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Some Weekends Off
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190 training is falling off the rails right now. I was assigned recurrent 3 months early from last year only for them to cancel it and they still haven’t updated me. I think they are intentionally doing that knowing full well the $..t is going to hit the fan and hoping they’ll be get you in at some point before you dequalify.
I fly with instructors doing their fly days regularly…when they actually let them fly….and all I hear is how the school house is falling apart and they’ll never have a prayer in doing the training they think they are going to get through this year.
I fly with instructors doing their fly days regularly…when they actually let them fly….and all I hear is how the school house is falling apart and they’ll never have a prayer in doing the training they think they are going to get through this year.
The REAL Bluedriver
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From: Airbus Capt
In the end the plane's are moving so attrition isn't that big of a problem. Just glancing at the VDA list for my base and seat, there are 10 guys staring at their phone's blank screen praying for it to ring with a NY number. That's in addition to the other Flica stalkers that will do it for 50% less when the little X pops up. In the end, flights are notoriously late which we know we are famous for but the people get there. Top brass get's their stock distributions worth millions as said in another post: '85,000 > RH , 55,555 > JG". The rest will get their bonuses, and we get to deal with the aftermath when somebody didn't bother to book you a hotel and you are standing in the terminal at 2am with the janitors staring at you while on hold and off the clock.
Why put out more and make it legal with a contract when you can just throw in a few quarts of oil to replace what is getting burned rather than paying for an overhaul.
Why put out more and make it legal with a contract when you can just throw in a few quarts of oil to replace what is getting burned rather than paying for an overhaul.
Gets Weekends Off
Joined: Oct 2012
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From: 190 captain and “Pro-pilot”
That's all true, right now. But you said in your original post that Orlando has no prayer of doing the training they are expecting to do, so my point was and is at some point in the near future the attrition combined with a training backlog will cause a staffing disaster. The metal is moving now, but that is no guarantee it moves as planned in the future, just like the famous investment disclosure...
I can tell you OSC is a mess, and it’s definitely not the instructors fault. They are just as beat down as line guys. Lots of instructor “open time” but the company will not pay more than straight time for it. I’m already 5 days delayed and we just started a week ago. The other problem is a backlog in training is not a fast fix. I guess we will all get to watch it happen. This company management has really lost the plot.
Line Holder
Joined: Nov 2017
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QOL is very dependent on what you want. If you wanna be home every night allegiant has a better quality of life. If you want a guaranteed block of days off then spirt is for you. Don’t know much about frontier.
Reading here the 190 is the mostly backed up with training and the training pay is not very good.
Someone actually in training may have better answers.
Reading here the 190 is the mostly backed up with training and the training pay is not very good.
Someone actually in training may have better answers.
Based on what I read, it is not as rosy as what some people would say, especially if you live in Florida, and want to avoid commuting and won't really have the chance to hold a base there unless you're on the 190, and I heard reserves is very long as well.
Yeah being home more often is ideal, i'm used to being away from home 2 weeks at a time, but I want to be home more often than that now.
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