What's happening at Horizon and Jets?
#3601
Our current Ops Specs shows 43 Qs and 26 ERJs. Several months back, we had around 870 pilots. Normal attrition plus recent pathway folks appear to fuel the declining pilot count.
We seem to be short on ERJ captains, at least in SEA. On any given day, the SEA reserve list can confirm this. I routinely see only 4 to 6 captains on reserve. Sometimes just 1 or 2. Last several months, I get calls on my days off from scheduling at least 3 times per month to pick up trips. Granted, I'm a more junior ERJ CA so I'm one of first to get called. But we're definitely fat on ERJ FOs.
#3602
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Jan 2016
Posts: 268
Sorry, that WAS an estimate. I'm pretty sure about the number of jets, but the number of Q400's seems to be a moving target. At any given time, we have Q400's at the paint shop, down for heavy maintenance, or parked while awaiting a new home.
#3603
Line Holder
Joined APC: Apr 2018
Position: Q,
Posts: 72
My bigger point is we are very overstaffed. Why? AAG is focused on never having another QX flight cancelled because of lack of crews. This is why we have so many reserve lines. Only so much scheduled flying to go around. We have to have a large slush of pilots to account for a large amount of unpredictable attrition.
#3604
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Oct 2017
Position: B777, Right Side or Panda-side. Or Pandacide.
Posts: 119
Where do you find the info for the class composition (DOHs for initial upgrades, transitions, etc...?). I'm all over FLICA and can't figure it out.
I mean, other than where it says "May Vacancy Bid: No Award" on my own page.
I mean, other than where it says "May Vacancy Bid: No Award" on my own page.
#3605
Its a two step process. On FLICA go to view bid award. You can view what each pilot in each base got awarded. From there you pull up the seniority list on the iPad to figure out DOH.
#3608
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Aug 2018
Posts: 124
If there is no hiring planned for the Q then that would mean they are planning to reduce Q flying. If they were planning on keeping the Q flying as much as it currently is then they would at least hire enough to cover attrition right?
Was anything else said about that?
Was anything else said about that?
#3609
They said they were expecting higher attrition that did not occur and are thus overstaffed. I would agree since half of PDX is on reserve. Also said they have not turned down any additional flying.
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