[QUOTE=KhalReblic23;1892274]1. Where did you hear that contract stuff? First off, our contract is expiring in dec and we haven't even started negotiations. Second, no it's 18 straight and you could potentially do 36 straight if you get a **** bid that goes back to back on two months. (There are some split up lines sometimes but they're not straight forward like 7/7...it'll be like 3/15 or 10/8 or 2/16 etc). Theoretically you could even get a 90 day line (they call it a TDY but you have to check out of your hotel room every trip so you don't actually have a home for those 90 days) if they feel like running those.

2. I used to have real UAL benifits (well CAL anyway) at my previous carrier. The Omni SA rank puts you somewhere akin to the Janitor at Skywest (sorry I don't remember the designation off the top of my head). I've been here 5 years and never found a use for them. Jumpseat will be about all you realistically get. We have one civilian scheduled regular route from LAS-HNL that always (90% of the time) has open seats and we don't even get privileges/passes to take spouse or family on that flight and it's our own airline!

3. Someone submitting your stuff internally is really the only way to get hired for most.

Anything else? Feel free to ask.


===> Thanks for clarifying things out.. I suspect the misinformation I received was too good to be true :-(

 

Before you make the decision to accept a class date with Omni, I would consider this…. Sure it would be nice flying heavy equipment across the pond, experiencing different cultures. Don’t get me wrong Omni can be a great place to work, however we are entering contract negotiations. As of right now it looks like it’s going to be a long drawn out process.
First off, we don’t fly that much to begin with. Its feast or famine here, so if you're looking to build heavy time it will take a long time. At times there can be a lot of commercial travel around to get to the airplane. Our contract has language regarding commercial travel. I would like to point out one interpretation that the company has. Our contract states that WHEN available an economy window or aisle will be purchased for international travel at the TIME OF BOOKING. The pilot group has noticed that the company will purchase a ticket but your seat won’t be assigned, or you’re in a middle seat. Your name is now put into the magical SEAT QUE. There may be a window or aisle economy seat available; it comes with a higher price tag. The company chooses to put your name into a QUE to see if they can grab your contracted window or aisle seat at the lower rate. When you call the company in particular travel, they offer no help. Some of the time they will move your seat even if it costs them more, and thank you for pointing that out. Other times they will tell you that you are in the Que. They also use an excuse and say that the airline hasn’t released available seats. It seems like a never ending battle. Bottom line is the company wants to save money, they are hoping that the pilot group just takes the middle seat for their 15 hour flight and doesn’t say anything. The contract states that if an economy window or aisle seat is available, at the time of booking, travel needs to purchase it no matter what the cost.
Second, grievances and our current representation from our Union. At Omni, we have a descent amount of grievances open. It appears that none of these have been taken care of. Most of the open grievances deal with the mentioned above middle seat on an international flight. How can we make life better for the pilots if our own Union is not even addressing the grievances. The Teamsters 1224 need to step up for the pilots and address these issues. Otherwise the company is going to continue to operate the same way. Understand that when the flight is full, they have no choice to put you in that middle seat to get you to where you need to go. Most of the flight where I was booked a middle seat, there were economy window or aisle seats available, it just had a higher price tag.

 

Yeah sorry dude, didn't mean to burst the bubble or anything. I just don't want to see anyone getting hired here under misconceptions or false pretense and have left somewhere they were doing better at in the end to begin with.

 

Any truth to the rumor that Tom Gillies is now at Omni and helping start a freighter program? That's the latest one going around.

 

777s would be my bet and it would not surprise me or even 767s since
Omni operates both types

 

New aircraft logbooks coming out have 4 engines on the maintenance section...hmm well not that it matters. If we got 747's they'd probably pay under the "large" pay scale instead of jumbo (after the company managed to get the union to approve that with magic, just like for the 777's)

 

I really wish you'd READ our contract before making comments.... 747 pay is NOT under "Large" aircraft pay.

You must be a joy to fly with

 

I hear that OAI is interested in getting some DHL flying.

 

the old log books have 4 engines in the maintenance section - so no big item there -

 

Anyone been invited to a July newhire class at Omni? I'm starting to wonder if they are even running a July class.