Originally Posted by
MysteriousMrX
Some questions regarding Endeavor:
I'm currently at another regional.. have the time to upgrade (4000 total, 1500 part 121)
1. On apc.com it says upgrade minimums include 1000 hours at the company - is that the case of if you come in w/ the time can you potentially upgrade quicker?
2. what's the latest on the -200s… are they going to get rid of them or not? I'd made anything work but I'd much prefer the -900. I'm also not fussy about base; I know NY has it's headaches re: cost of living, etc, but I'd be ok with anything.
3. last I checked, the retention bonuses went through 2018.. any word on if it's going to be extended?
4. if it's not necessary to have 1000 hours at the company for upgrade, and you upgrade fairly quick, is reserve going to be eternity?
I don't really want to make a lateral move; however where I'm at, hardly anyone (and I do mean hardly anyone) gets hired at majors; it's mostly a lateral move or a move to a place like Frontier or Spirit or Atlas to then have a chance to move again to a bigger place, if that even happens.
Having the Delta interview would sure be nice, but (and correct me if I'm wrong) being at a place that has had people hired at some other big companies would be nice..
Currently the 1000 hours company is being waived due to lack of available people that have all the requirements to upgrade, and because of that- people in Indoc have been awarded captain. But if you want to upgrade to captain right out of the gate, your going to have to wait a long time (2-3 years for a line)... maybe you will be lucky and reseve will only be a year and a half.
We are retiring 15 CRj 200s between the november 2017 and june 2018. while we are retiring those, we are getting 33 crj900s and 700s in the same time frame.
All retention bonuses end on 12/31/2017 and new higher pay rates begin 1/1/2018.