Originally Posted by
desk pilot
Hey All,
Former Regional CA looking to spend a couple years flying something new before I retire (currently Flying Corporate Contract)
just wondering what the DEC placements look like realistically? do you start as FO and then go to Upgrade directly after FO qual? (PSA was doing that a while back)
Are there Junior Bases for the 175 for CA? I noticed that the latest Class drop went mostly DFW. Being a DEC would likely be on Reserve for a while/eternity but are there chances for Long Call as Junior CA?
Thx..
Details on long call and implementation is yet to come. By this fall likely. As far as the bottom of the reserve list getting it, unlikely.
Right now the junior 175 base is MIA for captains, but just barely. There have been no openings in ORD last two bids meaning it is trending higher.
Not hiring actual DECs at this time, so you will go through as FO and get captain when your seniority will allow it. It was dropping rapidly but with these new pay rates and LOAs it is a strange dynamic. Getting captain pay once you have 750 hours of time that counts towards upgrade may mean much less incentive to bid captain for those that know they will be junior doing so.
This next bid will be interesting indeed. The word was the retirement of 145s is accelerating, but if these new LOAs and pay significantly increase the ability to hire, train and retain then it will slow that down.
Of course this is the airline industry. The next crash is always just around the corner and with current inflation and slow down of the economy, it might be even sooner than later.