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11-23-2014, 09:17 AM
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Originally Posted by DALMD88FO
Again I said during our last big hiring cycle, which was 96-01
11-23-2014, 09:18 AM
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Originally Posted by sailingfun
Keep in mind that Express CA paid about the same as a 727 copilot at the time. Guys may have held CA in 18 months but it was all about pay. Regular Captains seats were around 12 years at the time.
But that was at full a-scale, good times, pre-bankruptcy pay.
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11-23-2014, 09:21 AM
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Originally Posted by Carl Spackler
Worse than that, the cockpits and manuals. That's what this is about. There are no plans to raise wages for our profession at the entry level. None. The plan is using foreign nationals who will fly for peanuts. I was on a GoJet flight recently and both pilots' PA's were completely unintelligible (one Spanish, one Chinese).
I can see a day when I complain to a chief pilot about my FO not speaking the language, and that chief pilot telling me that I'd better up my game in my bilingual skills.
Carl
I can see a day when I complain to a chief pilot about my FO not speaking the language, and that chief pilot telling me that I'd better up my game in my bilingual skills.
Carl
11-23-2014, 09:22 AM
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Originally Posted by Carl Spackler
. I was on a GoJet flight recently and both pilots' PA's were completely unintelligible (one Spanish, one Chinese).
I can see a day when I complain to a chief pilot about my FO not speaking the language, and that chief pilot telling me that I'd better up my game in my bilingual skills.
Carl
I can see a day when I complain to a chief pilot about my FO not speaking the language, and that chief pilot telling me that I'd better up my game in my bilingual skills.
Carl
It's just one more step towards Esperanto!
11-23-2014, 09:29 AM
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Originally Posted by badflaps
Verdad, but I still think the Spanish words for take-off and landing are goofy.
Despegar - dispatch / takeoff
Aterrizar - to land / to the terrain
11-23-2014, 09:29 AM
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Originally Posted by Justdoinmyjob
It's just one more step towards Esperanto!
11-23-2014, 09:33 AM
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However they are spot on with the F/A's... Azzafata.
11-23-2014, 09:39 AM
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Originally Posted by scambo1
I don't understand why guys hold up express captain as a truly legitimate upgrade for this reason. Yes, it's an upgrade, and yes, you're the captain, but money and time off determine what your seniority can hold. (Despite the fact that for a long time, express captains were making serious bank with their GSWC campaign). The sunshine operation was a concession and should be viewed as a c-scale IMO.
11-23-2014, 09:43 AM
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Originally Posted by scambo1
I don't understand why guys hold up express captain as a truly legitimate upgrade for this reason.
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