I thought it was common knowledge that taking a job at Allegiant meant moving to base. Just on previous page was posted that you only get 1 day off a week (though 4 days off a month seems like a stretch when you have guarantee of 10 but then again I am not Math Major) and even you stated they can change that day 12hrs in advance. So I think it's fair to go into a job offer knowing what that means, either living in a base you are currently at or having to move to Florida for a 2yr seat lock. If classes are 50/50 I don't like those odds.

 

Fish,
Just for the record.... at majors, new hires fill vacant seats that were offered in a company wide bid but not filled, i.e. every 76ER seat filled by a newhire at Delta was previously offered on a company wide Advance Entitlement bid that anyone in the company that wasn't currently under a seat lock was free to bid. Same with the 88, 320, 73N etc.
Additionally a new hire can even bid while in training (often do and change bases even before arriving at their original base) so bottom line is no new hire is given a spot that a current pilot covets.
Hope that ALG can get a contract that includes this common standard.

 

Close but what I was told my the training department, it is actually going to be 14 airbus and 10 MD80's.

And as for the guy saying he has never had any problem getting a response from HQ. I have always had problems. Takes days before I get a return email and usually never hear back from voicemails. My personal experience though.

 

Perhaps you don't realize that you can bid for a specific city on the TDY list if there are multiple cities and you know that you are going to be TDY.

ex:you are the bottom guy in a base where they say they are taking 10 TDY from. They are TDYing to two different bases and you prefer one over the other. You can bid for that base. You still don't want to TDY at all, but that is not a choice and you can bid for the lesser of two evils.

The company would say that is voluntary TDY. Would you? Keep that in mind while you are looking at the number of "voluntary" TDY.

It's all in the definition around here.

 

We have a few pilots who bring their regional mindset of just good enough and whatever management gives me is ok. Simple industry standard practices such as bidding is just one of many.

Allegiant management loves the current state of no bounds. They do whatever they want when they want. Our PIE captain was terminated for trying to do the right thing. Our vp of ops Bingo-Baden violates FARs and bs's atc alongside our director of safety. No consequences. Non existent maintenance that serves only to minimally mask operational needs. No faa intervention, no consequences.

Allegiant management pulls every lawyer trick in the book to worm out of our work rules, which were minimal standards of practice. Signed and dated by our current vp of ops Bingo-Baden. Allegiant managements word, with signatures and handshakes means nothing. No consequences.

And all we get are emails from our coo SH or mav as we like to call him, proclaiming his steadfast efforts to negotiate in good faith. Lies of course. Evidenced by the actions that speak louder than his falsehoods.

 

Any rumors of Airbus in LAS? Also, does the Airbus have the virtual base thing like the 80 does?

 

some of the flight attendants are just inept or uncaring....

posted on Allegiant Airlines facebook page today:

Bonnie J Keller‎

On today's flight from St Pete to Roanoke, VA, my stepfather scratched his hand putting his bag in the overhead. He's in his 70's, and has thin skin and is on medication that makes him bleed easily. When he asked for a bandaid, he was told by the flight attendant they didn't want to open a new kit just to throw the rest out.... He needed a freakin' bandaid. What is wrong with this flight attendant??

 

I know it's been a recent inception of your union, but where the heck is the National backing of the union to expose these absurdities for what they are?

It must be frustrating because right after this post, some pilot will post a question asking if they can get LAX right out of initial or ask if it's possible to get hired without PIC, etc.....

That really is all mgmt needs to know, whatever working conditions they are offering is still good enough to attract professional pilots. Obviously they are not getting the msg or choosing to ignore the facts and hope for the best.

 

I'm not trying to start a fight either, I'm just passing along my experiences as well.

The pay here is A LOT better than any regional, no argument there. But honestly, I can't think of anything else better and I want too.

AFAIK at the Legacy carriers, you can bid what you can hold, period. There are no seat locks at all, everything goes in seniority. New hires bid alongside senior people and get the scraps. That is how it is supposed to work. Here the company will actually reserve spots for new hires and not allow senior FOs and CAs (even those with no seat lock) to bid on them.

In my -80 GOM I believe it actually says the seat lock is 3 years. The company is enforcing 2 which is better, sure, but does the clock start from DOH, checkride, or IOE completion? Clear as mud. They have also had bids where they skip over people and just suddenly decide they won't let anyone switch.

The TDY's come and go. September is a slow month so there are less. Like a previous poster said, don't go by the involuntary TDYs, go by all the TDYs. IWA was pretty rough the last few months, most of these guys ended up MYR or PIE, again no guarantee of commutable schedules. Regional TDYs? I haven't ever heard of that happening for more than 4-5 days at a time? Usually involves sitting reserve out of base. There is no extra pay credit being TDY'd here, just the extra tax free per diem.

Your lucky to have had quick responses from the company. Try calling about vacancy bid, company travel, schedule problem, or worse, a payroll issue. It usually takes 2-3 phone calls or emails.

Everyone's experience here is different. I really want to settle in and have this place be great, but so far it's let me down and not one of the above gripes have anything to do with my pay (besides it not being correct). FWIW I hear the AB IWA schedules are some of the best in the system (if your not being TDY'd to FL). Supposedly senior guys/girls are getting up to 15-16 off, I wish we could still do that on the -80. If your set on coming here and willing to move to base perhaps that is the place to go?

Good Luck.

 

Some of the flight cancellations for Sunday Aug 16th, posted on the Allegiant website. Many of these passengers had show tickets, weddings, funerals and other events to attend that will now be missed. Additional flights are pending cancellation.


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