Originally Posted by
frmrbuffdrvr
At Ameriflight we have had that in our Ops Spec for many years, but of course it was in multi-engine aircraft. The one big difference I see for our FOs is that now they will be able to count the time they log toward their ATP numbers. It's good for the pilot, but not so good for us as a company. Now that we have been hiring pilots into the right seat to help them get hours, the idea was for them to then stay on with us as captains for a time. Not being able to log time toward their ATP has been a bit of a hook to try to keep them from leaving a couple of months after they hit captain mins (1200.)
AMF needs to fix the systemic issues and stop continually banking on industry stipulations to get warm bodies. This is 10 years in the making and overdue for companies like this. The gettin' was good when the airlines were on furlough, then seemingly overnight AMF and regionals couldn't fill classes and had to raise pay, to which AMF, regionals and other 135s did. The last draw for AMF was to get people in with less than ATP mins and to trap them with a contract. Now that is going to be much harder, its time to really step the game up and do it right, and to stop half assing it if they want to attract half way decent pilots, and to keep them.