Piedmont cadet considering Envoy instead.
03-13-2019 | 07:39 AM
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Thanks for the input, it's because I've already had an aviation job with a terrible schedule that required night after night of hotel stays, and little scheduling flexibility. It's the scheduling flexibility that's a killer for me. Unfortunately what the recruiters say and what pilot's say conflict when it comes to scheduling at Piedmont. That's why I'm asking here.
They will simply tell you not enough resources even though there are 25 sitting reserve that day.
You can have some luck trading stuff but again, don’t expect help from the company in this regard. Crew scheduling is most certainly antagonistic towards the pilots.
03-13-2019 | 08:05 AM
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No idea about Piedmont, but at Envoy the ability to trade comes with holding a line. Don’t expect to be able to trade reserve days, and even if you have a line, trades can be difficult and limited to what is available that has been deemed “more critical” to cover than what you want to get out of. There have been times that despite trips being available, I could not trade out of what I already had.
03-13-2019 | 09:46 AM
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I’ve posted on your other thread before I found this one.
Seems to me you’re worrying about the color of the sky next week.
You haven’t started yet, don’t know what you like to dislike in a Professional career and you’re already considering bouncing because of what....exactly?
Opinions of random people on the internet? Like mine?
Stick with it and be grateful for the opportunity and don’t look at Tuesday’s off vs Wednesday’s off.
That’s pointless.
Instead work your ass off the next 2-3 years.
Then take a breather and reevaluate.
Seems to me you’re worrying about the color of the sky next week.
You haven’t started yet, don’t know what you like to dislike in a Professional career and you’re already considering bouncing because of what....exactly?
Opinions of random people on the internet? Like mine?
Stick with it and be grateful for the opportunity and don’t look at Tuesday’s off vs Wednesday’s off.
That’s pointless.
Instead work your ass off the next 2-3 years.
Then take a breather and reevaluate.
When you’re a year or two out from flow like some of us the busting your ass for 2 more years doesn’t sound too bad. When you’re 9+ years out, it sounds aweful.
03-14-2019 | 03:53 AM
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From: CRJ FO
The best QOL at any of the AA WOs is a line-holder at PSA. You can credit 100+ hours with 12-13 days off or drop down to 65 hours and 17-19 days off. That being said you’ll be on reserve a very long time at PSA as almost half of our entire pilot group is on reserve.
03-14-2019 | 06:04 AM
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The best QOL at any of the AA WOs is a line-holder at PSA. You can credit 100+ hours with 12-13 days off or drop down to 65 hours and 17-19 days off. That being said you’ll be on reserve a very long time at PSA as almost half of our entire pilot group is on reserve.
03-14-2019 | 07:34 AM
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The thing with PSA is that the disparity between reserve and a Round 1 lineholder is pretty stark. Reserve here isn’t great. But it isn’t great anywhere at a regional. But once you can hold a line the quality of life here improves dramatically. I’m not trying to convince the OP to come to PSA. Like I said, they will likely experience a very long time on reserve here right now.
03-14-2019 | 08:09 AM
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Reserve is interesting. Living in base bidding reserve, trying not to fly as a 145 FO here at Envoy would be very similar to getting paid and receiving benefits to literally do nothing after the first few months. You could easily get another (flexible) job, or go back to school and knock out a BA. We do not have an effective reserve time balancing system.
Whole new world of QOL for those inclined to do that - but few are.
Whole new world of QOL for those inclined to do that - but few are.
03-14-2019 | 05:53 PM
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Reserve is interesting. Living in base bidding reserve, trying not to fly as a 145 FO here at Envoy would be very similar to getting paid and receiving benefits to literally do nothing after the first few months. You could easily get another (flexible) job, or go back to school and knock out a BA. We do not have an effective reserve time balancing system.
Whole new world of QOL for those inclined to do that - but few are.
Whole new world of QOL for those inclined to do that - but few are.
03-14-2019 | 06:32 PM
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From: Whale FO
I've never seen them actually fly off RAP. They seem to be almost hitting 100 hours a year.
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