Originally Posted by
UNDGUY
What do you mean by "same boat?" All I knew was that Expressjet just lost a contract and will lose a bunch of airplanes and the whole ASA Expressjet thing is going to be a big mess. Air Wiskey has a new contract and is about to grow like crazy from what I understand. Plus they are giving out massive bonuses and have good work rules as far as duty rig, trip rig etc...All I know is the propaganda I read from the company and what I hear on this forum. What are they leaving you in the dark about?
Their “long term contract” with United is 5 years long. Hardly long term. Its a stay of execution until they get more 737s on their roster, its the same thing expressjet got whikw their asa side got the axe from delta. Its a filler. They are not growing at all, if anything theyre shrinking. They are not gaining any new airplanes, they are only flying 50 planes, down from the 66 they had and the 71 they had 2 years ago. Alot more of their 200s aes getting tired and hitting their max cycles and will need to be parked. 1.5 year ago, they had 900 pilots, now about 450-500. They announced bonus to stop the bleeding. Its alot od money but womt last forever. The 18-24 month upgrade has been public for over 6 momthes with guys showing up thinking that's what will happen. Where as there are 2012 hires still waiting for a class date to upgrade. Upgrade is right now 4-5 years. And will be for the foreseeable future. They have good work rules when the company follows them. Go there ans expect to fly until you pass out from junior mans, extensions and re routes.
- source i worked there not long ago and came here