I don't work for Breeze but I have one family member that does. I was curious if someone could post or PM me your known ALPA contacts for bases or the MEC? We both have questions about the pilot schedules and I need to speak to someone about them. Thanks.

 

why doesn’t your family member give you that information?

 

Probably not a pilot, or they'd have just asked the family member.

 

Actually I am a pilot with 25,000+ hours to prove it. When my son was hired there he was not given detailed contact information regarding ALPA and I wanted to help him establish connections. He also wants to volunteer. Is this unknown by Breeze crew? That would be sad.

 

Probably because most of the current pilot group didn’t vote or couldn’t vote for Alpa. It’s just there right now.

 

If your son is a new hire I would recommend contacting ALPA National for information about who he should contact in the pilot group. My opinion is it will be a very long time before ALPA has any kind of traction on being effective at Breeze and it could be unfortunate to have a new hire ask the wrong person who to contact.

 

Does 25000 Hours Make you smarter then say a Pilot with 24999 Hours? Inquiring minds want to know.....

 

No, but it makes you more experienced and skillful than someone with a Cessna 172 with 50 hours.

 

Probably not, depending on whether the 24,999th hour was filled with terror with the need for a high skill level or boredom.

 

I’ve got a A220 DEC class scheduled for August. I understand I’m going to be looking at PVD or BDL initially on reserve. I live in the TPA area and understand it will probably be a longtime before I can hold TPA. I’ve been forwarded the BDL and PVD pairings by a friend, so I know what those trips look like. My friend isn’t on either of those bases so I’m wondering what reserve looks like there. Is it six on and three off? In any way commutable? How does the positive space commute on company aircraft work? Rough estimate to become a line holder in either of those bases? I’ve had the “growing pains” pretty well explained to me by my buddy.

This is a cost analysis exercise for me. How many nights in a fleabag motel can I expect to buy up there and what kind of rates are crew getting per night? I’m currently warming the right seat at a cargo airline where my commute is paid, all my hotels are paid, keep the miles, etc. Basically just over two weeks away, two weeks off. Easy, peasy, lemon squeezy. This ain’t my first rodeo, I’ve got six or eight years to go depending on the age 67 thing. Was a wide body captain for an overseas airline until COVID, regionals way back in 90s. So I’m trying to figure out exactly how bad my lifestyle is gonna tank for an extra 60K per year? Any answers are most appreciated.