taters

I really doubt DAL changes much .. but a lot hinges on the next labor contract

DMEarc

My wife works for Network Planning for DL and she has said GoJet has been put on notice more than 3 times as being on default in performance metrics per their Capacity Purchase Agreement.

They are month-in and month-out the worst performing operator in the DCI portfolio.

bernouli

Couldn't have worked out better for me...or many others I know.

chrisreedrules

Just heard from a buddy at GoJet last night... Apparently they are trying to change their upgrade minimums from the current mins to 2500TT/1000SIC 121. They are trying to attract new hires by "reducing the time it takes to upgrade to Captain".

pause

Worked out terrible for me after I worked at "GoJetz". Now, I fly 75 hours a month (1-2 legs p/day), get 17 days off per month, great maintenance (which is a very nice change). I made as much as a 4 year Capt at "GoJetz" as a lowly 2nd year FO. If only I could go back in time. Oh the humanity

sevenforseven

First they have to solve the problem with attrition, then they can focus on the big upgrade promises.

bernouli

Sounds like we both have tons of regret. If only we'd listened to the keyboard warriors on APC.

Einstein2014

That information is true. I have friends that are already putting in the paperwork for upgrade. However, here is the problem that the public doesn't seebelow are not my words, but the words of a battle surging between street captains and FOs about to upgrade with three or more years at GoJet. DO NOT GO TO GOJET EXPECTING ANYTHING...I think I said that in another thread that was shutdown I think ? It contained many facts by pilots still working there and pilots that had worked there recently. So not sure what happened to that thread and, why are we starting a new one.

"Being a guy who was a month or two away from an upgrade award before the announcement, to now being an unknown amount of time until a chance at upgrade is frustrating, to say the least. However, I am glad that some guys just got some good news, as we do live and die by seniority-that's the business we signed up for. The thing I will be curious to see, and we won't know until time passes, is the efficacy of the whole plan. I agree with some others that this new plan would seem to have a better chance at a negative net effect than a positive. For junior to mid-seniority FO's who were hanging on here because the upgrade wait was still shorter than PSA, that may no longer be the case. Upgrade for a colleague who left here last year for PSA was nine months and the trajectory of time is downward. (Past performance is no guarantee of future results.) The idea that a two year upgrade here, in theory, may work on some, is to be seen. I am not sure which segment of the new candidate pool this would attract. For me and my classmates the upgrade time just went to possibly three years and that is for folks with previous time. To me, there are better options for new hire FO's shopping the circuit, than GoJet, and this new change does not bring us parady with the others, not even close. I surmise as others did, that this is a band-aid fix to the larger, more expensive problem of an inferior industry contract. This maneuver really isn't about needing captains, it's about needing FO's. It's about keeping a company sustainable, and as highly profitable as possible. I think it is short sighted and out of touch with the industry; but it does not cost them any real dollars to try, and so try they will. For those of use that are negatively affected, time will tell. Not everyone who just became eligible overnight will put their name on the list-some like their seniority, some may not want to be displaced to another base, some may not feel ready for the left seat nor want it, etc, etc. The coming months will tell the story, and I am just not sure this one has the happy ending for the company was hoping for..."

CFIatKFXE

I have been reading a lot of things about GoJet here and I still don't get why GoJet is so bad opposed to other regionals that pay similar pay?? Aside from the history that gave them the nick name "scab airlines"???

I was thinking about gohet because they offer the shortest time in reserve (I care more about getting hrs than $$$). But I also want to be able to commute to my future base without being rejected for working for the "scab". Airline. How often does it actually happen?

Tar Heel

GoJet is not a scab airline. A scab is someone who knowingly crosses a picket line. Its a whipsaw. There's a difference. Not defending those A Listers who broke ranks. Just saying nowadays working there isn't going to affect you. Majors don't care much less know much about regional politics. And if you had an issue go thru your Union jumpseat rep. That's their job to handle that. The jump seat isn't a weapon. It's a privledge we use to get to work.