Prepare Yourselves… 2022 AEs
02-18-2022, 03:26 PM
#1021
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Two years ago we were about to witness over half the jets in the country park on any runway and taxiway they could spare.
A year ago we were starting to get the blocks in place to tentatively rebuild.
Yesterday we saw people get awarded captain in a jet that doesn’t have a T-tail who were hired after thanksgiving. We saw people who probably hold a furlough letter in their files become ER captains. This wasn’t even the “big big” either.
We’re arguing over Ali Baba??
A year ago we were starting to get the blocks in place to tentatively rebuild.
Yesterday we saw people get awarded captain in a jet that doesn’t have a T-tail who were hired after thanksgiving. We saw people who probably hold a furlough letter in their files become ER captains. This wasn’t even the “big big” either.
We’re arguing over Ali Baba??
02-18-2022, 03:41 PM
#1022
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Originally Posted by PilotBases
Two years ago we were about to witness over half the jets in the country park on any runway and taxiway they could spare.
A year ago we were starting to get the blocks in place to tentatively rebuild.
Yesterday we saw people get awarded captain in a jet that doesn’t have a T-tail who were hired after thanksgiving. We saw people who probably hold a furlough letter in their files become ER captains. This wasn’t even the “big big” either.
We’re arguing over Ali Baba??
A year ago we were starting to get the blocks in place to tentatively rebuild.
Yesterday we saw people get awarded captain in a jet that doesn’t have a T-tail who were hired after thanksgiving. We saw people who probably hold a furlough letter in their files become ER captains. This wasn’t even the “big big” either.
We’re arguing over Ali Baba??
/sarcasm
02-18-2022, 03:54 PM
#1023
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Originally Posted by Finessed
It’s Alibaba you moron.
/sarcasm
/sarcasm
02-18-2022, 04:30 PM
#1024
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Originally Posted by PilotBases
Two years ago we were about to witness over half the jets in the country park on any runway and taxiway they could spare.
A year ago we were starting to get the blocks in place to tentatively rebuild.
Yesterday we saw people get awarded captain in a jet that doesn’t have a T-tail who were hired after thanksgiving. We saw people who probably hold a furlough letter in their files become ER captains. This wasn’t even the “big big” either.
We’re arguing over Ali Baba??
A year ago we were starting to get the blocks in place to tentatively rebuild.
Yesterday we saw people get awarded captain in a jet that doesn’t have a T-tail who were hired after thanksgiving. We saw people who probably hold a furlough letter in their files become ER captains. This wasn’t even the “big big” either.
We’re arguing over Ali Baba??
02-18-2022, 04:34 PM
#1025
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Originally Posted by hockeypilot44
I think having pilots upgrade that are in the 95th percentile of our seniority list is an embarrassment. It shows how poor our quality of life has gotten. No one would rather be a first officer vs captain. Our PWA is sorely lacking.
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02-18-2022, 04:48 PM
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Originally Posted by hockeypilot44
I think having pilots upgrade that are in the 95th percentile of our seniority list is an embarrassment. It shows how poor our quality of life has gotten. No one would rather be a first officer vs captain. Our PWA is sorely lacking.
Originally Posted by Trip7
Nearly every airline is going thru the same thing. United had unfilled 737 Captain postions. New hire Widebody postions. FedEx has 1 year 757 Captains. Did all these premier jobs get poor QOL all of a sudden? No. This is what happens when there is a Tsunami of movement happening in the industry
02-18-2022, 05:34 PM
#1027
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Originally Posted by KirillTheThrill
I’m aware, thanks. I commuted to SFO as the literal plug for a month and it’s nothing great.
He will enjoy commuting to reserve for most likely a few years, and he will hate his life, no matter what his “look at how great I am” posts say.
He will enjoy commuting to reserve for most likely a few years, and he will hate his life, no matter what his “look at how great I am” posts say.
of his time at Delta and that's kinda cool.
02-18-2022, 06:22 PM
#1028
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Originally Posted by FL370esq
But....he will get to wear a 4-stripe horse blanket the rest
of his time at Delta and that's kinda cool.
of his time at Delta and that's kinda cool.
02-18-2022, 06:24 PM
#1029
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I got to give the dude some credit. When I was 25 I wasn’t anywhere close to mature enough to be a van admiral. All I cared about at 25 was going out and chasing tail.
02-18-2022, 06:31 PM
#1030
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Originally Posted by hockeypilot44
I think having pilots upgrade that are in the 95th percentile of our seniority list is an embarrassment. It shows how poor our quality of life has gotten. No one would rather be a first officer vs captain. Our PWA is sorely lacking.
Grant PSC to pilots commuting to the NYC base, offer a hotel on both ends for non commutable trips, and the NYC captain pool would get senior pretty quickly.
Then again, “We hire captains”. So if the junior pilots want to deal with 5-10 years of reserve and/or awful NYC trips, there’s really no reason for the company should care who volunteers for the slots.
More power to the awarded pilots. Timing is everything (which is to say “lucky bastards”).
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