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Originally Posted by RockyBoy (Post 1225847)

I don't see why people are all bent out of shape over the hotel for newhires deal. Our newhire pay is better than anyone else out there and the health insurance kicks in day 1. That more than offsets the cost of putting yourself up for a couple of weeks.

We do get single occupancy hotels during indoc and then we are on the hook during sim training. I ran behind the hotel we were in for indoc, found a crash pad in less than 10 minutes (there are tons back in that neighborhood), and had a house to stay in the entire month for $250. I had a full kitchen, private room, and a nice living room to study in. Beat the heck out of a hotel room for a month. If I had to do it all over again and I had a company paid hotel, I'd go pay for a crashpad again on my own dime.

Bingo! Our new hire package is one of the best in the industry. This forum is full of cherry pickers who never look at the overall context of what they are complaining about. 250 dollars or pay your own health insurance for 6 months and earn half the pay? Lets see which do I choose?

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Originally Posted by acl65pilot (Post 1225778)

Simply put, No More Bacon. Lets get back to constructive debate.

YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am staying with my son in LAS for a few days and want to do my quarterly cq while he is at work. The only computer available is a MacBook Pro. Has anyone had any trouble completing it on a mac?

Does the new payscale on APC just reflect the new rates as of July 1 or what the contract provides total over the next 3 years?

Side note: Compass does not provide new hires with paid hotel rooms either for training.

If one were to be hired during the next hiring window, how long would it take to hold a SLC base?

I would plan NYC/DTW if hired, but hiring may be a ways off.

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Originally Posted by duder (Post 1225993)

I believe it is the current rate. It will be updated as our pay rates change.

Scoop

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Originally Posted by duder (Post 1225993)

Those are only the July 1st rates. 8.5% raise coming on 1/1/13.

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Originally Posted by proletariatav8r (Post 1226000)

If one were to be hired during the next hiring window, how long would it take to hold a SLC base?

It's anyone's guess right now. Our staffing changes so constantly that it's hard to put a pulse on anything. I've been stuck away from the west coast for the past 4 years, and honestly I don't think i'm getting any closer to getting home. No matter how "great" our new TA is, and how the economy is booming (so they say), if you're a newhire (07/08 onward is still consider newhire at DL), I'd stick with a category that is relatively well staffed, and has lots of frequency to your base. At least your QOL is not as bad as those who has to double commute:)

But if what you're commuting for is worth it, you wouldn't feel like you have a choice anyway:) Good luck on getting on at Big D!

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Originally Posted by maddogmax (Post 1225986)

I am staying with my son in LAS for a few days and want to do my quarterly cq while he is at work. The only computer available is a MacBook Pro. Has anyone had any trouble completing it on a mac?

Nope, the CQ CD works on both PC and Mac.