bjohnson09

I know in my interview that it was a Captain that had never given an interview before. The interview line captain wasn't able to make it in and this captain happened to be around STL for something (cant remember the reason). He was very professional and enjoyed talking with him about QOL and the rest of GoJet. GoJet would be a fit for me, but they still have 4500 TT (or 3500 TT with GoJet time) before you can upgrade.

minimwage4

Roger that.

TheFly

All the signs are there...you have been warned.

FlyingKat

Ran into a Gojet dude I remember from initial last February in ORD. Was crying because all the 117 cancellations brought him down to guarantee. Asked me how I was doing at TSA and told him just fine because I had 120 hours of credit due to cancellation pay.

There are plenty of places hiring with cancellation pay if you want to find them.

Under 117, you are a fool if you don't keep looking until you find an airline with 100 percent, leg by leg cancellation pay. You are also a fool if you go somewhere for a quick upgrade. Time and time again, these upgrades vanish when conditions change.

FlyingKat

I'll take my year and a half upgrade, 105 hour average credit a month, and pay rate until they shut the place down. Then I will move on to someplace else with a bonus and cancellation pay.

Its a pilots market right now and for the forseeable future, and you are selling yourself short if you jump on the first crappy place that offers you instead of playing the smart hand, waiting a while longer, and getting on someplace else that will make you more money.

ClarenceOver

I have not jumped on the first offer. I plan to interview with everyone if nothing else but to get the experience. If you want to start over on first year pay thats your business. Personally i plan to take the 175 make captain and be a lifer. Thats my choice. I hope to see you on the line someday Flying Kat. Seriously.

minimwage4

Pretty much all airlines have or will have cancelation pay. Most are under contract negs. Go someplace that has a future...

FlyingKat

If you look at any regional beyond 5-10 years the future is dicey at best. This is a very unstable business due to the nature of contract flying. Today's quick upgrade is tomorrow's displacement when another flavor of the month underbids your contract. Get your time and move on. People have been predicting the demise of TSA for years and it is still here. We were in training and the Gojet guys were laughing at us because we would never upgrade. Now TSA guys are upgrading in a year and a half and the Gojet guys that were laughing are stuck in the right seat for a while.

As I said earlier, one hundred percent, leg by leg cancellation pay is critical. Not a line guarantee, that is completely different. The cancellations under part 117 will pull you down to guarantee without it, particularly in the winter. I averaged 120 hours a month last winter with cancellation pay. Without it I would have been on guarantee for January, February, and March, and would barely have made 80 hours in April. Granted I'm a greedy sob and I pick up flying all the time. That is $1500 a month for Jan, Feb, and March. Its pretty easy to see how you will exceed the 5 or 10 thousand dollar bonus pretty quick in your first couple of years for taking a job at a carrier with no cancellation pay.

Best of luck

phlyingPhil

What are these bonuses being mentioned


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Riverside

I swear you asked this question on another gojet forum.