo is my guess). I recently flew with a FO that has been here approximately 13 months and is just now getting a build up line in DAY. If you live in CLT and will not be commuting to reserve then PSA may be an ok choice. If you will be commuting to reserve regardless there are companies with much better contracts and reserve rules. Commuting hotels commuting during your reserve period etc...
The Schedule adjustment period or SAP is a great recruiting tool, but remember you are only allowed to SAP once you are a round 1 line holder. Which as I said is more than 13 months in DAY. I don't know about CLT. (guessing 2 years)
On reserve you can only move your reserve days if there is an abundance of reserves( almost never happens for FOs) you can not drop any reserve days so you will get the minimum 11 days off.
Reserve days do not qualify for Minimum day pay, so if you fly for 1 hour, you only credit 1 hour. You will still make 75hr guarantee, but you will never break guarantee unless you pick up open time, which is difficult with only 11 days off.
As was stated before there have only been 4 upgrades announced this year. PSA is somewhat over staffed on captains and the flow is being reduced to just 2 a month for June and July. We are still receiving a few more CRJ-900s, but have deferred delivery of 3 700s until next year so I am predicting maybe 20 more upgrades this year and we have a lot of 1+ year FOs that are reaching the 1000 hour mark.
The rapid growth at PSA has stopped, largely due to management interference. I would estimate at least 2 years to hold a round 1 line in CLT (maybe 6 months to reserve) and at least 3 years to upgrade. Flow is probably closer to 10 years for someone hired today.
If you live in CLT it probably won't be that bad, but if you are commuting there are much better airlines, with much better pay and contracts.
if you come to PSA based on what the recruiters are selling you will just be setting yourself up for disappointment.