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03-04-2016, 06:49 AM
#7171
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Joined APC: Jun 2011
Posts: 1,051
You can set up text alerts for $10 a month.....so basically you set it up to tell you when any trip pops into open time you get a text. So you have your phone on you 24/7. It is key to improving your schedule as a junior guy. KEY!
Just recommend putting the phone on vibrate and in your pocket when around the spouse. Mine got annoyed at me jumping like a dog every time my text alert dinged.
Just recommend putting the phone on vibrate and in your pocket when around the spouse. Mine got annoyed at me jumping like a dog every time my text alert dinged.
03-04-2016, 08:35 AM
#7176
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Joined APC: Jan 2016
Position: Who cares?
Posts: 178
Originally Posted by NoDeskJob
You can set up text alerts for $10 a month.....so basically you set it up to tell you when any trip pops into open time you get a text. So you have your phone on you 24/7. It is key to improving your schedule as a junior guy. KEY!
Just recommend putting the phone on vibrate and in your pocket when around the spouse. Mine got annoyed at me jumping like a dog every time my text alert dinged.
Just recommend putting the phone on vibrate and in your pocket when around the spouse. Mine got annoyed at me jumping like a dog every time my text alert dinged.
Thanks!
03-04-2016, 09:29 AM
#7177
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Joined APC: Nov 2008
Position: Airbus 320 Right Seat
Posts: 1,437
Unless your the top line holder in seat and can et exactly what you want right off an awarded line , Flica alerts allow you to see open time as soon as it gets dropped in. You can set the request very specific so you only get the type of trips you want versus getting alerted at 3 am about some garbage trip worth min credit. Yes the wife hates all the alerts and me being on the phone sometimes at inappropriate times . But I tell her it's truly the way I make money now . The flying is secondary . Sadly true . There are guys way worse then me but I am half way glued to it .
03-04-2016, 09:42 AM
#7178
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Joined APC: Dec 2015
Posts: 36
[QUOTE=Wolfbayne;2081847]
Anyone want to second this? Let's say someone gets hired later this spring... how long for Boston, and how long on reserve? Does the "years" hold water? Either airplane.
Originally Posted by RiddleEagle18
Man at that rate you will be able to upgrade in about 18 years!
For the record that's 16 upgrades in 6 months total time and that includes projections for busy summer flying. 16 is exactly 1/2 of 1 percent of our seniority list. It is obviously not always like this but it's not "awesome".
Everyone has their own reasons for being here and I respect those reasons but upgrade shouldn't be one of them. I enjoy working here and I live in base(the biggest reason, its a life changer in this business) but if I was a commuter and had multiple offers, or a new hire within the last 1-2 years I would be seriously considering alternatives.
Guys hired 5 years ago vs today will have very different careers at JB. It's even more pronounced the further back you go. It's like an inverse exponential graph due to us being such a young company with such a young pilot group.
15 years ago - phenomenal seniority
10 years ago - pretty damn good outside of the country club bases
5 years ago - quick upgrade but perpetual bottom 80% CA
3 years ago - last of the quick upgrade but looking at years and years of rsv as senior guys upgrade on top of you.
Guys hired 5 years ago needed the list to grow from 2000 pilots to 4000 pilots to make 50%.
Guys hired today need it to grow from 3500 to 7000!!!
Huge difference. Because there is no movement from retirements in the next 10 years. (Only about 100 total)
For the record that's 16 upgrades in 6 months total time and that includes projections for busy summer flying. 16 is exactly 1/2 of 1 percent of our seniority list. It is obviously not always like this but it's not "awesome".
Everyone has their own reasons for being here and I respect those reasons but upgrade shouldn't be one of them. I enjoy working here and I live in base(the biggest reason, its a life changer in this business) but if I was a commuter and had multiple offers, or a new hire within the last 1-2 years I would be seriously considering alternatives.
Guys hired 5 years ago vs today will have very different careers at JB. It's even more pronounced the further back you go. It's like an inverse exponential graph due to us being such a young company with such a young pilot group.
15 years ago - phenomenal seniority
10 years ago - pretty damn good outside of the country club bases
5 years ago - quick upgrade but perpetual bottom 80% CA
3 years ago - last of the quick upgrade but looking at years and years of rsv as senior guys upgrade on top of you.
Guys hired 5 years ago needed the list to grow from 2000 pilots to 4000 pilots to make 50%.
Guys hired today need it to grow from 3500 to 7000!!!
Huge difference. Because there is no movement from retirements in the next 10 years. (Only about 100 total)
03-04-2016, 11:31 AM
#7179
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Joined APC: Jul 2011
Position: CA
Posts: 95
[QUOTE=SirHelios;2082053]
Anyone want to second this? Let's say someone gets hired later this spring... how long for Boston, and how long on reserve? Does the "years" hold water? Either airplane.
I already did a few pages ago. Spot on
Originally Posted by Wolfbayne
Anyone want to second this? Let's say someone gets hired later this spring... how long for Boston, and how long on reserve? Does the "years" hold water? Either airplane.
03-04-2016, 12:29 PM
#7180
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Joined APC: Dec 2008
Position: Left,Right, Left, Right,Right,Left, Right, Left
Posts: 3,150
[QUOTE=SirHelios;2082053]
Anyone want to second this? Let's say someone gets hired later this spring... how long for Boston, and how long on reserve? Does the "years" hold water? Either airplane.
I'll third this.
We are taking deliveries of almost another 100 airbus from now until 2022. Assuming no more orders and no lease returns we will have over 5000 on property in 6-7years. I'm going to assume they will increase that number as well with our CBA. Vacation alone will increase that number by 8-10% along with other work rules.
Just me spitballing again, but I'd say by 2022 we are nearing the 6000 pilot mark. baring any M/A or full nuclear economic meltdown Everyone here today or in the near future should be looking pretty good. But I would not count on any kind of 2-3 year upgrade moving forward.
Getting Boston out of the gates shouldnt be that hard, you'll be in in a few months worst case. Time on RSV is anyones guess. Totally depends on which plane you get... could be years could be months.
goodluck!
Originally Posted by Wolfbayne
Anyone want to second this? Let's say someone gets hired later this spring... how long for Boston, and how long on reserve? Does the "years" hold water? Either airplane.
We are taking deliveries of almost another 100 airbus from now until 2022. Assuming no more orders and no lease returns we will have over 5000 on property in 6-7years. I'm going to assume they will increase that number as well with our CBA. Vacation alone will increase that number by 8-10% along with other work rules.
Just me spitballing again, but I'd say by 2022 we are nearing the 6000 pilot mark. baring any M/A or full nuclear economic meltdown Everyone here today or in the near future should be looking pretty good. But I would not count on any kind of 2-3 year upgrade moving forward.
Getting Boston out of the gates shouldnt be that hard, you'll be in in a few months worst case. Time on RSV is anyones guess. Totally depends on which plane you get... could be years could be months.
goodluck!
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