For what it's worth, I know there are a number of crashpads very near the GO. I had some friends in one that was right next to the Parking Spot and it's about a mile away.

Understandable jitters Sulk!

The contract only talks about "Extending" a Reserve, and when you call in you must be either released, assigned or extended. I thought there was an agreement that they couldn't JA you unless the call was specifically for that reason - either you calling back to accept or them calling to JA. Now it says, "The new assignment must be given within one hour and must be scheduled to depart within 4 hours of Block In. "
and
"A Short Call shall not be Extended on his last day of a block of Reserve Days."

Thanks so much for the answer: It's good to know you're going home on the last day. Does wonders for one's mental health:D I've budgeted half my time on Deadheads to reading the CBA, the other half to watching Stargate SG-1 while continuously sqirming to keep the legs from falling asleep. Anyway, point is, hopefully soon I can start figuring out some of this stuff on my own.

How is starting at $40 to fly a CR2 a problem when Frontier, Spirit, Virgin, ect. are paying less than that to start flying an Airbus? Seems to me the problem is with the starting Airbus pay today more than Endeavor's starting pay (granted that does take into account the $20k/year retention pay, but that's not just a newhire bonus. All active pilots get that so it's effectively a pay rate)
And $25/hr to fly a DC-9, Fokker,B-732, even FE on a B727 is pretty pathetic even in 1980 Dollars. So what if it's your first year, that should mean you don't deserve a wage to support your family? Yea it was nice in 1980 when a Pan Am B747 captain took home $180K (in 1980 Dollars), yet a United captain is still taking home that same amount today. Progress is beginning to be made on the bottom of the regionals, meanwhile Delta puts a TA to its pilots (after billions in profits) that looks to be overall status quo. Sure the pay rates go up a bit, but at the expense of QOL and other pay opportunities.

The problem is that the Legacies allowed flying for their code to ever be done outside of their seniority lists. Regional feed should be part of the system seniority list, performed by mainline pilots and their pay should be in keeping with longevity and equipment size/responsibility. There are many reasons it isn't, but most are shameful and certainly nothing to brag about.

I'm all for a living wage, and never meant to represent any differently. To point out on an anonymous internet message board that an RJ new hire makes more than a Frontier Airbus new hire, and the Frontier pilot is somehow inferior, disregards (and disrespects) the struggles we continue to face at Frontier, and the many years of prospective provided by the history of airline pilot's pay.

And here I thought this thread was back on to the QOL of new hire reserve pilots at F9:D

Virgin America first year is $52/hr, year 2 is $85. Endeavor is $25 and $33. I'd say your numbers are a bit off.

He's probably including the $20k per year retention bonus everyone on property is getting. I took a slight raise to come here from Endeavor, and I was on 8 year pay there (until concessionary capped it at 4 years).

What are the new pay rates after the longevity Snap Back that was announced this week?

Same pay rates. As your question mentions, it's a Longevity Snap Back.

We had a bunch of pilots who's Longevity was frozen as part of a concession. As of the 6/20 paycheck their Longevity will no longer be frozen, and they may advance to their proper step on the pay table commensurate with the definition of "Longevity" in our contract.

No new pay tables until the company shows another year's profit or we negotiate something better beginning in 244 days when we give our section 6 opener on March 2, 2016.

Thanks for the info F9 Driver.

Who's counting?:rolleyes:

I stand corrected. I guess I should have said Sun Country instead of VA. Though $52/hr in New York and California might as well be $25/hr in Detroit or Minneapolis. I didn't realize VA upped the first year pay.

Yes, I include that bonus, because it's not just a new hire one time bonus. Every active pilot gets the money, doesn't matter if you were hired Jan 1, 1985 or Jan 1, 2015. It (based on 75 hour guarantee) adds $25/hr to everyone's pay. It would have been cheaper to keep the 8 year FO pay. I bet a lot less FO's would have left in such a short time, but management/Delta got their karma, well a day's worth so far.