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Old 04-24-2017, 11:32 AM
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Originally Posted by Finny McCool View Post
He works for Alaska. I'm holding weekends off if I want them after one year. They're not important to me yet I had every Friday off and two full weekends this month.

To each his own. If you like the crew meals at NJ then it will be a loss. If you are like me and ate them out of necessity, not so much.
The meals on Virgin are really good, so hopefully Alaska adopts that.
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Old 04-24-2017, 11:51 AM
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Originally Posted by Finny McCool View Post
He works for Alaska. I'm holding weekends off if I want them after one year. They're not important to me yet I had every Friday off and two full weekends this month.

To each his own. If you like the crew meals at NJ then it will be a loss. If you are like me and ate them out of necessity, not so much.
Her experiences are germane to the topic in general : )
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Old 04-24-2017, 05:14 PM
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Originally Posted by lpcunity View Post
NJA is a good job. I was hired in Oct of '06 and left in Dec '14. I was an FO in the Encore the entire time. I was tired of flying the Encore and burnt out. I understand upgrades are still painfully far away. There are times I wonder why I left. I miss all the time off I was getting at NJA. I don't remember what weekends off are like. NJA takes care of its pilots. Amazing health insurance, home basing, good 401k, good aircraft,hotel/airline points, credit card points, uniform allowance, and pretty good pay. Not to mention the crew meals. The crew meals at NJA were amazing compared to what I'm eating in the cockpit now. I understand the pains of a NJA FO. I was one for a long time. My job in the 73 is way easier than what I was doing at NJA and I'm happy I made the move. I just wanted to chime in and provide my view of leaving. NJA is a great job and there are aspects that I miss dearly. No job is perfect unless you're Dave Rastovich.
Wow - no movement from the Encore? Did you have the ability to bid off it to an XL or Phenom and just decided not to? That's rough but I hear the Encore didn't fly as much as some of the other fleets....... Probably still roomier up front than the Phenomenal!
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Old 04-25-2017, 06:16 AM
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A pilot hired in October of 2006 did not have the seniority to hold any open bid until the spring of 2016. As of now that seniority will get you into the Challenger 350, Latitude or Phenom.
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Old 04-25-2017, 09:58 AM
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The Encore didn't fly as much as the other fleets so it was probably better to stay on it rather than bid out.
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Old 04-25-2017, 10:26 AM
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Originally Posted by Jetlife View Post
The Encore didn't fly as much as the other fleets so it was probably better to stay on it rather than bid out.
Same, same ( gradually ) happening on the XL : )
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Old 04-25-2017, 10:28 AM
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Originally Posted by 727C47 View Post
Same, same ( gradually ) happening on the XL : )
I don't envy anyone on the Phenom or Lat. Those are unbreakable slave ships that will outlast the energizer bunny. Its nice to see the XL guys get a break haha.
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Old 04-25-2017, 12:53 PM
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Does anyone know if it is true that there will be no more new hire classes for the remainder of the year?
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Old 04-25-2017, 01:28 PM
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Originally Posted by FLYLOW22 View Post
I just took the family to Baja MX for 7 days.

Free except the taxes I had to pay to fly free on SWA to get there.

I didn't even dent my point bank.

I'd say that's worth more than $2000 a year.

Summer vacation coming up.

Free and free.

Fall vacation planned.

Free.




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Ok, even if it's 5,000 a year which I think it isn't, it's a nice perk but is pretty weird to use as a comparison as to the positives and negatives to leaving a job.
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Old 04-25-2017, 01:29 PM
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Does anyone know if it is true that there will be no more new hire classes for the remainder of the year?
That's what my buddies were saying. Goes in line with the plan to shrink. Shrinking in fleet size and that means no hiring. Attrition will hopefully take care of the the excess of pilots so they don't have to furlough.
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