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Current reality
Sorry if some of this is repetitive, but many of the threads are so dated or have gone down rabbit holes its hard to find current information. Basically, I am wondering what the real, current situation with pilots at Envoy is. Before Coronavirus, envoy had shortages and mandatory Captain upgrades. Are we back to pilot shortages, with all pilots wanting to return back now? And has enough time passed to see what affect the last 12 months had on seniority (particularly more senior pilots - are they leaving, or sticking it out looking for flow?). Finally, how does bidding for Captain upgrade go, and can you wait to build seniority or is it mandatory and you just get what you get? Do you bid just to upgrade, or do you bid by aircraft, then base?
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Sorry if some of this is repetitive, but many of the threads are so dated or have gone down rabbit holes its hard to find current information. Basically, I am wondering what the real, current situation with pilots at Envoy is. Before Coronavirus, envoy had shortages and mandatory Captain upgrades. Are we back to pilot shortages, with all pilots wanting to return back now?
Yes there is a shortage of pilots, but there is no likelihood of forced upgrades on the horizon.
And has enough time passed to see what affect the last 12 months had on seniority (particularly more senior pilots - are they leaving, or sticking it out looking for flow?).
There is a lot of attrition right now and no one flowing. If you are looking as a new hire, I’m not sure why it would matter though. Everyone makes their own decisions based on their personal situations, and the situation is guaranteed to change before it becomes relevant to you. For the record, I have never once met an EGL/ENY pilot who “just waited to flow”.
Finally, how does bidding for Captain upgrade go, and can you wait to build seniority or is it mandatory and you just get what you get? Do you bid just to upgrade, or do you bid by aircraft, then base?
The forced upgrades that were happening in 2018-2019 were an outlier. To my knowledge it has never happened before and I find it highly unlikely it will again. You will bid for the equipment and base you want whenever you want, and you’ll hold what your seniority can hold.
Yes there is a shortage of pilots, but there is no likelihood of forced upgrades on the horizon.
And has enough time passed to see what affect the last 12 months had on seniority (particularly more senior pilots - are they leaving, or sticking it out looking for flow?).
There is a lot of attrition right now and no one flowing. If you are looking as a new hire, I’m not sure why it would matter though. Everyone makes their own decisions based on their personal situations, and the situation is guaranteed to change before it becomes relevant to you. For the record, I have never once met an EGL/ENY pilot who “just waited to flow”.
Finally, how does bidding for Captain upgrade go, and can you wait to build seniority or is it mandatory and you just get what you get? Do you bid just to upgrade, or do you bid by aircraft, then base?
The forced upgrades that were happening in 2018-2019 were an outlier. To my knowledge it has never happened before and I find it highly unlikely it will again. You will bid for the equipment and base you want whenever you want, and you’ll hold what your seniority can hold.
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Sorry if some of this is repetitive, but many of the threads are so dated or have gone down rabbit holes its hard to find current information. Basically, I am wondering what the real, current situation with pilots at Envoy is. Before Coronavirus, envoy had shortages and mandatory Captain upgrades. Are we back to pilot shortages, with all pilots wanting to return back now? And has enough time passed to see what affect the last 12 months had on seniority (particularly more senior pilots - are they leaving, or sticking it out looking for flow?). Finally, how does bidding for Captain upgrade go, and can you wait to build seniority or is it mandatory and you just get what you get? Do you bid just to upgrade, or do you bid by aircraft, then base?
Because of this lull, and displacements, the seniority list has very much stratified. There are plenty of FOs with the flight time to upgrade but not seniority to do so. Those are primarily the ones leaving. There MAY come a time a few years down the road where this lull in hiring catches up to those leaving and ENY doesn’t have enough qualified FOs. That could lead to DECs again, since ENY has been lagging everyone else in hiring, and that could lead to forced upgrades, but you are looking at way down the road.
When you bid for upgrade, you are bidding for a base and an aircraft. But that base and aircraft has to be available to get it. Let’s say you want to be a 175 captain in ORD. It can be on your bid, but there has to be a vacancy. You can’t just say I want to be a 175 captain or I want to be a captain in DFW. Your bid has to be base and equipment. But you can easily put your bid in to include both aircraft in DFW or all three bases in 175 and you will end up with what is available if your seniority can hold something you bid.
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I agree with pretty much everything except forced upgrades. They will happen again. Senior FOs on the 175 will realize they can make almost as much as a junior CA on the 145 and stay put. 145 FOs will have high attrition and struggle to gain 1000 hours.
Everyone hired right now will be forced to upgrade.
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