Pilot Recruiting
#121
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Joined APC: Feb 2018
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No, we mustn’t accept economic related reasons for poor performance from mgmt. when there is no economic benefit from bothering us. The abusive MA’s, coach & counsels, and using every technicality to try to curtail pilots careers is unnecessary and harms everyone - including Envoy/AA’s bottom line.
#122
I agree. I'm all for higher pay, better scheduling, easy flights and 5 star hotels, but the fact is that the HUGE majority of the people (Pilots) I see and talk to are generally happy. Sure, we want more.... but those of you who are "Truly miserable" are in all likelihood just generally miserable people anyway. You do realize that minimum wage is like $7.25 an hour, and literally millions of people would love to only be as miserable as Mach69?
#123
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And even that $7.25 an hour minimum wage is going up to $17.64 an hour in West Hollywood, California. My understanding is automation is coming to fast food. Flipping burgers does not have enough value added. So, there will be a lot of minimally skilled people unemployed at that pay rate.
#124
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Goodnight.
#126
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Joined APC: Jan 2017
Posts: 2,510
Not worth the energy to even refute what’s wrong with this thought.
#127
I agree. I'm all for higher pay, better scheduling, easy flights and 5 star hotels, but the fact is that the HUGE majority of the people (Pilots) I see and talk to are generally happy. Sure, we want more.... but those of you who are "Truly miserable" are in all likelihood just generally miserable people anyway. You do realize that minimum wage is like $7.25 an hour, and literally millions of people would love to only be as miserable as Mach69?
Are there worse regionals out there to be at; absolutely.... however, they aren't part of a global corporation either. Most are shoestring operations and until 5-9 years ago were still checking airport monitors for their planes arrival time and were calling in their OOOI times. There "should" be an advantage to working for the largest airline in the world (and they only get to say that when including the regional feed).
Frankly, nobody there should be happy with it as is. Once you're out of the regionals you will look back and realize how poorly you were treated comparatively.
Sadly, it won't change. Not until management wants it to. No regional airline union under the RLA can force anything; it's too easy to just give the flying to PSA. We all learned the hard way that somebody will raise their hand to work for less if it means more planes and more upgrades.... in spite of a dozen other pilot unions voting no; somebody will say yes.... and ALPA can't stop it.
Knowing that's the reality of the situation, you fight for what you can, when you can.
Of the choices facing brand new pilots looking to break into the industry, I tell them to focus on wholly owned first in this order: Endeavor, Envoy, PSA, PDT, Horizon, then to vendors like Republic/Skywest. Mesa is okay too and will survive the shortage because they are expanding into ACMI, but definitely not a high pick. All vendors will shrink with stagnation. The AA three WO will eventually be consolidated. Gojet, Air Wiskey, Commutair are all fodder for bankruptcies and mergers. That means lots of stagnation and downgrading in the process.
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