LOL, that made me laugh, I take no offense. I never said it "equals less captains" or at least I didn't mean to, I'm saying it prolongs our current stagnation! If I as a capt fly right seat and talk my fellow capt buddies into doing the same thing to help the company with their lack of planning and FO shortage then it would therefore reduce their urgent need for FO's (for the time being). No FO's coming in the door means no upgrades, you cannot upgrade when you cannot backfill, its common sense. Its not like they are going to make everybody on property captains in order to fly them either seat, they are trying to fix the oh crap situation they got themselves into by suckering us into this. By doing so, it keeps the stagnation where its at. Lets stay in our respective seats and let them do the only thing they can to fix this which is throw a **** ton of money at it!


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Completely agree... I'm a nobody and just joined the company, but coming from a long time in the Air Force and if you need to wear the hat that is what you have to do, if you don't you are not cooler or smarter... and if you keep complaining about low salary, rules and so on you better go somewhere else doing something else... just my opinion

 

Skywest is always hiring and their hat is optional


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Just because I'm not disgruntled and lazy doesn't mean I'm being taken advantage of. Just not afraid or reluctant to follow the book and be the best pilot/person/crewmember I can be. I don't show up to a shift at work to half-a$$ it because I'm butthurt I'm not making six figures, simple as that. No one wants to be part of a crew with a guy who is going to show up with your attitude.

Please tell me more about how wearing my hat and helping my crew/operation out makes me a koolaid sipping tool you're right I should spend my turn time staring at the PFDand grumbling about my vacation while I listen to the rest of the operation occurring around me.

 

Amen... and stay there as a FO for the rest of your life... there are many options and many regionals so guys don't spit on the plate from which you are eating from...like I said I don't know much about Compass and I have never dealed or worked with unions before... but I made my assessment and decided to become a FO at Compass and excited to start, if then after starting I decide I made the wrong choice or I don't share the same values, guess what.... see ya, will not spend my time complaining about my employer or management team...just my thoughts

 

Explain please?

 

Very easy for what I heard upgrade at compass is quicker than Skywest that is all,at Skywest they don't even have instructor to give you your ioe checkride, a friend of mine is more than a month that is waiting for the training after school .... anyway bottom line is if you are here just follow the freaking rules and enjoy your work, when you stop enjoying it it's time to change it and look for something else. I went to work for my entire life happy of what I was doing and now I'm happy to keep flying in a different way...

 

What is per diem rate now, did it go up with the pay raise?

Also if the block is a certain time but the flight takes longer which does Compass pay?

I got my call today (little hiccup with my application) and I interview next week. Im excited! (some of the comments here can be discouraging at times though).

Hold the line guys. Help is coming.

 

Congrats! IIRC $1.65 is per diem, no change with the raise, also if you overblock you get paid the greater than scheduled

 

Pay is block or better, so if blocked for 2 hours and fly 2.5 you are paid 2.5. Also we have minimum daily credit of 4 hours so no matter what you are paid 4 hours of credit. Per diem not sure of I think it's like $1.78 an hour with a tiny increase for international.