You come on the Gojet updates thread and say we started the race to the bottom, then plead ignorance when challenged?

If your going to waste your day taunting G7 guys, it's best not to make yourself (and your respective pilot group) seem ignorant.

Crickets. Guess he went back to studying for his private.

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Interesting. Just got an email offering a slot in a March class should one become available. I guess there is a Mar class after all.

How can a canceled class be full already?

someone challenged what i said by saying, "well what about compass?" Clearly they and you are misinformed if you think compass is similar to gojet. My point still stands, you haven't named another regional airline in recent history that did to the industry what gojet did. Like I said, people aren't picking on gojet as much because PSA is the most recent to do worse. Stop trying to justify to yourself why you went to a backstabbing regional. It's the same crap the PSA guys are saying to deny and/or justify why it's ok they sold out the entire industry

Well said!

All regionals are guilty of under cutting. Every. Single. One.

Going back and looking at the emails it looks like they could've been referring to my class date being pushed back, rather than the class as a whole.

Absolutely. Go ask an Aloha guy what he thinks of Mesa. Go compare what a Delta crew makes flying 110 seats in a 717 to an RAH crew flying a 190. Compare Horizon 700 rates to SkyWest. Compare what a CommutAir Q300 crew flying 50 people makes vs any other regional flying 50 seat equipment, then compare CommutAir Q200 rates to what Horizon pilots got paid flying the same exact metal.

The real issue in this dysfunctional sandbox called the regionals is how they ever got so large in the first place and why are so many 60+ airplanes are flying "regional" routes that span several time zones.

If the regional pilot population as a whole wants to bring their little wiener waving contest into their enevitable mainline careers the only thing you'll accomplish is inflicting the continued existence of the regionals and their low wages into pilots entering the profession beyond us.

For those that want to get their panties in a wad about the whole GoJet / TSA imbroglio, especially if you never even worked there, consider this: I was in a G7 jumpseat the other day, the Captain had about 6 years with the company, and commutes weekly on TSA.

Move on, get over yourself, network, network, network, get yourself a major airline gig, and when you do, make sure your elected reps know that the continued existence of scope that allows that much flying at the "regional" level needs to be reigned in.

You're funny. Why you leaving Commutair?

Exactly no point crying over spilt milk . Who cares , fact is any pilot willing to work for a regional was only hurting the majors . Oh wait we come here to get time to go to the majors ? No ? Or are people just happy to be flying RJs for the rest of the time being . It doesn't freaking matter anymore . It's 2014 Ride or Die ! Grow up .

By under cutting you mean lowering work rules to become a cheaper rfp for our mainline partners?

There's definitely a Mar 3 class; I was offered a spot in it but had to decline as I couldn't give my current employer enough notice.

Bernoulli you never answered.

Is GoJet slowing their hiring?

Hope not cause we starting to see the shortage lol

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Staffing is critical to say the least. Captain on captain everyday in STL.

that's exactly what I mean.

they've all undercut somebody - starting with the legacy carriers after the birth of the RJ.

how's everybody's schedule after 117?

11 days off 76hrs 5 pairing all 5 include 1 30plus hr overnight

Sitting at 96 credit per the 5 long overnights , but tons of open time

Up to 125 hrs credit now 96 block :D

One year anniversary for the thread....Congrats to the O P

Is the credit for the 30+ hour overnights built into the pairings (in the bid packs) or just paid out?

Our union guys are telling us that the people in St. Louis are having heartburn about this, even though they agreed to it.

Just paid out. And you usually have to fill out a pay discrepancy.

Anybody have any info on contract negotiations?

Does anybody know if there actually is a new hire class starting this month? Any word on upgrades either? It seems to be super quiet around there as of late.

Class of ? in Feb.
Class of 8 in Mar.
Class of ? in Apr.

Next class in Aug.

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February and March new hires are in classes now.

Haha good luck with that one!

Thank you, Madame.

I'm confident it won't be concessionary. The contract language before was incredibly weak. There's no where to go but up.

At least you are optimistic I'll give you that.

Class of 8 in March is currently at 6
Feb class is still 10, going into orals/sims

Any chance GoJet will be hiring Street Captains this year?

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I would say no. Don't even think I will upgrade this year and I was hired over a year ago.

Hey TallFlyer, just wondering, do you happened to know how many new hires they were expecting in both the feb. and march classes? 8 does not sound like a whole lot of folks. Also, why no classes until aug?

When an airline doesn't hire it's because there's no growth and no one is moving on.

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I was told by a recruiter that their attrition has not as high as expected.

Was this the same recruiter who sold ya on a quick upgrade? Hahahaha

[QUOTE=Slats;1602232]Was this the same recruiter who sold ya on a quick upgrade? Hahahaha[/QUOTE

Slats,
You are at Skywest. Would you be so kind to tell me about the upgrade at Skywest?

[QUOTE=AVIATORCFI;1602244]I'm not a Slats fan but he/she didn't go there for the quick upgrade, unlike Tallflyer @ GJ.

[QUOTE=MrMustache;1602246]People have all kinds of reasons to work for a different regionals, but being happy about someone's misfortune is just plain ignorant. Today Skywest's pilots have a better work rules but it does not mean they will have them tomorrow.

First, at this moment I'm not at G7. Second, upgrade time is not the only variable in my decision matrix. It's not even the most important. Lastly, Slats just likes to follow me around and ridicule my supposed indecisiveness. It's Ok, I'm really not worried too much about it.