Don't let my pessimism sway u.. It has some positives.. We have wonderful people here. We stay at some top notch places that I enjoy.. Except tri and BGM.

I got in as the flow just started and the jets were announced shortly after.. Lots of positive vibes.. Boss Hogg got in as well and u would swear some people were in nirvana.

The little erjs are rolling up quickly. And if you want to upgrade to captain as soon as u get your 1000 hours it's there for u. That being said, the pilot group overall is fairly grumpy. We are working really hard to cover all the flying. Our pilot group has actually shrunk over the last few months and we are stuck flowing 3 a month since we can't get to the magical number 475 pilots. We lose 3 amazing people this month and next month, three more really awesome guys.

The dashes are old and maintenance heavy. It's actually amazing how we are able to keep them in the air so much. The dash is simply an amazing plane to fly.. 200 kts at five miles out and you'll be fully configured and at vref 100 knots no problem. When approach says can u make a short approach the auto pilot is already clicked of, and your grinning ear to ear before the guy next to you can even key the mic. It's a pilots aircraft and truly something to experience.

Our schedules absolutely suck. A max duty day and only getting paid for 4 to 5 hours while turning a plane 6 times with 3 swaps, and an approach to mins each leg.. You will be more tired than a monkeys ass.. And the pay for all that hard work is atrocious. Yes there is the unheard triple premium available to everyone, but with only 11 days off, picking the stuff up is like selling your soul and making out with Bruce Jenner.. It might feel good while your doing it but kaitlyn Jenner is still a dude..

We are having a really hard time recruiting. We are short by about 250 pilots from last years goal.

There are many in are management team that lack leadership and any formal training as a leader. Many of them having no college or project management training. Therefore many projects start and fail miserably. Further, the effective leaders in the group get so mired down in projects and picking up for others that are not handling their work and they are burnt out.

The erj program roll out is often a running joke and its dispatch reliability is horrendous. Right now it's on time departures is running less than 55 percent. And the flights cancel so often. Yes it's a new plane to the pilots and maintenance and the training department, but the management could have planned better and brought in some more erj guys to get the program running efficiently. The biggest hinderous is the company thought captains could be dual qualified. Luckily the faa said no, but there is a huge shortage on the right seat on the erj.

Nothing is going to change here until the management change takes place. Right now there is a lot of bad blood between the pilot group and sby.


Pay.. Sucks.. If I haven't said it.. Pay sucks.. I worry about the future of the company, without being able to attract pilots with our pitiful pay and our poor dispatch reliability, I nervously wait to see was aag does. Otherwise it's a cool place with some very dear friends.