Questions from a pilot looking to jump ship from their current regional. The first 6 are gripes about my company and wondering what it’s like at Envoy. The rest deal with these new pay rates and bonuses:
1. Duty days always getting extended into min rest
2. On hold with crew scheduling 2-3+ hours constantly even when not in IROPS
3. Early starts/late finishes no commuter friendly trips
4. Won’t honor day off requests
5. Overall morale of pilot group is fairly toxic
6. Mgmt dragging its feet in negotiations, seemingly not interested in retaining pilots. Obviously AA Mgmt came to the table but what about Envoy’s Mgmt?
7. The way the bonus table reads since I don’t have 750 hours I might not be eligible for any of the bonuses. Is that correct?
8. I don’t have anywhere near 750 hours yet but I am type rated in the E175 so would I be eligible for the $7,500 type rating bonus?
9. Would I be guaranteed the E175 since I am already type rated in that aircraft?
10. How is the training footprint different for a pilot who’s already type rated in that aircraft?
11. I read that Captain pay is applied at 750 hours but what if I chose not to upgrade or is upgrade forced upon reaching 1,000 121 hours?
12. Could I be allowed to bypass the bonuses all together?
13. I read that training is in Irving, TX. Are your sims there too?
14. I read you now have 12 hour long call reserve. That must only be a percentage of reserves on any given day right? Do you require “airport standby” reserve?
15. What exactly does “up to four” hotel rooms for commuters mean? How does commuter hotel rooms work?
16. Regarding non-rev travel: how many “friends” are eligible? The wording does use the plural form of friend(s).
17. How much is the “training salary”? Are we talking about 70-75 hour credit at appropriate years of service or some much lower arbitrary number?
18. When are you expecting to convert to the PBS system since the website says “coming soon”?
19. If given a CJO would I have advance access to any training materials like a study guide especially containing flows and callouts prior to training?
I very much look forward to your responses. Thank you in advance for your time and effort in answering my questions.