Any "Latest & Greatest" about Endeavor?
05-10-2018, 01:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Boats and Hos
A lot of people, especially ExpressJet people, were really hoping for the super base of Atlanta. That now seems to have been dropped. A few 5am shows to sit at LGA on airport reserve will cure a lot of people of coming to EDV. Again, there is no real career progression. Fast upgrades but that is on the 200 and you will be on reserve for two years, at least, and in New York. It's hell AND expensive. As far as the EMB170/175s, those promises have been made for a few years it seems. Then right at the last minute, oh no, they're not coming. The April fools "flow" was only to close to reality. The continued rumor of all these 700s may or may not be true. They keep dangling these carrots to attract and retain people because I believe if things do not improve there really is no reason to stay. Talk to the real senior people, they have been hearing all these things for years and years.
The culture has become a bit stale too. There are lots of grievances and lots of fatigue reports, mostly due firebreaks, being rejected. It is not part of the "Core" principles, the current state of affairs. I thought the new contract was supposed to bring peace and harmony but it seems to have brought micro management, god do they micro manage everything to death, and uneasiness.
The regionals are what they are BUT go with a flow. If you are going to be beat over the head and abused and have to spend time, a lot of time, in New York, you might as well have something for your investment. This is just my experience and opinion.
The culture has become a bit stale too. There are lots of grievances and lots of fatigue reports, mostly due firebreaks, being rejected. It is not part of the "Core" principles, the current state of affairs. I thought the new contract was supposed to bring peace and harmony but it seems to have brought micro management, god do they micro manage everything to death, and uneasiness.
The regionals are what they are BUT go with a flow. If you are going to be beat over the head and abused and have to spend time, a lot of time, in New York, you might as well have something for your investment. This is just my experience and opinion.
05-10-2018, 02:02 PM
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Originally Posted by 1337pilot
The time to have gotten here was in 2016 or before. If you got here then you would be able to hold a 900 upgrade and have people junior to you. If you go to be a street CA anywhere you're gonna get the most undesirable equipment in the most undesirable base. I think we will get the 700s at least and do more ATL flying. But it will go a little more senior. NYC will always be the junior base and I think we will end up taking back all the Skywest flying thats planned here because they're gonna jack it up. The 175s yeah, i'll believe it when I see it on property.
05-10-2018, 02:25 PM
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Originally Posted by aviationfrk
2014 and 2015 hires are the "golden children" for the hiring wave. 2016 is good also but slowly tapers off towards the end. I'm a first half 2016 hire and hold a 200 CA line in ATL or NYC. 900 anywhere would be deep reserve for me. To anyone reading and considering EDV BoatHo doesn't represent the greater majority of the pilots but he does offer some valid points for people joining now. Most everyone I fly with myself included have good things to say.
05-10-2018, 06:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Boats and Hos
A lot of people, especially ExpressJet people, were really hoping for the super base of Atlanta. That now seems to have been dropped. A few 5am shows to sit at LGA on airport reserve will cure a lot of people of coming to EDV. Again, there is no real career progression. Fast upgrades but that is on the 200 and you will be on reserve for two years, at least, and in New York. It's hell AND expensive. As far as the EMB170/175s, those promises have been made for a few years it seems. Then right at the last minute, oh no, they're not coming. The April fools "flow" was only to close to reality. The continued rumor of all these 700s may or may not be true. They keep dangling these carrots to attract and retain people because I believe if things do not improve there really is no reason to stay. Talk to the real senior people, they have been hearing all these things for years and years.
The culture has become a bit stale too. There are lots of grievances and lots of fatigue reports, mostly due firebreaks, being rejected. It is not part of the "Core" principles, the current state of affairs. I thought the new contract was supposed to bring peace and harmony but it seems to have brought micro management, god do they micro manage everything to death, and uneasiness.
The regionals are what they are BUT go with a flow. If you are going to be beat over the head and abused and have to spend time, a lot of time, in New York, you might as well have something for your investment. This is just my experience and opinion.
The culture has become a bit stale too. There are lots of grievances and lots of fatigue reports, mostly due firebreaks, being rejected. It is not part of the "Core" principles, the current state of affairs. I thought the new contract was supposed to bring peace and harmony but it seems to have brought micro management, god do they micro manage everything to death, and uneasiness.
The regionals are what they are BUT go with a flow. If you are going to be beat over the head and abused and have to spend time, a lot of time, in New York, you might as well have something for your investment. This is just my experience and opinion.
So I say grow up or leave for another carrier or find a job outside of flying. Or show any proof at all of your nonsense ramblings. You claim we are micromanaged to death yet I haven’t talked to anyone who’s ever even used that word to describe working here. Ever. If you’re getting calls/talks on the reg from management. You probably deserve it.
Last edited by prex8390; 05-10-2018 at 06:21 PM.
