Is it true that they cancelled the pilots vacation for april or may at psa? heard this out on the line, find this hard to believe.

 

They canceled March because they had to take too many people offline for training new hires, upgrades, and instructors. Guys are getting vacation months in June, and any money they would have lost since their vacation was canceled like deposits is covered. It still is pathetic in a line pilot's mind, me, because if they had just done the training in January instead of waiting they would have been fine.

The thing is somebody probably had a spreadsheet and at the time or it still is more cost advantageous to do things the way they are being done... Despite how screwed up it may seem. The company is not apparently violating the contract in this regard. They're working it just like year 1 FOs are to get 18 days off.

PSA should be all caught up by April unless Delta and United hire a ton of guys, but then there is like a 6 month backlog to class date at both places, and PSA MGT can control who is released to AA/US soooo they're probably rather confident they have a good feel on attrition. A few guys may go to JetBlue or Spirit. They are also bringing a 4th simulator online(2 CVG, 1 CLT) in the US training center in CLT in a bay previously occupied by a 737 Sim.

 

Errrrr..I think I missed something, but yeah, I agree. That's why I suggested Xjt. We have a DFW base on the CRJ side of the house

 

This can't be a serious question

 

So, does this mean "mainline" will be flying DFW to Waco & DFW to Texarkana, etc?

Think again.....the RJ model is here to stay.

 

I quoted you because I agreed with you. XJT or AE is where I'd apply if I lived in Dallas.

 

Oops . I'm trying to be less stupider, but we all know it's hard to fix stupid.

 

Just because no one else is willing to fly great lakes' routes doesn't mean that GLA will stick around. Something's got to give, and the RJ operators better pay up otherwise they'll have a hard time filling seats.

 

That's already begun...

 

If the planes fly whether they are empty or full how is lakes not going to be around?Isn't the goverment throwing away tax payers money to have service to their city and it doesn't matter if the plane has passengers or not? I thought thats what an EAS route was....