With all due respect, you should maybe refrain from answering questions about the company you no longer work for, especially regarding the side of the operation you know next to nothing about. To answer the question CORRECTLY, a new hire can expect to be ASSIGNED CLE straight out of new-hire class. The two most junior people on the list got assigned there. Date of hire 9-10-2018.

You know nothing, Jon Snow. The next ACMI question that comes up, it’s all you.

How long to hold ORD? Reserve ? Available flight time ?

My recruiter said basically no reserve and I could go ORD right out of training....

Good point, but I did couch it with a “probably”.
I’m rather surprised. Must be quite a bit of attrition.

Is it likely I can get ewr out of training?

To piggy back on the ORD question. Can one expect ORD out of training for the 145? How long to hold a line?

New hires can easily hold CLE and EWR straight out of training. ORD is possible, but not as likely it would seem. IAH looks like it takes a bit. As far as holding a line in any of these bases, I’m sure a recruiter is on this site. I’m not one.

If you had to guess, how long would it take to get to ORD if you couldn’t get it out of training.


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If I had to guess, I’d say you could hold it out of training. The most junior person who holds it was hired three months ago.

Most junior line holder in ORD was hired Nov 27, 2017.

(This is for ERJ)

Can a person be displaced from their base if a more senior pilot decides to change bases?

Only in certain cases, like a base closing.

What work rules is it at XJT that make it better than others? and what is LCA?

(I'm a 135 guy looking to move to 121)

TYS
 

I know it's still out there a ways and no one knows anything for sure yet, but any idea how junior or senior TYS will be when it opens or how long it might take a new guy to hold TYS out of IOE?

TYS is happening it just isn’t opened yet. Some very senior guys went there, but it’s still hard to say just how senior it’ll be. If it grows to what they’re saying it’ll grow I think you’d be able to get it within a year or so, maybe less.

LCA = line check airmen

Work rules... I’ll tell you one.... when you’re on reserve, on your last day before you go home, if they haven’t used you by 6pm you’re free to go home. Automatically, no need to call scheduling.

I can’t imagine TYS getting much bigger, so I wouldn’t expect it to be very attainable in a reasonable time for a new hire.

Based on what we know now, EWR and ORD are where new hires should expect to go.

Doesn't Republic and Mesa have IAH bases? I would say both are better airlines than XJT, I left XJT during the collapse and went to republic because life just got unbearable between rolled days off and constant complaining in the cockpit by me and everyone else, now on to a larger operation but life at XJT is very much in flux with everyone holding onto the dream of 25 new aircraft when they have parked 100's, place has been imploding for years with poor management. If you're going to have to commute there are more stable operators out there that pay a lot more, have large new aircraft being delivered, large signing bonuses and with lightning fast upgrade times. If you can drive to Dallas there are lots of options with great commuter airline. Good luck!

Why would United invest in an imploding airline with poor management? SkyWest pulled the strings and put XJT in the position they are today (loss of aircraft etc.) Why doesn't United just give those 25 E175s to Republic or MESA then? The 25 E175s are confirmed, by United, to be placed at XJT. I'm sure everyone at XJT is glad you and your bad attitude are long gone.

Also, XJT is now the second highest compensated regional behind EDV, with better healthcare and retirement.

That’s history. We’ve hit bottom, which is quite literally the best time to join an airline.... assuming, of course, that what’s planned ahead for us is good and materializes.

I do agree republic is a great place to go, lower risk alternative, but without the possibility of a catching a huge hiring wave at the very beginning.

Expressjet still is a risk, but the payoff potential is significant. Let’s see how much materializes in January and to what extend this risk is put to bed.

I hope it is better, I definitely left with a bad attitude, we had 300+ aircraft and were cancelling 200 flights a day at Chicago alone when I left for lack of proper scheduling, UAL was days away from CNX our CPA for cause, that idiot pilot/President in ATL who was running the place had no clue what he was doing. They were triple booking gates in EWR that ended up having planes in the ball park with pilots on board who needed to operate the same flight that was blocking their current gate, it was a joke. I was number 1 FO at IAD getting rolled on every trip and they wanted to give us a 10% pay cut to give CRJ's a 10% raise, and both MEC's couldn't get along because they both wanted the kickbacks for PBS, clowns. Good to hear it is doing so well now. I guess the 7 years of shrinking the place has paid off, good thing we voted down the "Super Regional" name change back then!

United pulled the strings. I know you’re new so do some research

Wait until ManAir starts cutting costs

What part of the operation would they cut cost?

How is XJT the second highest? Looking at the pay scales on APC, I don’t see much difference, and it still seems far lower than Republic as well.

What is the healthcare like?

Health insurance is good as is 401K. On top of the pay rates you also get $2500 ($2000 for captains) per quarter as long as you average 70 hours per month credit for the preceding quarter.

As a workaholic who lives local I’m making in the 70-75 K range annually.

Are you an FO or a captain?

The pay scales don't reflect the earned quarterly override (EQO) payments. First officers receive an extra $10,000 per year (paid quarterly). For captains, it's $8,000. It's not a bonus and it doesn't expire, because it's in the contract.

In addition, there's also a new hire bonus of $10,000 but I'd expect that to go up.

Don’t rely on APC data.

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To add: if I was working the same hours as a captain I’d be making just over $100K.

As an FO, can you elaborate on being a “workaholic and living in base”? How often are you working, taking any days off?


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It varies heavily month to month. Since August I’ve been crediting well over 100 hours per month. It averaged out over the year with about 105 credit hours per month and 10-13 days off. Like I said, living local helps because I can pick up red flagged day trips on short notice.

To add: you’d have to be here at least 12 years to have the seniority to work those same hours. Anything less and you’re on reserve. I know you work in the junior base, but even there the most junior lineholder is 3/07 hire. And reserve red flag is nearly impossible to pick up.

You’re damn right about that. There needs to be some serious movement here to fix that problem. I’d also recommend to the union to reduce the restrictions on reserves picking up extra flying. The other top tier regionals like Republic and Endeavor allow it and it’s popular.

After United acquired their stake in C5 they instituted CA pay for FOs after year 1. Let’s see if they do something like that here. Nobody in their right mind should come here for an 8 year upgrade and a few shiny 175s (that will go senior). This upgrade situation is out of control.

There was an MOU or LOA that allowed it, but it was voted down by the pilot group. In my opinion, it was voted down because of all the other garbage that was included in it.

Any updates on reserve time and base seniority since the latest aircraft and management changes?

I’m not sure about the latest reserve times. EWR and ORD are still junior, but the junior IAH FO is now a 12/2018 hire.

Will the 175 go to new hires?

It isn’t yet, but I expect it to before the year is over.

If anyone could update us on current reserve times, if they have that info, or predicted trends a lot of folks like my self would be much obliged.

Hiring numbers are going up and up. As long as that keeps up, reserve times will keep coming down. That’s the trend right now.