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01-01-2010, 04:54 PM

#23051

hiredgun

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Originally Posted by hockeypilot44

My advice to all new pilots is skip getting a degree. Go to Compass or Mesaba and just flow up. A degree is for suckers.

Chief Pilot said all they have to do is meet the minimums which is a college degree, 1200 total hours, 1000 turbine, 1st class medical, hold a US passport etc. These are the qualifications listed on the company website. That's still a big shortcut given the fact that non-Mesaba/Compass applicants have to have much higher qualifications to be competitive for an interview.

Mmmm free turkey sandwich....

01-01-2010, 05:02 PM

#23052

acl65pilot

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That is the way the NWA LOA's 2006 10 and 12 are set up. This is not surprise.

01-01-2010, 05:10 PM

#23053

hockeypilot44

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Originally Posted by acl65pilot

That is the way the NWA LOA's 2006 10 and 12 are set up. This is not surprise.

IMHO, that LOA was written with the intention that the flow-up would never happen. It was written for the more likely flow-down scenario.

01-01-2010, 05:30 PM

#23054

acl65pilot

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Probably but now the guys at CPS and Mesaba get the benefits of it. Good for them.

01-01-2010, 05:32 PM

#23055

Superpilot92

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Originally Posted by hockeypilot44

IMHO, that LOA was written with the intention that the flow-up would never happen. It was written for the more likely flow-down scenario.

the mesaba flow started shortly after it was signed, albeit only a few made it in before the music stopped, i dont think it was written with the intention of either way. imho

01-01-2010, 05:33 PM

#23056

hockeypilot44

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Originally Posted by acl65pilot

Probably but now the guys at CPS and Mesaba get the benefits of it. Good for them.

I want there to be a shortage of pilots that meet Delta standards. That gives us leverage. I feel that letting Compass and Mesaba pilots on board that do not meet the standards costs us leverage. The only standard we have that the regionals don't is the bachelor's degree so that is the one I am referring to.

01-01-2010, 05:37 PM

#23057

acl65pilot

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Guess what?, They need that to flow. They have to meet our MIN standards plus whatever the flow states.

01-01-2010, 05:40 PM

#23058

tsquare

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I don't care if Tebow is a good kid... I still can't stand him AND the gators.

There I said it.

Go Bearcats... please

01-01-2010, 05:41 PM

#23059

satchip

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If you fly a leg that turns the clock, IE took off from GRU at 2345 on dec 31st and landed JFK 06240 on the 1 Jan, is the entire leg paid as if it was flown in Dec? Shouldn't some of those hours be credited towards Jan?