Originally Posted by Pilotchute (Post 3631550)

3000 total, 1500 FO 121.

Originally Posted by captnate702 (Post 3545163)

Who exactly are "the slaves belowdecks"? Are they the reserve pilots that have consistently had the lowest reserve utilization in the industry? Are they the junior line holders that get stuck working every Friday/Sunday of the month?

Are there some reserve pilots that get jerked around? absolutely, I have repeated it to everyone who asks that sitting in reserve in FL would be terrible at least four months out of the year...TERRIBLE.

Sitting reserve in a small base is incredibly cush. You get called out a couple times a week. Some small bases (BLI) the reserves don't even fly enough to get their landings.

If you want to liken sitting reserve in FL to being a "slave belowdeck who must keep rowing" then whatever. I think it might be a little out of touch, but I don't judge. Siting reserve in LAS or IWA can be a pain, but i still pick up RAPs to pad my pay and roll the dice because its still not that bad and in most cases its free money.

And for new hires, who are most certainly going to a small base, sitting reserve is generally pretty nice. If you're trying to get to FL, I'd forget about it because your QOL will be way different than most of the pilots across the system. Just my two cents.

Originally Posted by Applesnoranges (Post 3676205)

How long are call out times while on reserve?

Originally Posted by crjflyer0023 (Post 3677636)

How is allegiant's training department? Instructor quality? APD quality? syllabus and how they lay out everything for you to study?

How long is training?

Where is it located?

Any breaks? any delay for IOE?

and most importantly, is it true everyone (incl new hires) are getting an added $4,024 on top of their base $4,152 monthyl min guarnatee for a total of ~$8,176/month?

Originally Posted by captnate702 (Post 3677645)

the added pay is a retention bonus that will be paid when we get a contract. It’s an agreement between union and management. Management is accruing for it (money is in an account so it’s not an IOU) and sends “updates” of how much your accrual/retention bonus has in it.

BUT you won’t see that additional money until we have TA on our contract.

Originally Posted by crjflyer0023 (Post 3677646)

oh wow so its not even in effect yet, thats a huge bummer. The first year pay, and just pay at general at allegiant is what is really holding me back.

Anyway still curious about the training department and all that

Originally Posted by crjflyer0023 (Post 3677636)

How is allegiant's training department? Instructor quality? APD quality? syllabus and how they lay out everything for you to study?

How long is training?

Where is it located?

Any breaks? any delay for IOE?

and most importantly, is it true everyone (incl new hires) are getting an added $4,024 on top of their base $4,152 monthyl min guarnatee for a total of ~$8,176/month?

Originally Posted by crjflyer0023 (Post 3677646)

oh wow so its not even in effect yet, thats a huge bummer. The first year pay, and just pay at general at allegiant is what is really holding me back.

Anyway still curious about the training department and all that