This Statement is every Regional Pilots story...Though no fault of their own...

 

767 or 777 and why?

 

If your goal is to fly as much as possible 767, if you enjoy your time at home and flying as little as possible 777.

I came from the regionals and was furloughed by Omni but chose to return to Omni even though i would have been a captain at my former regional. To each it's own but Omni is a close knit family on the pilot side, more than i can say about a lot of jobs in general. Every company has it's issues but the good outweigh the bad here on my opinion. One last thing, Omni is not just an airline it's a global aviation services company. There's a lot more to the name than just 11 airlines on an ACMI certificate!


Happy Landings,


FL450

 

Starting to wonder how many posters here are management (or management hopefuls).

>direction this thread is going

 

How are seats awarded? Hired for one or the other or are options presented during training? If so, how are the options awarded? Age? SSN? Alphabetical? Random? Where you're seated in the classroom (I've heard that's how they assign F/A seniority!)?

 

Hahaha. I don't think anyone is sucking up to the Big O at all. Just saying it's a steady paycheck and lots of fun is to be had on the road. I know for a fact you can attest to that. Tons needs to change for the better in the next contract.... No one is disagreeing with that.

 

I can't say for sure how it is now, but when I was hired I was told for sure it would be the 757/767 (we still had 75's then) and I ended up in the DC-10. *POURS OUT A LITTLE LIQUOR*

My class was awarded seniority number based on numbers out of a hat, however I've heard that may have changed, and I'm not sure about the current system.

Someone said earlier that the 777 guys get a ton of time at home, and that may be true, but they also spend a lot of time chasing airplanes around the world in coach and holding things down at the hotel. I think I posted earlier how few days I worked earlier this year (I'm on the 76) and now that we're super busy I've been on the road for all of my days but I've been flying.

 

Catering food any good?

 

One can choose to be miserable all the time or one can realize what they signed up for. No lies were told to me by the person who recommended me here and has left for greener pastures. I've done the 22 hour DH's in a middle seat going to Japan with two connections, sat short call for no reason while the airplanes are on the other side of the world. There's a TON of stuff that needs to be changed in order to make this a better place to work but it beats working at Any regional, 135, 91K or other ACMI any day!

Plus side: avg of 16 days a month at home (east coaster), pay is always on time if not two days early, NEVER called on off days to be junior manned while attending a personal affair, great cockpit crews, home based, great mx (most of the time), 12 straight days off a month (if you don't bid a split line), CP backs you on all issues if you're not negligent.

It's easy to gripe about a job but why not be part of the change that makes its a better place!

 

You said two different things about being at home. One is 16 the other is 12 ??