...and then there’s Maude...
 

...mostly rainbows. Its probably best to not point out any specific inconsistencies in order to perpetuate your disgruntled nature and risk exposing your poor busniess sense and virtually unlimited employment opportunities (domestically and internationally) in the face of continued self-inflicted abuse.

Go on...
See how far you’ll get in your career with a violation or a 121 bust on your record.
Trust me I went there with nothing but good intentions.
I managed to escape without either one.
If you must, get the 73 type and bail with 500hrs on type.

And there we have it, so tell us...If you came to Swift with a spotless record, and left with a spotless record what happened to get you so wound up that you quit (assumption) and just post doom and gloom? Did they tell you to do something illegal and unsafe? Did you comply? Can you read taxiway signs? Do you know the difference between a taxiway and runway? I think im starting to figure out what happened here...if you are flying a part 25 turbojet over 12,500lbs you are required crew. If there is operational complexity you dont agree with, I hope you would speak up? I hope you wouldn’t jeopardize your life or career just to satisfy some imaginary person that you feel has their thumb on your back? Tell us what happened. Qualify your statements, if not, you’ll continue to seem like an ex-employee that was traumatically molested (and yes molestation doesnt just have to be sexual guys jeeze).

Disregard. My mistake.

I can say they’re doing their part to try and keep this place safe. Definitely the increase in presence in the safety department, LOSA and getting FOQA program going. As mentioned they have demoted people who are becoming operationally unsound.

It’s not all rainbows and gum drops, this place has its challenges and it definitely helps with great personnel with fresh blood and perspective coming on board. They’re stepping up training, panam definitely screwed the pooch on good quality training and seems our own instructors now are definitely bringing a good quality control to the process, many with previous 737 experience at southwest or other majors.

It has a long way to go, but seems they’re making pace to change a lot of their old ways. New support staff, better recruiting methods, increased occ oversight, safety dept. growth. Im sure after DOT approval of the company purchase they will continue to invest in the company infrastructure, they have no choice at this point but to fix their foundation if they will continue to grow. I think the rough summer proved it.

Just curious if the Gov't. shutdown is affecting you guys on the repatriate flights? Haven't looked too much into it but figured ICE would probably fall in the category of essential gov't. work and those guys are probably still working even without their paycheck tomorrow. Not sure how Swift gets paid through their contract but hopefully it's an uprfront type deal.

They’re still running. The work for ICE is done via a contractor so they pay Swift. The guards are government contractors forget the name of the company. I’m sure the actual ICE agents are the ones that will be affected via pay.

Schedule
 

Ccan someone give me an idea as to what the schedule is like? Are new hires on reserve, or do they start out flying immediately? How many days off in a row can one expect? Are there opportunitues to pickup additional legs on days you already fly? Any other info regarding how scheduling works would be appreciated.

12 hard days off, MIA has been experimenting this month with 15off. This month has been a 4on 4off pattern for the most part. I’d say expect 4-6on. Reserve here is mixed into people’s schedules so you might fly 2 days and have a day of rsv. With how short they are you will more thank likely fly regardless. They put out a couple of reserve lines this month and of course became a senior thing, as those guys don’t want to fly. 99% of MIA is day trips, so commuters will need a crashpad.

You can pick up as much as you want within the legality of 117. Right now as the work rules stand you’ll only get 150% or more on work done on off days. On an off day you can pick up home based trips or IWA trips and they’ll airline you out there from home.

Bidding is just bidding on lines. They send out a packet and you bid based upon what days you want or type of flying. MIA now is pretty balanced out so lost lines are a mix of Cuba and CCS flying, gives everyone an opportunity to credit decently.

Home basing you’ll be lucky to fly 40hours. We don’t do a lot of flying during hockey season. Summer when we do vacation flying is when we can fly a lot and make money.

Looks like they’re looking to upgrade 10 FOs according to COOs email. So good things for those that meet time requirements.