Doesn’t matter. Regardless of hail size or damage. Supposed to get inspected. Ask maintenance.


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Anyone know if the company will accommodate scheduling if you wanted to go through the FFDO training? It shows to be only a week long on the TSA website.

Secondly, I assume former military or LEO's would be a ripe pick applicant, but is there a plus side to already have an LTC? Thanks.

 

You can call the CPO and see if they can work with you. They aren’t under any obligation to give you those days off, but since staffing on the FO side is “better” then I’m sure you can work something out.

Doesn’t matter who you are or what your experience is. Same background check and training.

 

GoJet now offering sign in bonus of 56k, damn

 

Plan on traveling to ROW on Sunday, and home on either Friday night or Saturday morning. And FYI, it’s a mad dash to the airport and everyone is trying to get on a the ROW flight, so be first Envoy guy to check in and ensure you get the jumpseat. ABQ, MAF, and ELP are also options.

 

I’m not complaining, however I’m curious if anyone knows when this Instant CA upgrade will end? This happened at PSA a couple years back then eventually captain upgrade settled down to around a 2 to 3 year upgrade. How many new hires did we have from July 2016 to like December 2016?

Will those guys fill most of the upcoming slots as they get there hours over the next 6months?

 

Really the only way it can end is if AA were to slow down/stop hiring and that would affect the flow. Every pilot that leaves is a CA now, so we basically need 29 upgrades a month at minimum. Also we are getting the 40 175s in a year or so. We need to staff them with 4 CAs per plane so that’s a need for 160 CAs. Not really sure the instant upgrades will slow down much. Maybe they don’t have a vacancy bid as often or they don’t have one to cover the winter months when flying slows and we get over staffed again. They seem to be ok sitting with 30-50 daily reserves on the CA and FO list during winter rather than be short handed when summer starts. ENY doesn’t want to say no to any flying offered to them. Outlook is still looking good. If you want to be a CA, I would hustle to get as close to the 950 as you can in case AA slows hiring or the rising fuel prices some how effects us.

I’m curious to see how many floating vacancy’s they have on this next bid. That should give us an idea of what then need To finish the year and get ready for next year. With enough standing vacancies, they could possibly not have a vacancy bid for a while if enough people volunteer to be CA. If no one does, then they will have to resort to frequent bids to displace people.

 

So I’m finishing up my commercial single and starting CFI immediately after that. I plan on interviewing to become a cadet with Envoy when the time comes.

Now, here’s my question. Would it be worth going into the cadet program at Envoy or keeping my options open?

Main thing is MIA and having the flow isn’t a bad thing either. Usually, I wouldn’t care about cadet programs, but Envoy is at the top of my list so I want to make sure to secure a spot there.

I know hiring slowed a ton for people that outside of the pipeline (cadet/RTP) so I don’t want to get left behind so to speak. I know that I still have maybe 1.5-2 years until I hit ATP minimum so a lot can change in that time.

I know RAH has MIA, but it’s almost impossible to get it especially if you plan on upgrading. No need to bring up RAH.

Thoughts?

 

I hate misleading "sign on" bonuses that take 3 years to come to fruition...

If you're an FO going into year 3 without upgrading you're doing something wrong, at least in today's regional environment..

Still though, at 37/hr, 39/hr, and 41/hr for year 1-3 pay respectively, that's almost identical compensation compared to Envoy.
Captain pay is identical or better. ORD base is the only one shared with Envoy, if that's a deal breaker. Not to mention the "flow" to Spirit, if its actually a flow.. and Spirit is your thing

 

If Envoy is where you want to go I'd sign up for the cadet program. With the flight benefits, medical, vacation accrual, and seniority for you class, its kinda hard to pass up.