Originally Posted by
Rockies Pilot
If I here another rumor about us getting a flow to a major u are insanely delusional. Boutique will never ever get a flow to a legacy carrier period. Maybe just maybe a couple years down the road after they are a little more established as an airline they might get something to a mid major like Spirit or Allegiant but never a legacy I mean for goodness sake we fly a pilatus and a King Air... Second don't you think it would make sense for a legacy to flow people that actually work for them either under a contracted airline or wholly owned? Just saying... plus Management just likes to throw this idea around to new hires to bait them into this company along with our supposed 4 on 3 off schedule as well. If u want to actually build time here and enjoy the so called QOL they speak of here at boutique don't be a Denver based pilot. Just ask any FO or captain if they have this mystical QOL management talks about.
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There have been discussions in other 135 threads (see: Ameriflight) about why it doesn't necessarily make sense to flow pilots from supporting regionals to their affiliated majors. There has been more than one mention about a likely upcoming flow, and other pilots have all but confirmed this with the DO. We have no idea what it will look like, probably a few years in the King Air at minimum, but it would be better than nothing. It may only be a "guaranteed interview" type of deal and not a true flow, who knows. Worst case, nothing comes out of it and we're no worse off than we were.
Originally Posted by
Safety
Hi, I am very late in joining this discussion.
What are the issues with Denver that make it undesirable as a domicile.
Schedules historically suck there - lots of different routes, mix of secured/unsecured flights mean extra trips through security at KDEN. Weather and MX issues can compound the frustrations of already tight turns. Not a ton of housing close to the airport, especially that would be affordable to FOs. Pilots tend to burn out there quicker. Basically just worse QOL compared to other bases with two trips and 11-12 days off a month.