Originally Posted by
iflyjets4food
Per the current contract, you can take any seat your seniority will hold, as long as it is a pay increase.
-a 145 FO can take 170 CA when seniority will hold it
-an FO on anything CANNOT take FO on anything else as all FO payrates are the same
-a Republic 170 CA cannot take Shuttle 170 CA as it is not a pay increase
-a 145 CA can take 170 CA after sitting through the 2 year seat lock
That SUX! Let’s say your wife takes a new job in a city that has a Shuttle E-170 base but you are a Republic E-170 pilot. You're screwed!
Also a friend of mine was hired into the CRJ back in May of 07 & he’s still sitting reserve in IAH! If he was able to transition he could gain better QOL. This seems like a very poor policy for both the pilots & Mgmnt. I understand Mgmnt doesn’t want to pay additional training cost but I argue that they are anyways plus the cost of sitting pilots. Having to hire newbie’s on the E-170 because they are so short staffed when they are obviously fat on CRJ FO’s. So they still have to pay for training on the newbie as well as pay for pilots to sit on their asses on the CRJ.
According to my friend, he only flies about 30 hours a month and has
NEVER broken guarantee. His initials are RM if anyone at RAH wants to check my sources.
For those thinking about changing classes and/or going to the CRJ at RAH,
don’t do it! Take the Jungle Bus or the Jungle Jet! There is no growth on
Canada’s
Reset
Jet so you'll be on reserve for a LONG LONG time (remember that those infront of you on the CRJ are junior as well) and don’t expect to upgrade soon seeing you probably got hired with around 1000 hours and you’re only going to fly round 30 or so hours a month. You do the math.