How much flight time & what kind of experience did you have when you were hired at Chautauqua?

A year, who told you that? :) You are going to be highly disappointed when you come here and expect all that and it doesnt happen. Your buddy should do you some justice and tell you how it truly is at Compass. Im not saying it is the worst place to work but you expectations are a bit high to be honest with you. There is no one upgrading in a year. If they are telling you that in the interview its a lie. The latest set of Captain upgrades have been here 1 year and 8 months. And as for going to DAL after getting hired here and then upgrading in a year, wont happen. Im not saying the flow up wont happen but if you are hired today, it will take you at least 4 years to flow up if it start today. Go do some research before you come here

You totally missed my point. You are always in a rush to defend any and everything about Compass, both just and unjust. You are so blinded by the fact that this regional is slightly better than your last 2 or three regional that you go as far and defend the same injustices that was and done to you at you last company. I was making the point that Compass is the worst for new hires due to the fact that you have to do a full 30 days of ground school for 18.5 hours of pay at $23.67 per hour. You totally missed the point that new hires are required to pay for their own housing due to the fact that they company is making all new hires MPS based to avoid hotel cost and and soon as they are done they go straight to DTW or MEM.

I understand that for you, you experience at Compass has been more than pleasant becasue you probably came in straight to a CA spot or was awared a CA spot in 6 months or less, but you need to come back to reality. For you to come on here and paint this pretty picture of Compass, you are doing an great deal injustice to those that are not in the know. That is one of thr problem eith this industry and the the state that it is in now. The guys that came before you telling you how awesome everthing is and then you found out the truth for yourself. I'm sure when you were are Comair, Skyway, and Elsewhere you were the bottom and say the Company for what it really is. You built up the courage to leave for whatever reason but Im sure if someone senior to you at the time defended all the flaws of Comair, Skyway and Wherever then you would think to yourself, "man this guy is out of touch." You have become that senior captain you despised for allowing the injustice to continue, at least that's how I see it..

I'm not saying you have to be negative all the time but just tell it like it is. Tell the truth. There are more flaws at Compass than all of us would like to see, but dont paint this picture that everything is ok and the things that are'nt then you shouldn't expect it to be any better because you are at a regional. By the trend of your post on this site and on Compasspilot, I can tell you are going to miss the point of this message. No one could ever say something bad about you little baby Compass, Oberon to the rescue...This isnt a personal attack, just pointing out the fact that you defend any and everything about Compass. Both Just and Unjust. Show some justice for once

Hi!

My buddy says (and I know) that it is night and day compared with TSA.

I think if you are interviewed in the next few months, and hired, 90% chance you will upgrade in about a year, if you meet the mins and will take the least popular base.

They guys who are there now, have been there for the worst...things will not be the same 6 months from now, as they were 6 months ago, not even close.

One the other hand, they will NOT interview me, and I won't get hired. If they wanted me, they would have already called. No DAL for me!

On to plan Z.

cliff
NBO

Did you interview at NWA?

I cant tell if you are being sarcastic or not. Everyone that is getting hired is already meeting the upgrade minimms. As of today, there are about 170 Captains of about 370 total pilots. Based on what you are saying if i get hired now and in a few weeks, there will be 200 upgrades in a year. That would be great if it happens but I'm going to say it is highly unlikely. Is this what they are telling guys that are interviewing. The most Junior Captain has a hired date of Feb 2008. Dont believe the lie that if you get hired now you will be a CA in a year. Unless Delta start flowing up and Compass start getting more plane I dont see that happening.

I'm no Miss Cleo so I could be wrong...

No, that is NOT what they told us. All they said is that there is room for expansion only if Delta transfers flying or if they pick up another code-share. They also said that both were highly unlikely. They were nice, but were sure to make sure we understood that we were likely to rot on reserve for a while.

Did they tell you guys you have to provide you own housing during the entire training or is that something you found out after starting

they told us at the interview, but at that point, i couldnt turn it down and continue unemployment. it probably would not have swayed my decision to interview either way. it pretty scarce out there.

I totally understand.. I was just curious to see if this was something that wasnt being told in the interview.