Horizon cutting flights due to pilot shortage
07-30-2017, 02:33 PM
#21
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Originally Posted by LOCdawg
Any insight for a Guard dude as a first year FO? I assume its pretty easy to drop trips on the 18ish days the company does 'own' you if you have to(or want to) go in to work at the unit. How exactly would that work? Ex: if drill is right in the middle of a 4 or 5 day trip, does the whole trip go away?
07-30-2017, 05:11 PM
#22
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My experience at QX while I was in the guard was outstanding.
They were very supportive and never gave me even a hint of being annoyed. Yes, you will have to turn in paperwork for AT, but a calendar sufficed for drill weekends. I'd just call my ACP, tell him what days, and he'd drop my trips right then and there.
Yes, you will loose all your pay for those trips, (and it kills per diem too), and that can sting. So if money is tight, you could probably horse-trade. Heck, they're so short staffed at the moment, you could likely pick up time and a half stuff.
They were very supportive and never gave me even a hint of being annoyed. Yes, you will have to turn in paperwork for AT, but a calendar sufficed for drill weekends. I'd just call my ACP, tell him what days, and he'd drop my trips right then and there.
Yes, you will loose all your pay for those trips, (and it kills per diem too), and that can sting. So if money is tight, you could probably horse-trade. Heck, they're so short staffed at the moment, you could likely pick up time and a half stuff.
07-30-2017, 05:31 PM
#23
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Originally Posted by N19906
My experience at QX while I was in the guard was outstanding.
They were very supportive and never gave me even a hint of being annoyed. Yes, you will have to turn in paperwork for AT, but a calendar sufficed for drill weekends. I'd just call my ACP, tell him what days, and he'd drop my trips right then and there.
Yes, you will loose all your pay for those trips, (and it kills per diem too), and that can sting. So if money is tight, you could probably horse-trade. Heck, they're so short staffed at the moment, you could likely pick up time and a half stuff.
They were very supportive and never gave me even a hint of being annoyed. Yes, you will have to turn in paperwork for AT, but a calendar sufficed for drill weekends. I'd just call my ACP, tell him what days, and he'd drop my trips right then and there.
Yes, you will loose all your pay for those trips, (and it kills per diem too), and that can sting. So if money is tight, you could probably horse-trade. Heck, they're so short staffed at the moment, you could likely pick up time and a half stuff.
LOSE pay, LOSE pay, not LOOSE. It's mind boggling how many pilots don't know how to spell the word lose.
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07-31-2017, 10:15 PM
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Originally Posted by n9810f
Is there any truth to this talk that only 2 of your 6 E75's are flying right now?
Complete nonsense, we now have 7 jets and I can assure you every single one is up and flying right now. We have many pilots, so many they are lined up out the door as we speak. Everything is under control and we are breaking record profits!
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