Originally Posted by
rightside02
Well I am in the first new hire class ( off the street ) in Sept. And I do know the feeling of being stuck with no movement for 3 1/2 years but man I would also hate to come to Pinnacle to only have Mesaba pilots keep drillng me down the seniority list......
I guess I have to keep my fingers crossed and hope for the best.
I am a Mesaba pilot. I haven't accepted a class date yet. It is my understanding that since I chose not to go to the earlier classes my seniority at Pinnacle will be for the date of class I can take. So in this case you will be above me on the Pinnacle seniority list as a Sept. hire.
however, this may not be the case whenever SLI comes through. apparently a draft for SLI that the Colgan/Pinnacle/Mesaba Mec's have been working on stipulates a date and everyone hired on after said date will not go ahead of people on the list prior to it, even if it goes relative seniority. This will be ok for you too though because there will be more Colgan new-hires in the future than at Pinnacle.
Also try not to think you are getting screwed, you just got a job at a a regional with a long term CPA, at a good point in the industry.