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Justdoinmyjob , 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

OK, gotcha! I was reading too literally. Mea Culpa.

#172932

NuGuy , 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.

By the same token, guys were upgrading at NWA during the same time frame (1998ish-2001) in roughly 5 years. One guy I knew did it in 4 years 11 months.

But that was at full a-scale, good times, pre-bankruptcy pay.

Nu

#172933

badflaps , 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

Verdad, but I still think the Spanish words for take-off and landing are goofy.

#172934

Justdoinmyjob , 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

It's just one more step towards Esperanto!

#172935

scambo1 , 11-23-2014 09:29 AM

The Brown Dot +1

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Originally Posted by badflaps

Verdad, but I still think the Spanish words for take-off and landing are goofy.

They are direct translations of dispatch and landing.

Despegar - dispatch / takeoff
Aterrizar - to land / to the terrain

#172936

badflaps , 11-23-2014 09:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Justdoinmyjob

It's just one more step towards Esperanto!

I thought he was the Lone Ranger's side kick....

#172937

badflaps , 11-23-2014 09:33 AM

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However they are spot on with the F/A's... Azzafata.

#172938

Justdoinmyjob , 11-23-2014 09:35 AM

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#172939

DALMD88FO , 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.

And is was a c-scale, however it was also over $100k a year at the 2nd to 3rd year mark. Not to mention our rotations were much more efficient. I can't remember how long it took to me get to that point once I returned from furlough. (C2K rates were a memory).

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Sink r8 , 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.

Which is precisely the sentiment Express Captains were deliberately cultivating in their senior cohorts.