How are things going at GoJet?
05-07-2017 | 03:42 PM
#31
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I'm not in the discussion other than as a fact checker as flysooner asked here. It seems that all the other regionals I checked, 6 or 7 that is, are much better. Gojet pays nothing the first 9 months and then up to 2% match. Even TSA pays 3%. Republic supposedly enrolls you immediately with 6% match. Stick that in a spread sheet allowed to compound over 35 years and that's a big amount.
It was harder to get info about scheduling but one guy I asked has only been able to trade or drop one trip in 8 years unless he paid someone to take his trip. He summed it up as, "What you get is what stays on your schedule."
It was harder to get info about scheduling but one guy I asked has only been able to trade or drop one trip in 8 years unless he paid someone to take his trip. He summed it up as, "What you get is what stays on your schedule."
I mean it really depends, As an FO i was able to drop only 1 trip completely. But i traded and swapped all the time. When there was open time i moved my schedule around all the time. As a Captain I managed recently to drop the last 2 legs of a trip and I have swapped trips a bunch. When you pref bid correctly most times you dont need to do do much juggling. ( i did not bid correctly on my last bid)
Quote from the contract:
Pilot’s Years of Service Company Matching Percentage
After 9 months through 2 years 50% match up to 4% (2%)
Beginning of Year 3 through 6 years 50% match up to 6% (3%)
Beginning of Year 7+ 50% match up to 8% (4%)
05-11-2017 | 08:15 AM
#35
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For May, I was the most Junior line holder in DTW as a Captain, Feb 16 hire, but will prob be on reserve next month due to FO upgrades. Right now there are 30 lines in DTW, but expected to go to near 50 lines and be our largest base, which I'll have the line back.
To hold a line as a Captain:
DTW - 15 - 18 months
STL - 2 - 2.5 years
RDU- 2 - 2.5 years
ORD - 3.5 years
DEN - 4 years + (flying has been expanding here, expecting those numbers to come down)
All bases except for DEN can be held straight from training or within a few months for Street Captains.
To hold a line as a Captain:
DTW - 15 - 18 months
STL - 2 - 2.5 years
RDU- 2 - 2.5 years
ORD - 3.5 years
DEN - 4 years + (flying has been expanding here, expecting those numbers to come down)
All bases except for DEN can be held straight from training or within a few months for Street Captains.
05-11-2017 | 10:51 PM
#37
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Also bear in mind that if you are hired at gojet as a DEC you are basically being hired to augment FO reserve. You will fly in the right seat a lot. When the DECs were first being hired this was not the case. Now, however as it is getting more difficult to find and recruit new FOs, GoJet is using the DEC position to entice experienced pilots to join GoJet. New hire DECs at GoJet can reasonably expect to fly up to 50% of their time in the right seat. On the plus side, all flying is paid at the captain pay scale and it's better than sitting reserve all day.
05-12-2017 | 06:34 AM
#39
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Also bear in mind that if you are hired at gojet as a DEC you are basically being hired to augment FO reserve. You will fly in the right seat a lot. When the DECs were first being hired this was not the case. Now, however as it is getting more difficult to find and recruit new FOs, GoJet is using the DEC position to entice experienced pilots to join GoJet. New hire DECs at GoJet can reasonably expect to fly up to 50% of their time in the right seat. On the plus side, all flying is paid at the captain pay scale and it's better than sitting reserve all day.
And even if you sit right seat a bit, you're getting paid over $68/hr to do it...
05-12-2017 | 07:28 AM
#40
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Actually I was just talking with a street captain last week. Said he was hired in Oct, only been online for a few months and had over 50hrs in the left seat for April and was over 30hrs left seat for May already..
And even if you sit right seat a bit, you're getting paid over $68/hr to do it...
And even if you sit right seat a bit, you're getting paid over $68/hr to do it...
My post is merely to advise potential new hire street captains that they can and will be used in the right seat. When you compare they FO reserve grids to the Captain reserve grids it is glaringly obvious that we are very short of FOs and with the increase in summer flying approaching reserve captains can be expected to fly a lot more in the right seat.
I'm not complaining (this time) just providing info so potential new hires can manage their expectations.
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