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11-25-2014 | 11:21 AM
#4211
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From: 175 Left
If no one ever told you, how would you know? Thanks Blackwing. For what it's worth, I've heard that question asked numerous times in crew rooms only to get I-don't-know shrugs. There's nothing wrong with helping with the things you do know and continuing to learn the things you don't.
11-25-2014 | 12:23 PM
#4212
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Good to know. There are only three direct AUS-IAD per day. IAH is better but still a little sparse. I'm a little hesitant about voluntarily signing myself up for a two-legger, but it is what it is.
11-25-2014 | 01:56 PM
#4213
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So the real number is probably somewhere between my 1900 UAL new hires and your VP's number of 1100 UAL new hires over the next 1 1/2 years. Given that, I think 1500 is not an unrealistic number. I still like it.
If the big three, (UAL, DAL, and AAG) each hire 1500 over the next 1.5 years, that'll be 4500 new hires. And if Alaska, Hawaiian, UPS, FedEx, Atlas, Southern Air, and other big boys hire a combined 1500, that'll equal 6000 new hire pilots,......... or 1/3 of the TOTAL REGIONAL PILOT GROUP in the next 1.5 years. And that's not even taking into account the hiring at the middle tier airlines, i.e. JetBlue, Spirit, Frontier, and Virgin or hiring at the decent-paying fractionals, (NetJets, Flex Jet, etc.).
If the big three, (UAL, DAL, and AAG) each hire 1500 over the next 1.5 years, that'll be 4500 new hires. And if Alaska, Hawaiian, UPS, FedEx, Atlas, Southern Air, and other big boys hire a combined 1500, that'll equal 6000 new hire pilots,......... or 1/3 of the TOTAL REGIONAL PILOT GROUP in the next 1.5 years. And that's not even taking into account the hiring at the middle tier airlines, i.e. JetBlue, Spirit, Frontier, and Virgin or hiring at the decent-paying fractionals, (NetJets, Flex Jet, etc.).
Either way, your numbers are pretty accurate when it comes to hiring.
11-25-2014 | 02:16 PM
#4214
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From: gear slinger
11-25-2014 | 02:47 PM
#4215
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From: 175 Left
Your still new-ish right deltajuliet?
You should just not show for it and if anyone says anything play dumb.
The "they never really taught us the RSV rules" usually works, because well it's the truth.
If I hadn't been at a prior airline I would have been lost on the line at Mesa the first year, especially on reserve.
11-25-2014 | 05:26 PM
#4216
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deltajuilet isn't captain yet?
11-25-2014 | 05:52 PM
#4218
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From: gear slinger
11-25-2014 | 06:15 PM
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Tincan, just give me one trip bro. Just 4 days of setting flaps for you, dropping gear when *I* feel like it, calling "3 knots slow", and making dumb remarks when you crush the 900 on will have you worshiping my awesomeness. Remember, I'll let you buy the beer while I talk about how much money I make.
11-25-2014 | 06:28 PM
#4220
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From: gear slinger
sounds like a man date. I'll put it in the books!
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