Originally Posted by bonvoyage

It does seem either recruitment fluffs it up, or the majority of who we recruit don’t understand how a seniority list works. Plan on the worst: bottom reserve for a while. If it’s better, great. If it’s bottom reserve for a while, you met your expectations.

The DEC problem is not the ones below you, it’s the ones in front of you. Again, which leads to the root cause: how a seniority list works.

Not commutable, but most pilots here manage. Line holders work 10-11 days a month. So when you can accrue a little seniority, and bid how you want, it works out great. Until then: 12 days off and reserve. As far as I know we’re not doing home based anymore? But I don’t really keep up with that, just my assumption. Charter is 8on/6off and supposed to travel to work on days on. That seems to work best for commuters, however you’ll only block maybe 40 hours a month, paid for 75 or avg line value, whichever is greater.

Operationally speaking, thanksgiving and Christmas were a mess. Understaffed, not enough airplanes and any WX or MX delays knock the domino chain fall. 2023 is focusing on opening less bases, growing our markets, and adding airframes/pilots. Ops mgmt is looking at ways to speed up turn times. It’s all a trial and error. Things have changed here so many times since I have started.

The last I heard was mgmt considering lowering upgrade time to 1000, update on that at end of January. Classes are stacked through March as of right now (they shoot for 15-20 per class, two per month). We have 313 pilots on seniority list as of today

The place has a long way to go, but it’s trending the right direction. As always, there’s gonna be some rough edges and low spots. You’re always gonna have complainers and the ones championing mgmt. I fall in the middle. My QOL is great, the money is on par (minus a 401k) with other LCC’s, and the people I work with are amazing.