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Old 12-09-2015 | 06:58 AM
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No delay in the first 3...they are coming this month. First one gets to PHX next week.
Old 12-09-2015 | 08:01 AM
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Nice.....thank you.
Old 12-09-2015 | 12:25 PM
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I have one thing to say about our hotels......Crap Holes. And I don't mean crap. In my flying career, I have never flown with such a cheap, cheap, cheap, cheap company. Did I say "CHEAP"!!! Mesa is making tons of money on the crews backs. I don't see how other companies can afford decent hotels, and Mesa cannot. One time, not to mention the particular hotel, I had white tube socks on, and walked on the carpet in my room. When I took off my socks, the bottom of my socks were near black with carpet scum. I almost threw-up. We don't need to be treated like this. And if you are a Mesa pilot candidate, the little things do matter. CHEAP!!!!!
Old 12-09-2015 | 01:11 PM
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Originally Posted by MachTwo
I have one thing to say about our hotels......Crap Holes. And I don't mean crap. In my flying career, I have never flown with such a cheap, cheap, cheap, cheap company. Did I say "CHEAP"!!! Mesa is making tons of money on the crews backs. I don't see how other companies can afford decent hotels, and Mesa cannot. One time, not to mention the particular hotel, I had white tube socks on, and walked on the carpet in my room. When I took off my socks, the bottom of my socks were near black with carpet scum. I almost threw-up. We don't need to be treated like this. And if you are a Mesa pilot candidate, the little things do matter. CHEAP!!!!!
On the next TA, make sure you demand better language than the two sentences in the current contract. Our scum union leaders however think we should give something else up for it...
It's much more efficient to walk away and go elsewhere.
Old 12-09-2015 | 01:28 PM
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Originally Posted by deltajuliet
To file an ASAP, doesn't something safety related have to happen in the airplane?
I was on an R1. Phone rang at 4:10 am notifying me of my 1750 show time which was almost 14 hours later in the day. Why she felt the need to wake me up to inform me of that is beyond me. Unfortunately I could not go back to sleep. The trip ended up canceling but I would have been awake more than 16 hours prior to arriving at our destination. I thought an R1 was from 0400-1600? What's the point of being assigned a RAP if they can give you a trip any time they see fit? I ASAPed that little gem.
Old 12-09-2015 | 06:31 PM
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Originally Posted by squawkoff
I was on an R1. Phone rang at 4:10 am notifying me of my 1750 show time which was almost 14 hours later in the day. Why she felt the need to wake me up to inform me of that is beyond me. Unfortunately I could not go back to sleep. The trip ended up canceling but I would have been awake more than 16 hours prior to arriving at our destination. I thought an R1 was from 0400-1600? What's the point of being assigned a RAP if they can give you a trip any time they see fit? I ASAPed that little gem.
Depending on what the flight time is you are legal until 8pm with a RAP of 4am. I think they call so early so they can cross it off their list. If we could get some decent reserve rules in the contract it would state that trips would need to start within the availability period. This is just a way that they get to maximize their reserve utilization. They get to have you available all day and then not burn a R3 for the overnight at time when you should be off. They do the same thing with ready reserve. Have you sit all day they assign you a trip that starts after you should be off.
Old 12-09-2015 | 07:48 PM
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Originally Posted by BE24pilot
Depending on what the flight time is you are legal until 8pm with a RAP of 4am. I think they call so early so they can cross it off their list. If we could get some decent reserve rules in the contract it would state that trips would need to start within the availability period. This is just a way that they get to maximize their reserve utilization. They get to have you available all day and then not burn a R3 for the overnight at time when you should be off. They do the same thing with ready reserve. Have you sit all day they assign you a trip that starts after you should be off.
Reserves can now have extensions applied to their 16 hour day thanks to some genius at the FAA. So with a 2 hour extension a 4-4 reserve is good till 10pm. That is something that should never happen but it can, and they will try to do it.
Old 12-09-2015 | 08:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Is offline
Reserves can now have extensions applied to their 16 hour day thanks to some genius at the FAA. So with a 2 hour extension a 4-4 reserve is good till 10pm. That is something that should never happen but it can, and they will try to do it.
As long as you aren't on duty for 16 hours, I don't see the harm in it. If I have a RAP starting at 4 am, and get called at 10 for a noon show, the most I can be on duty is 8 hours and that's only extendable if stuff starts going bad.
Old 12-09-2015 | 08:39 PM
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I wonder how many FOs are bailing for CommutAir/Envoy/PDT/Skywest
Old 12-09-2015 | 09:00 PM
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Originally Posted by flapshalfspeed
I wonder how many FOs are bailing for CommutAir/Envoy/PDT/Skywest
One guy from my class bounced for GoJet hahaha
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