Originally Posted by Excargodog

I'm not at ExpressJet because I'm living in base somewhere else, but if I was someone just starting out in an ExpressJet base I'd be all over a job with them.

People have got to stop thinking of regional's as a place to spend their careers. Even if the predicted expansion in the need for pilots doesn't come, the legacies are about to go through an unprecedented wave of pilot retirements peaking in about three years.

Where you want to be right now, if you desire a career in the 121 world, is somewhere that they are short of pilots and are going to work your butt off. Someplace that will get you through training promptly and get you out on the line, that will get you a line, and then fly your butt 83.33 hours a month until you have the 1000 you need to upgrade and then will STILL work your butt off until you've got the 1000 TPIC that'll let you move up to an airline that's actually a career destination. And get there on the leading edge of the wave rather than forever be stuck behind the seniority of those who did.

Don't bit€h, don't whine, short term pain for long term gain.

Think of it like a new doctor thinks of a residency: horrible hours, miserable pay, not the best QOL, but an investment that will pay you dividends for the rest of your life.

Originally Posted by Arliss

I've had flights cancel on short notice due to no captain. Last time, I called scheduling before I left home asking if they were going to find a captain for my DCA turn. They said they were trying to find someone. A little while later (after I shaved, of course), I look at the pairing and see we're cancelled.

I have a flight tomorrow that currently has no captain. We'll see where they go with it. Edit: looks like they found someone.

The big problem right now, believe it or not, is that we're short on captains. Now that we're getting new hires we can upgrade, but there's a lag due to having to send them to training. Right now they're prioritizing new hires and CRJ transitions for sim space, which is probably why we haven't had the next bed drop yet.

Originally Posted by Erj135dude

So if United knows it, why do they keep assigning more than Expressjet can handle at the moment?.

Originally Posted by DarkSideMoon

They did it to Whiskey last summer. They’ll throw flying at you until you break then reshuffle the extra to someone else. I’ve been told the rationale is that they don’t have the lift available anywhere else so the flight wouldn’t exist anyway and they’d rather gamble that someone picks it up out of open time.

Originally Posted by FlyRight2876

It will only get way worse as the summer rolls around. No new upgrades until July from what was told...

Originally Posted by flyoutaz

Are reserves allowed to pick things up out of base? They mentioned being able to put in for shifts on reserve days within a window, but how about on off days?