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Originally Posted by clippedwings
Its crazy..... HOM isn't the only junior captain base
Most Junior HOM Captain is a 05/19/2014 newhire (3 month Upgrade)
Most Junior PGD Captain is a 01/06/2014 newhire (8 month Upgrade)
Most Junior PIE Captain is a 12/02/2014 newhire (9 month Upgrade)
Most Junior LAS Captain is a 11/09/2012 newhire ( Under 2 years)
The LAS upgrade blows my mind. It's not just Junior guys going to the HOM base. Even IWA captain went under 5 years. Street captains next. You don't need to go to Lakes anymore for that street captain position.
Wow! Upgrade as a new hire?? in an MD-80?! Gutsy move, Mav!
This company has the worst maintenance, worst destinations, worst training (FAA closed down our training department), worst support, worst...EVERYTHING.
Allegiant is
very poorly managed and staffed. It has a very consistent habit of setting up captains for failure, then firing them. I can think of 4 captains recently fired from 1 base alone! Better bring your 'A' game, Allegiant may have cut new hire FOs some slack in the past, but street/NH captains are bringing a whole new reality and will dictate a dramatically elevated standard of performance. Now that every FO is a potential NH captain, I would expect the new elevated standards to apply to all. I'm no check airman, but I would be very hesitant to sign off a potential (unknown) left-seater without a ton of scrutiny. Expect pink rates to sky-rocket. You might meet some of our former captains in the unemployment line.
Best of luck rolling the dice. I'm told it's tough finding work after Allegiant has spit you out.