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Originally Posted by aapilotguy (Post 1587643)

Yea I'll start the A380 rumors when I hit the line!

Our guarantee is 73hrs/month for reserve and training, not sure if it's the same on the US side.

HaHa!

Thanks, aapilotguy.

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Originally Posted by aapilotguy (Post 1587643)

Our guarantee is 73hrs/month for reserve and training, not sure if it's the same on the US side.

Our training guarantee is 85 hours. Long call reserve is 72 hours, short is 76. It'll stay that way until we get PBS sometime next year.

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Originally Posted by EMBFlyer (Post 1587741)

Our training guarantee is 85 hours. Long call reserve is 72 hours, short is 76. It'll stay that way until we get PBS sometime next year.

Even better! I hope your right about the training pay, for sure, but are you sure that's right on the AA side? I thought "short" and "long" call were a US thing.

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Originally Posted by Pirate (Post 1588253)

Even better! I hope your right about the training pay, for sure, but are you sure that's right on the AA side? I thought "short" and "long" call were a US thing.

My apologies for the confusion, that was for the US side. I thought someone had asked about it the US side.

Ok...so does anybody know for sure what the training pay is for AA, and is it true you have to wait one year before you can get the direct 401k contributions?

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Originally Posted by bluelion (Post 1588523)

Ok...so does anybody know for sure what the training pay is for AA, and is it true you have to wait one year before you can get the direct 401k contributions?

aapilotguy says 73hrs/mo training & reserve, no distinction. Would be nice to have the US 85 hrs in training! And, that is what I've read/heard from multiple sources about the B plan, that it starts after the 1st year. Disappointing.

The new hire mentor program is now an FAA requirement and all airlines should have a program or be developing one. The FAA was not very specific and and gives the airlines a lot of latitude with the programs.

DAL has 50 new-hire mentors who have all been to Atlanta for a two-day mentor training class. Not sure if any other airline is so formal with the mentoring program.

Scoop

73 hrs @ $40.

Paid monthly for the month you're in.

After probation pay lags a month. June flying paid in late July. So the transition from probation to regular pay causes a gap in pay of approx. 1 month. Bad deal. Good deal is that after you retire you get a paycheck a month later and by then your wife has probably forgotten about it. ;-)

I wouldn't lose sleep over understanding the pay lag issue before getting hired. Twelve months of property to figure it out.

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Originally Posted by bluelion (Post 1588523)

Ok...so does anybody know for sure what the training pay is for AA, and is it true you have to wait one year before you can get the direct 401k contributions?

Training pay is 73hrs @ $40 and you need 1 year of service before the 16% DC kicks in.

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Originally Posted by The Waco Kid (Post 1587289)

Thanks to both of you for letting all of us new hires know that there is a mentoring program.

With that being said….

-Do new hires pay for their own uniforms? If so, payroll deductible?
-Can you give the 'quick and dirty' on airport employee parking passes and how they work at satellite/co-terminals i.e. will we get passes for EWR, LGA and JFK for NYC base?
-I know the B-plan is currently at 16%. Does AA match any portion of your own $$ that is put into the 401k? Is there a Roth 401k option?
-It's my understanding (from a previous thread) that you bid for aircraft based on your age (oldest to youngest) within your new hire class but then your ACTUAL SYSTEM SENIORITY for the remainder of your career at American Airlines is determined by who completes training first. Can you please confirm this.

Thanks very much for your time.

Kid

Question about uniforms on the US side. What vendors do people use? I understand there is/might be "new American" uniforms in the near future. Is there a time table for that? I'm trying to figure out if any parts of my current uniform can be recycled for US (shirts, pants mainly, maybe the jacket). I'd like to avoid shelling out for a brand new set of full uniforms for them to get tossed in the garbage in 3/6/12? months when the new ones come out.

Thanks for any info.