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#541
What exaggerations?
I get that the AUS base is way understaffed. Every complaint I’ve heard, staffing has been the solution. So telling people not to come here doesn’t help anybody does it? It simply continues the problem creating the things you’re complaining about.
Do Pilots have to commute to base or are they given positive space real tickets to/from work? They get real tickets.
Do Pilots sit 8-10 hours daily doing airport standby? No
Do Pilots ever have to pay for their own crashpads? No
Do crews get crew cars to use while off duty? Yes
Do crews get crew meals? Yes
Do any other regionals do that?
Yes, the schedules/scheduling suck. However all the problems these complaints stem from are staffing related. Get more bodies here and what are the complaints then? If you think staffing isn’t an issue at most regionals these days then you aren’t paying attention.
I’m really not getting how trashing your company publicly is going to help solve the issues you’re complaining about? In fact, it’s actually counterproductive. Telling people to stay away because of bad schedules just ensures the schedules stay bad, since the solution to them is increased staffing.
Nope, it’s far from perfect. It’s a regional. Don’t think I ever said otherwise. The glass can be 1/2 empty or 1/2 full; it’s your choice....
YMMV
I get that the AUS base is way understaffed. Every complaint I’ve heard, staffing has been the solution. So telling people not to come here doesn’t help anybody does it? It simply continues the problem creating the things you’re complaining about.
Do Pilots have to commute to base or are they given positive space real tickets to/from work? They get real tickets.
Do Pilots sit 8-10 hours daily doing airport standby? No
Do Pilots ever have to pay for their own crashpads? No
Do crews get crew cars to use while off duty? Yes
Do crews get crew meals? Yes
Do any other regionals do that?
Yes, the schedules/scheduling suck. However all the problems these complaints stem from are staffing related. Get more bodies here and what are the complaints then? If you think staffing isn’t an issue at most regionals these days then you aren’t paying attention.
I’m really not getting how trashing your company publicly is going to help solve the issues you’re complaining about? In fact, it’s actually counterproductive. Telling people to stay away because of bad schedules just ensures the schedules stay bad, since the solution to them is increased staffing.
Nope, it’s far from perfect. It’s a regional. Don’t think I ever said otherwise. The glass can be 1/2 empty or 1/2 full; it’s your choice....
YMMV
Last edited by Cujo665; 10-02-2018 at 06:36 AM.
#542
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Oct 2017
Position: SW4
Posts: 121
What exaggerations?
I get that the AUS base is way understaffed. Every complaint I’ve heard, staffing has been the solution. So telling people not to come here doesn’t help anybody does it? It simply continues the problem creating the things you’re complaining about.
Do Pilots have to commute to base or are they given positive space real tickets to/from work? They get real tickets.
Do Pilots sit 8-10 hours daily doing airport standby? No
Do Pilots ever have to pay for their own crashpads? No
Do crews get crew cars to use while off duty? Yes
Do crews get crew meals? Yes
Do any other regionals do that?
Yes, the schedules/scheduling suck. However all the problems these complaints stem from are staffing related. Get more bodies here and what are the complaints then? If you think staffing isn’t an issue at most regionals these days then you aren’t paying attention.
I’m really not getting how trashing your company publicly is going to help solve the issues you’re complaining about? In fact, it’s actually counterproductive. Telling people to stay away because of bad schedules just ensures the schedules stay bad, since the solution to them is increased staffing.
Nope, it’s far from perfect. It’s a regional.
YMMV
I get that the AUS base is way understaffed. Every complaint I’ve heard, staffing has been the solution. So telling people not to come here doesn’t help anybody does it? It simply continues the problem creating the things you’re complaining about.
Do Pilots have to commute to base or are they given positive space real tickets to/from work? They get real tickets.
Do Pilots sit 8-10 hours daily doing airport standby? No
Do Pilots ever have to pay for their own crashpads? No
Do crews get crew cars to use while off duty? Yes
Do crews get crew meals? Yes
Do any other regionals do that?
Yes, the schedules/scheduling suck. However all the problems these complaints stem from are staffing related. Get more bodies here and what are the complaints then? If you think staffing isn’t an issue at most regionals these days then you aren’t paying attention.
I’m really not getting how trashing your company publicly is going to help solve the issues you’re complaining about? In fact, it’s actually counterproductive. Telling people to stay away because of bad schedules just ensures the schedules stay bad, since the solution to them is increased staffing.
Nope, it’s far from perfect. It’s a regional.
YMMV
Yes, having more pilots here would solve the issues, but the new training pay is a sick, sick, sick, sick joke! They just lost guys in the training class because they weren't getting paid!
#543
They’re a regional like all the rest and regionals suck. They’re 2.5 years old as a 121 and are still learning as they grow. Management run around is normal at regionals; at least you don’t have management targeting employees like at other regionals.
There’s two sides to every story. If their MX program was unsafe they wouldn’t be flying. If something isn’t right, then write it up and get it fixed. Machines break. That’s why we train pilots for abnormals and emergencies.
Those old TSA planes are/were buggy though in my opinion.
#544
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Jan 2016
Posts: 104
What exaggerations?
