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Old 03-13-2021, 03:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Garryowen1 View Post
With ACMI, ULCC’s and regionals really starting to hire again home basing will be back sooner than later. Lots of movement for the industry in the coming months for sure.

Quality of life items like returning to positive space travel or not having to fly in the day before to your crash pad will be some of the first changes as turnover starts to ramp up. Hopefully pay and retirement benefits are in the same category.

Not fast enough unfortunately.

As long as they can make the hard basing work I don’t think that will go away anytime soon. Instead of increasing home basing they’re opening DAL and OAK which are sports teams is a seasonal type of flying so who knows.
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Old 03-14-2021, 03:51 PM
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It’s been crazy, I’m sure every acft is out flying. We’re supposed to get a pay raise this month but we haven’t heard anything about it yet.

Home basing is just 26 pilots. They’re opening Dallas and Oakland in May.

Glad to hear that things are picking up for all my Swifties. Stay safe.
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Old 03-25-2021, 10:24 AM
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I’m surprised there’s been no mention of the pay raise going through.

I hear there are a bunch of new hires starting up too. Any idea on class sizes for the rest of the year?
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Old 03-25-2021, 12:36 PM
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I’m surprised there’s been no mention of the pay raise going through.

I hear there are a bunch of new hires starting up too. Any idea on class sizes for the rest of the year?

We got the raise effective March 1st. We have a class every month! Range from 8-20 per class.
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Old 03-28-2021, 07:07 AM
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Weather related? Flightaware shows flight path deviating around severe weather.
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Old 03-30-2021, 03:55 PM
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Has anyone interviewed recently? I have an interview coming up soon and was wondering what it’s like.
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Weather related? Flightaware shows flight path deviating around severe weather.
My guess is pack trip off from use of wing anti ice at too high an altitude.
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Old 03-31-2021, 06:21 AM
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Has anyone interviewed recently? I have an interview coming up soon and was wondering what it’s like.

It’s all in the study guide.
Company presentation
HR questions
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Has anyone interviewed recently? I have an interview coming up soon and was wondering what it’s like.
If you get offered the job, and accept, just go into it with your eyes wide open. On the surface, iAero hourly is decent, but there are no work rules other than the FAR's, and no credit for dead head or trip and duty rig. in order to credit over the 60hr guarantee, you have to fly over 60. ie, it's possible to fly 60 in 10 days, then sit reserve/standby for 8 days and only get paid for 60. essentially only getting paid per diem those 8 days
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