05-10-2018, 07:53 PM
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So when is the company going to figure out that the “firebreaks” aren’t mitigating delays? This is the second time I’ve had two sits for several hours in the same day and came close to timing out due to a one of the flights being delayed.
05-10-2018, 09:36 PM
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Tell everyone again.... when are you leaving, since EDV sucks so bad in your opinion?
Originally Posted by Boats and Hos
A lot of people, especially ExpressJet people, were really hoping for the super base of Atlanta. That now seems to have been dropped. A few 5am shows to sit at LGA on airport reserve will cure a lot of people of coming to EDV. Again, there is no real career progression. Fast upgrades but that is on the 200 and you will be on reserve for two years, at least, and in New York. It's hell AND expensive. As far as the EMB170/175s, those promises have been made for a few years it seems. Then right at the last minute, oh no, they're not coming. The April fools "flow" was only to close to reality. The continued rumor of all these 700s may or may not be true. They keep dangling these carrots to attract and retain people because I believe if things do not improve there really is no reason to stay. Talk to the real senior people, they have been hearing all these things for years and years.
The culture has become a bit stale too. There are lots of grievances and lots of fatigue reports, mostly due firebreaks, being rejected. It is not part of the "Core" principles, the current state of affairs. I thought the new contract was supposed to bring peace and harmony but it seems to have brought micro management, god do they micro manage everything to death, and uneasiness.
The regionals are what they are BUT go with a flow. If you are going to be beat over the head and abused and have to spend time, a lot of time, in New York, you might as well have something for your investment. This is just my experience and opinion.
The culture has become a bit stale too. There are lots of grievances and lots of fatigue reports, mostly due firebreaks, being rejected. It is not part of the "Core" principles, the current state of affairs. I thought the new contract was supposed to bring peace and harmony but it seems to have brought micro management, god do they micro manage everything to death, and uneasiness.
The regionals are what they are BUT go with a flow. If you are going to be beat over the head and abused and have to spend time, a lot of time, in New York, you might as well have something for your investment. This is just my experience and opinion.
05-10-2018, 09:48 PM
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Only people who could itemize in 2017 could take advantage of the per diem deduction. Even less people in 2018 would qualify for said deduction due to the $2-4K standard deduction increase.
Who pays for dry cleaning today, when polyester can be washed? How many headsets do you buy? Uniforms are provided for free. Logbooks are free (no requirement to pay for them, so hard to justify claiming them on taxes).
But the real gain is in the lowered tax rate throughout the year, so your take home pay is higher each month, unless you make enough to keep you in the higher tax brackets. Even at $180K, you should be taking home more each month.
Who pays for dry cleaning today, when polyester can be washed? How many headsets do you buy? Uniforms are provided for free. Logbooks are free (no requirement to pay for them, so hard to justify claiming them on taxes).
But the real gain is in the lowered tax rate throughout the year, so your take home pay is higher each month, unless you make enough to keep you in the higher tax brackets. Even at $180K, you should be taking home more each month.
Originally Posted by flydiamond
No, it really doesn’t. Don’t want to start a political debate but when you consider the fact that the personal exemption was removed ($4000); the $6,000 larger Standard deduction in 2018 is only $2000 larger. Since the per diem write off, especially when traveling to major cities, is quite lucrative per day (upwards of $20 write off), it doesn’t take too many days away from base to get above $2000 from the meals and incidentals write off alone. This is especially true to anyone who has TDY’d, which has become involuntary for some of our pilots in 2018. Add to that the other deductions that are gone (Eg dry cleaning, headsets and uniforms, logbook subscriptions) and the new tax system is a major loss for our profession.
05-11-2018, 04:01 AM
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Originally Posted by flydiamond
No, it really doesn’t. Don’t want to start a political debate but when you consider the fact that the personal exemption was removed ($4000); the $6,000 larger Standard deduction in 2018 is only $2000 larger. Since the per diem write off, especially when traveling to major cities, is quite lucrative per day (upwards of $20 write off), it doesn’t take too many days away from base to get above $2000 from the meals and incidentals write off alone. This is especially true to anyone who has TDY’d, which has become involuntary for some of our pilots in 2018. Add to that the other deductions that are gone (Eg dry cleaning, headsets and uniforms, logbook subscriptions) and the new tax system is a major loss for our profession.
05-11-2018, 04:18 AM
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Originally Posted by flydiamond
No, it really doesn’t. Don’t want to start a political debate but when you consider the fact that the personal exemption was removed ($4000); the $6,000 larger Standard deduction in 2018 is only $2000 larger. Since the per diem write off, especially when traveling to major cities, is quite lucrative per day (upwards of $20 write off), it doesn’t take too many days away from base to get above $2000 from the meals and incidentals write off alone. This is especially true to anyone who has TDY’d, which has become involuntary for some of our pilots in 2018. Add to that the other deductions that are gone (Eg dry cleaning, headsets and uniforms, logbook subscriptions) and the new tax system is a major loss for our profession.
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