I get that the AUS base is way understaffed. Every complaint I’ve heard, staffing has been the solution. So telling people not to come here doesn’t help anybody does it? It simply continues the problem creating the things you’re complaining about.
Do Pilots have to commute to base or are they given positive space real tickets to/from work? They get real tickets.
Do Pilots sit 8-10 hours daily doing airport standby? No
Do Pilots ever have to pay for their own crashpads? No
Do crews get crew cars to use while off duty? Yes
Do crews get crew meals? Yes
Do any other regionals do that?
Yes, the schedules/scheduling suck. However all the problems these complaints stem from are staffing related. Get more bodies here and what are the complaints then? If you think staffing isn’t an issue at most regionals these days then you aren’t paying attention.
I’m really not getting how trashing your company publicly is going to help solve the issues you’re complaining about? In fact, it’s actually counterproductive. Telling people to stay away because of bad schedules just ensures the schedules stay bad, since the solution to them is increased staffing.
Nope, it’s far from perfect. It’s a regional. Don’t think I ever said otherwise. The glass can be 1/2 empty or 1/2 full; it’s your choice....
YMMV
I get that the AUS base is way understaffed. Every complaint I’ve heard, staffing has been the solution. So telling people not to come here doesn’t help anybody does it? It simply continues the problem creating the things you’re complaining about.
Do Pilots have to commute to base or are they given positive space real tickets to/from work? They get real tickets.
Do Pilots sit 8-10 hours daily doing airport standby? No
Do Pilots ever have to pay for their own crashpads? No
Do crews get crew cars to use while off duty? Yes
Do crews get crew meals? Yes
Do any other regionals do that?
Yes, the schedules/scheduling suck. However all the problems these complaints stem from are staffing related. Get more bodies here and what are the complaints then? If you think staffing isn’t an issue at most regionals these days then you aren’t paying attention.
I’m really not getting how trashing your company publicly is going to help solve the issues you’re complaining about? In fact, it’s actually counterproductive. Telling people to stay away because of bad schedules just ensures the schedules stay bad, since the solution to them is increased staffing.
Nope, it’s far from perfect. It’s a regional. Don’t think I ever said otherwise. The glass can be 1/2 empty or 1/2 full; it’s your choice....
YMMV
If you think staffing is the only problem, you either don’t understand or it’s part of the exaggeration. It’s not my company anymore. I’m long gone. Why else would anyone trash their old company....cause they still owe me over $10k.
#545
Yeah, I had 8h sits. I fought for free meals on the 6 leg/12h duty days because no breaks were scheduled. We got a sandwich.
If you think staffing is the only problem, you either don’t understand or it’s part of the exaggeration. It’s not my company anymore. I’m long gone. Why else would anyone trash their old company....cause they still owe me over $10k.
If you think staffing is the only problem, you either don’t understand or it’s part of the exaggeration. It’s not my company anymore. I’m long gone. Why else would anyone trash their old company....cause they still owe me over $10k.
A sit due to a mx delay is not doing scheduled airport standby.
Yes, they have lots to learn and improve on. All regionals do. Pilots just need to pick their priorities and which aggravation they want. All these regionals have something to complain about, go read the message boards.
In this company’s case, 85% of the issue is staffing related... and telling guys to go elsewhere isn’t going to help fix that.
I’ll say this. It’s a stepping stone job. Get in, keep applying to bigger better LCC’s, ACMI’s and legacies and move the hell onto better places when you can.
There have been no exaggerations
#546
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Joined APC: Jul 2013
Posts: 9,940
Have you filed a labor complaint for unpaid wages? If they owe you, then they owe you.
A sit due to a mx delay is not doing scheduled airport standby.
Yes, they have lots to learn and improve on. All regionals do. Pilots just need to pick their priorities and which aggravation they want. All these regionals have something to complain about, go read the message boards.
In this company’s case, 85% of the issue is staffing related... and telling guys to go elsewhere isn’t going to help fix that.
I’ll say this. It’s a stepping stone job. Get in, keep applying to bigger better LCC’s, ACMI’s and legacies and move the hell onto better places when you can.
There have been no exaggerations
A sit due to a mx delay is not doing scheduled airport standby.
Yes, they have lots to learn and improve on. All regionals do. Pilots just need to pick their priorities and which aggravation they want. All these regionals have something to complain about, go read the message boards.
In this company’s case, 85% of the issue is staffing related... and telling guys to go elsewhere isn’t going to help fix that.
I’ll say this. It’s a stepping stone job. Get in, keep applying to bigger better LCC’s, ACMI’s and legacies and move the hell onto better places when you can.
There have been no exaggerations
From what is sounds like, the incompetent management team would just use additional staffing to further stretch the operation. They wouldn't staff it properly, they would staff it as lean as possible to get the absolute most out of labor so as to extract more gains and growth.
#547
They aren’t perfect, they’re far from it actually, but they are better than most regionals IMHO. If you argue your case logically, they’ll listen.
#549
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Joined APC: Oct 2017
Position: SW4
Posts: 121
Not really an interview. . . you might get a skype . . . do you have a pulse? If you are already at a base and have some sort of time in a jet or something then you are good to go. Just ask lots of questions!!! Come in with eyes wide open!
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