They promise big thing and undeliver. They (AirT,CSA, MAC) never furloughed in 40+ years, yet I was let go due to base closure. Then, I was given an interview with no intent to hire, per inside source of MAC. To add fuel to that, 6 guys below me was never let go and I wasn't offer a displacement base, so seniority means ******* at this company. Mind you, I had two letter of rec from the sister company, one of which is CP. This place plays heavy politics, I've seen it with my own eyes.
The pay is trash, QOL is trash unless you are in base, they'll try and offer a weekend remain pay for $500 so they don't have to buy a plane ticket for you to go home. Purple runway program candidates are being asked to defer another year due to Fedex not hiring. They are not hiring any more ATR FO for a VERY long time.
I second with you on that, sending receipts by camera, mailing in release and W&B and expense deadline by Saturday midnight when you're stuck with airline IROP, total hostile enviroment. What's more annoying is you can't cancel a flight, you can only take weather hold, they don't want that to reflect their record of reliability.
If you want 121 time, this isn't the place, you're averaging 350 hours a year here and 3 months in initial. Ride it out and wait for regionals or NJ to pick you up, you'll get more hours there and better pay and QOL.