What's the Latest at ASA/Expressjet?
06-04-2015 | 04:43 AM
#9701
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Well I guess I didn't miss much from being away.
06-04-2015 | 02:57 PM
#9702
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From: A320 FO
Pay is "slightly better" than "some"??? Who?
Duty rig only pays off SCHEDULED flying, not actual flying. So in other words, don't count on getting it.
Deadhead: block or better only applies when DH on company aircraft. Co. claims they "don't have the ability to track "other airline" (mainline partner) flights. ~90% of deadheads are not on company aircraft.
Ready reserve: count on doing all 6. In fact, count on being scheduled for more than 6, but then being rescheduled for something else, then being told it "didn't count" toward the 6. Why? Because they can! Oh, and L-XJT still pays 4 hours for 4 hours of ready reserve.
I only offer this as a public service.
Duty rig only pays off SCHEDULED flying, not actual flying. So in other words, don't count on getting it.
Deadhead: block or better only applies when DH on company aircraft. Co. claims they "don't have the ability to track "other airline" (mainline partner) flights. ~90% of deadheads are not on company aircraft.
Ready reserve: count on doing all 6. In fact, count on being scheduled for more than 6, but then being rescheduled for something else, then being told it "didn't count" toward the 6. Why? Because they can! Oh, and L-XJT still pays 4 hours for 4 hours of ready reserve.
I only offer this as a public service.
XJT pays more than Great Lakes, if you don't have an ATP already like most people applying would not. XJT also pays more that Mesa and Cape Air, even if you're going to fly the ATR at Cape Air. Everyone else that flies CRJ200s pays more that XJT though.
I don't think I made my punctuation clear regarding getting paid the greater of credit or block time. That was not meant to refer to deadheads, just operating. Some companies don't pay the greater of credit or block when operating flights. As far as deadheads go, XJT pays 100% vs 80%, 50% or 0% like some other companies.
As for what I've seen with the number or Ready Reserves, you can count on doing all 6 if you have the 4AM or Noon start time. It' been less than 50% of the months with the other start times (I have no data on 1800 and 1900 start times). It is true that the company and pilots/union disagree on what constitutes a Ready Reserve; the contract says you can't be scheduled for more than 6 and the company maintains that if you didn't at least start that Ready Reserve, it doesn't count.
L-XJT does have many better things in their contract than ASA-XJT does, but they don't have a base in ATL as the original poster was asking about.
06-04-2015 | 04:31 PM
#9703
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Joined: Mar 2015
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Is that 1 year at L-asa for holding a line at dfw or L-Xjt
06-04-2015 | 05:54 PM
#9705
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What about fo time?
06-05-2015 | 04:32 AM
#9706
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Joined: Sep 2007
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Don't get me wrong, flying for a regional airline is an underpaid job.
XJT pays more than Great Lakes, if you don't have an ATP already like most people applying would not. XJT also pays more that Mesa and Cape Air, even if you're going to fly the ATR at Cape Air. Everyone else that flies CRJ200s pays more that XJT though.
I don't think I made my punctuation clear regarding getting paid the greater of credit or block time. That was not meant to refer to deadheads, just operating. Some companies don't pay the greater of credit or block when operating flights. As far as deadheads go, XJT pays 100% vs 80%, 50% or 0% like some other companies.
As for what I've seen with the number or Ready Reserves, you can count on doing all 6 if you have the 4AM or Noon start time. It' been less than 50% of the months with the other start times (I have no data on 1800 and 1900 start times). It is true that the company and pilots/union disagree on what constitutes a Ready Reserve; the contract says you can't be scheduled for more than 6 and the company maintains that if you didn't at least start that Ready Reserve, it doesn't count.
L-XJT does have many better things in their contract than ASA-XJT does, but they don't have a base in ATL as the original poster was asking about.
XJT pays more than Great Lakes, if you don't have an ATP already like most people applying would not. XJT also pays more that Mesa and Cape Air, even if you're going to fly the ATR at Cape Air. Everyone else that flies CRJ200s pays more that XJT though.
I don't think I made my punctuation clear regarding getting paid the greater of credit or block time. That was not meant to refer to deadheads, just operating. Some companies don't pay the greater of credit or block when operating flights. As far as deadheads go, XJT pays 100% vs 80%, 50% or 0% like some other companies.
As for what I've seen with the number or Ready Reserves, you can count on doing all 6 if you have the 4AM or Noon start time. It' been less than 50% of the months with the other start times (I have no data on 1800 and 1900 start times). It is true that the company and pilots/union disagree on what constitutes a Ready Reserve; the contract says you can't be scheduled for more than 6 and the company maintains that if you didn't at least start that Ready Reserve, it doesn't count.
L-XJT does have many better things in their contract than ASA-XJT does, but they don't have a base in ATL as the original poster was asking about.
06-05-2015 | 06:52 AM
#9707
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Your talking hourly rate only, that being the case your way off base. We have one of the best soft-time contracts out there! Plus 401K, define contribution etc... Hourly rate is only part of the equation. I dare you to put our contract up against even legacy's and show me where we're deficient! Less pay of course. Plus remember we took a 10% pay cut across the board, that being the case we would probably have the highest rates even compared to 70 seat a/c. Reserve rule suck!
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06-05-2015 | 08:46 PM
#9710
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This forum is the internet version of a 24 hour news cycle with nothing to talk about. Mildly interesting most of the time but almost never accurate.
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