You will fly a lot here. A few months max on reserve. Reserves fly a lot more on the 145 right now because not all the 175s are in service yet. When they are everyone here will be flying a lot. The company can no longer afford to over staff the 175 at the expense of the 145. We have 30 145s parked in need of pilots. Everyone who comes here will fly their butts off.

In terms of upgrade, you will get it at 500 hrs. We need captains worse than we need FOs.

 

This has been an ongoing joke since 2014 or before. Just letting you know. Or maybe that was TIC...

 

The December announcement rumor is coming from an email from the union a while back. They were hoping to have the agreement in principle for letter 2 completed on December 12. That’s why people thing there’s going to be a big announcement.

 

Not happening

 

When they lawyered up, that much should have been clear.

 

Not too long ago you guys had 5 year upgrades. What happened?

 

Attrition. There is a lot of movement in the industry right now. Upgrade times have dropped significantly.

 

Definitely attrition. I’ve moved up about 230 spots on the list since my hire date and just got done with training. On a list of about 1400 that’s 16% of movement before even really hitting the line.


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Passing up on flow is probably the #1 regret pilots run into after about one year on property. And that’s not just here at XJT, it’s everywhere without a flow—Republic, Endeavor, etc.

I have friends at many regionals and they all say the same. Not saying everyone regrets their decision, but a lot of people do.

 

There’s your announcement...,


12 December 2019

Today marks the one-year anniversary of the signing of Contract 2018. Letter 2, an integral part of Contract 2018, is an agreement between the Association and XJT management to return to negotiations "shortly after" the ratification of Contract 2018 in order to continue negotiations for those areas of the contract that the parties did not have time to explore prior to its ratification.

Exactly one year later, we are disappointed to report that The Deal is STILL Not Done.

Throughout Letter 2 negotiations, the company has maintained a number of significant concessionary asks, yet to date has offered very little in return. By the end of this week's bargaining session, the company's proposal included four concessionary items.

Your XJT Negotiating Committee's proposal contains several much-needed items that address quality of life, and items that would have made ExpressJet competitive for attracting and retaining pilots.

To date, our flight and ground instructors have yet to be provided an opportunity to discuss and negotiate their proposed items. A meeting was scheduled and confirmed by the company on two separate occasions to do just that, only to be cancelled by the company with only two business days' notice. On the final day of our bargaining session this week, the company offered a few days at the end of January to negotiate flight and ground instructor items. When asked when the company will have a response to the Negotiating Committee's current proposal, the company representatives stated that it would not respond until we meet in January.

The Negotiating Committee has continuously requested additional bargaining dates to continue Letter 2 negotiations. The company's unwillingness to dedicate the time necessary to come to a negotiated solution in a timely manner is concerning. To say we are disappointed with the lack of progress and the company's seeming lack of commitment or interest in getting to a deal would be an understatement. Our pilots, flight instructors and ground instructors deserve better.