Just a heads up
At ExpressJet we fly at the SAME priority as the CAL employees. Our planes or their planes its the same priority. Flying the same people so why should be nonrev at different priority.
Normal travel is $12.50 one way domestic ($15 if you make a connection). International fees vary by destination. No Annual fee. All normal fee based nonrev passes are unlimited.
Just like them we also get up to 16 "vacation passes" each year depending on dependents. These are one way passes so up to 8 round trips where you get a "super priority" and also fee waived travel regardless of cabin class. Seats open in first from EWR to NRT well if you are using a vacation pass you just got yourself 16 hours in first for free up to 8 round trips this year. Vacation passes are good for 5 years so if you dont use all 16 they roll over. You dont have to use them just for vacation, its just what they are called. You can use them for commuting if you like. For me I will never use one for commuting because they are just to valuable for free international travel.
Here is an example of what a nonrev list might look like. Remember we all travel at the same priority so date of hire is all that matters. CAL or XTT employee doesnt matter.
Hire date Discription
2000 employee on Vacation pass
2001 employee on Vacation pass
2000 dependent traveling alone on Vacation pass
1986 employee on normal pass
1999 employee on normal pass
1965 dependent traveling alone on a normal pass
(dependents travel at the same priority as their respective employee if they are accompanied by said employee)
Jumpseat is different depending on if the flight is ours or theirs. They are OAL on us and we are OAL on them.
Our United pass travel is absolutely horrible as far as priority and cost with no vacation pass at all. It is anyones guess as to what might happen after our merger and the UAL/CAL merger. Our travel bennies are not contractual, although they should be, but we were just lucky and kept what we had from the ole COEX days.
In my opinion, regional airlines shouldnt exist to begin with but at the very least we should get the exact same travel benefits as the mainline employees and nothing less. We fly the same customers. Dont settle for less if you actually get a chance to negotiate for this.