so generous of them. Really we should all be thankful. You know with delta putting their necks out there for an unknown quantity like a dca pilot.

 

Hiring in this industry is a text book example of hypocrisy.

 

Recruiter said classes are simply full.

 

They are. Working on 2019 with crew planning.

 

https://www.airlineapps.com/jobs/det...=First-Officer still lists $17.5k signing bonus.. ??

 

Hello,

I’m a 2000 hr pilot with some 135 and multi experience. My wife and I are moving to the Seattle area in the next month; I’ve been studying up and doing a lot of research on Compass. I’m strongly considering applying and trying for a spring 2019 class.

I understand training is normally a day of Indoc in MSP, about 2 weeks of home study, then about 6 weeks of training (maybe more) mostly in MSP (sims in sea and stl also?). This includes a week of ioe as well. Correct?

From there are FOs in Seattle spending a while on reserve or picking up a line pretty quick? I’m not worried about a few months in LAX if I can’t get SEATAC our of training.

My main issue is with this thing called marriage. In order to preserve this I foresee the need to get at least every other weekend (average) off or at least have an idea how many months it will take to achieve this. It would also help to have an idea how many nights/wk average I can expect to spend out of base.

Whenever I talk to folks about scheduling at any regional the responses are something like “could be anything” or “it depends”.

I assume you get the crappier schedules when you first start. Can any of you folks enlighten me to what typical FO schedules are like in Seattle (especially those 1st 6 mo. but also in the 6+mo range)?

I’m looking to build time like everybody else but could be happy flying as few as 500 hrs/yr if nec. Any idea of what you experienced or would expect for someone starting would really help me with my familiar HR negotiations.

Thanks

 

Just to answer the weekends off part. I was getting almost all weekends off within about 50% in base seniority which took maybe a year? That's in LAX though and I think the reason was most people were commuting and didn't put weekends off that high against a commutable line.

 

I started first of February. Finished school house training first of May. Had a few almost full weeks off in the middle mixed up between classroom and sims.

Since off reserve (3 months) I’m seeing about 15 days a month in a hotel with min (11-12) days off a month.

I was on reserve for 4 months after IOE completetion. I think my classmate in SEA was about the same.

The thing is a guy that started 2 months before me went straight into a line holder. But we just hired a pile of guys. So you’ll be behind all them. So probably more like the 3-6mths I’d reserve if you start early next year.

Once again. The plane is great the routes we fly are great. The hotels we stay in are mostly excellent! And the best part are the crews. We have awesome people to work with.

 

Keep in mind, too, that you can choose to bid to reserve to get the days off you want (I.E. Weekends) rather than a line working weekends. If you live in base close enough to sit at home on a 2 hour call-out, it's not a bad way to keep the wife happy at home because you'll be at home as much, if not more than you would be as a line holder with minimum days off. Lots more driving to/from the airport, but if that's your priority you should be able to get that when you get even somewhat reasonable seniority on reserve (probably 90% in base, but I'm shooting from the hip).

If you plan on living more than two hours away from SEA or doing an easy commute, then obviously being a line holder will likely be better than reserve. Just giving you another option depending on where exactly you plan on moving.

 

Day 1 in March, SEA FO. Can count on one hand the number of reserve days I did. 13-15 days off usually. Haven't bid for weekends, but usually get 2 weekends off each month anyway. If you want to come here next year, apply now.