GoJET the real story.
02-01-2017 | 02:28 PM
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So I’m one of the Compass guys that have been placed into the hiring pool. Initially I wanted to wait for Compass as I’m on the West Coast however there doesn’t seem to be much if any movement there. Being offered positions at either GoJets or TSA I was favoring GoJets because of the bonus and what I thought was a junior FO base in DEN. Now it seems looking at GoJets Den is senior and TSA is offering a much larger bonus and junior Den base. The money is not as important to me as a short commute, can anyone confirm junior bases at either for both FO and CA? Thank you in advance for any input. Lastly I have done my research and I’m well aware of the stigma of these two choices, I do have my own reasons.
02-09-2017 | 07:57 PM
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So I’m one of the Compass guys that have been placed into the hiring pool. Initially I wanted to wait for Compass as I’m on the West Coast however there doesn’t seem to be much if any movement there. Being offered positions at either GoJets or TSA I was favoring GoJets because of the bonus and what I thought was a junior FO base in DEN. Now it seems looking at GoJets Den is senior and TSA is offering a much larger bonus and junior Den base. The money is not as important to me as a short commute, can anyone confirm junior bases at either for both FO and CA? Thank you in advance for any input. Lastly I have done my research and I’m well aware of the stigma of these two choices, I do have my own reasons.
02-10-2017 | 08:01 AM
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02-10-2017 | 10:49 AM
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current YV FO. coming up on 1000 total time at the airline.
upgrades still occurring at YV, although it'll be several more months before my seniority comes around.
If given the option, would you say it's better to stay at YV and upgrade, or jump ship to G7 as either direct-entry captain, or FO but upgrade quickly, making more money (salary plus bonuses..)
Or option C, look into Frontier or Spirit or one of those types…………….
upgrades still occurring at YV, although it'll be several more months before my seniority comes around.
If given the option, would you say it's better to stay at YV and upgrade, or jump ship to G7 as either direct-entry captain, or FO but upgrade quickly, making more money (salary plus bonuses..)
Or option C, look into Frontier or Spirit or one of those types…………….
02-10-2017 | 01:13 PM
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current YV FO. coming up on 1000 total time at the airline.
upgrades still occurring at YV, although it'll be several more months before my seniority comes around.
If given the option, would you say it's better to stay at YV and upgrade, or jump ship to G7 as either direct-entry captain, or FO but upgrade quickly, making more money (salary plus bonuses..)
Or option C, look into Frontier or Spirit or one of those types…………….
upgrades still occurring at YV, although it'll be several more months before my seniority comes around.
If given the option, would you say it's better to stay at YV and upgrade, or jump ship to G7 as either direct-entry captain, or FO but upgrade quickly, making more money (salary plus bonuses..)
Or option C, look into Frontier or Spirit or one of those types…………….
04-25-2017 | 07:23 AM
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04-25-2017 | 08:13 AM
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A possibility exist that GoJet is hiring street captains with the intention of using them as FOs, which is still cheaper than offering 200% critical pay to current FOs. At the same time GoJet runs upgrade classes of 8 or so giving the illusion a quick upgrade is possible, but only actually upgrading 50% of the class or less, which is the actual number they need. Now these FOs go back to the right seat for an indeterminant amount of time with a training failure which further decreases their marketability.
The flip side to that is I have heard some of the stories coming out of the training department and there is no doubt that some of these FOs are failing on their own merit.
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04-25-2017 | 10:42 AM
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easy answer, usually said by someone who's never failed a check ride.
When you see numbers like 25% pass rate, it speaks VOLUMES about the training department, and the company. If they value their pilots, a training failure would be rare; it doesn't hurt them to give extra sim or assure they're ready for their oral. It helps them - they retain pilots and others want to go there because they know they're headed to a healthy environment.
When you see numbers like 25% pass rate, it speaks VOLUMES about the training department, and the company. If they value their pilots, a training failure would be rare; it doesn't hurt them to give extra sim or assure they're ready for their oral. It helps them - they retain pilots and others want to go there because they know they're headed to a healthy environment.
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