New Crew Base?
07-19-2018, 07:23 AM
#22
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Joined APC: May 2017
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Taking this seriously for a second, from a purely analytical perspective it makes sense to have multiple outstation bases with early starts and late finishines.
That doesn’t take into account the fact that pilots are human beings and neither wish to move to MKE/CAE/GSO/ATW/DAY or make a 2 leg commute the night before, or fly schedules with a nice circadian swap halfway through.
I’d love to see contractual protections in our “next” TA requiring 70% or more of our pilots to be domiciled at airports where our mainline partner has crew domiciles.
That doesn’t take into account the fact that pilots are human beings and neither wish to move to MKE/CAE/GSO/ATW/DAY or make a 2 leg commute the night before, or fly schedules with a nice circadian swap halfway through.
I’d love to see contractual protections in our “next” TA requiring 70% or more of our pilots to be domiciled at airports where our mainline partner has crew domiciles.
07-19-2018, 09:38 AM
#23
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Joined APC: Mar 2014
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When ORF was a base there were few four days that started early and ended late. Typically if you started early you were done by mid day or afternoon on the last day. The flip side was also true, start later but end late.
If the outstations are desirable places people will move there like everyone did to ORF. It was a close knit base when BBQ parties with the local controllers even. Fairly reasonable COL compared to PHL and especially DCA/LGA and many bought homes. When I go back there on my trips I'm sad but thankful I was able to experience that type of life. Drive to work in 20 mins, quick ride to the airport, small terminal etc. When I see the crew lot and the bus, makes me wish for simpler times. Not a ton of traffic and a great place to live.
It's why so many guys stayed at AWAC when ATW was a base. I get it now.
If the outstations are desirable places people will move there like everyone did to ORF. It was a close knit base when BBQ parties with the local controllers even. Fairly reasonable COL compared to PHL and especially DCA/LGA and many bought homes. When I go back there on my trips I'm sad but thankful I was able to experience that type of life. Drive to work in 20 mins, quick ride to the airport, small terminal etc. When I see the crew lot and the bus, makes me wish for simpler times. Not a ton of traffic and a great place to live.
It's why so many guys stayed at AWAC when ATW was a base. I get it now.
07-19-2018, 12:09 PM
#27
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Joined APC: Sep 2017
Posts: 33
Originally Posted by RabidW0mbat
Thoughts on CAE going JR or SR? Lot's of left over East coast folks happy about that?
Its going to be exactly like mke.
They waited to announce this just after the last vacancy closed to dupe jr guys to upgrade. They resigned themselves to commute to mke on resv, but now will have to be displaced to cae and deal with that form of hell for who knows how long. Congrats to all those that were awarded mke rsv captain.
07-19-2018, 12:23 PM
#28
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Joined APC: Jun 2017
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Originally Posted by donkeyjockey
Its going to be exactly like mke.
They waited to announce this just after the last vacancy closed to dupe jr guys to upgrade. They resigned themselves to commute to mke on resv, but now will have to be displaced to cae and deal with that form of hell for who knows how long. Congrats to all those that were awarded mke rsv captain.
They waited to announce this just after the last vacancy closed to dupe jr guys to upgrade. They resigned themselves to commute to mke on resv, but now will have to be displaced to cae and deal with that form of hell for who knows how long. Congrats to all those that were awarded mke rsv captain.
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