Originally Posted by
DollaBillz
Some of the captains I fly with have this opinion as well, but none of the guys looking to come to envoy are basing their decision on "management closed bases screwing some people over a few years ago." That's in the past. It's the airline business, you're going to get screwed over eventually. The CRj schedules may be like that, but my 175 line for next month is 13 days off with all 4 day on, 3 day off. I was on reserve for one month. I live at base, fly the 175, I get paid just as much as guys at the other regionals, and my career is pretty much set. By the way, I got hired last spring before the higher bonuses were rolled out. I signed a contract for a $5k bonus. They basically ripped it up, gave me the $15k bonus, and I get the quarterly retention bonus as well. I'm happier than a pig in sh*t at envoy. Sure you have historical grievances and I understand, I would too if I were in your position. But historical grievances have nothing to do with new hires right now. For a new hire, envoy is pretty much the best place to be.
You my friend (April 2016 NH) hit the jackpot at Envoy. You had your choice of base and equipment. Your experience here will be match by NO ONE else. One month out of IOE you were holding a line in DFW. Less than one year from date of hire you are bidding top 30%ish in DFW. Guys getting hired right now are going to have it good but no where near what you had.
Compared to guys around my seniority (3yr). Only able to hold junior lines/senior reserve. However, once these new guys get off IOE and start transferring down here to DFW I look for things to get better. Compared to your situation where you will "stagnate" as a senior FO(which isn't a bad place to be). Unfortunately there is going to be cyclical movements in this company where one group does better than other groups. And some groups suffer drastically.