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Old 12-29-2012, 08:43 AM
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I had a decent reserve month with a total of about 10 hours of flying this month. That's a little exciting considering I had a month or so where I didn't fly anything. ATP written is done so I upgrade when the next staffing bid is out.

Oh, I spent Christmas on reserve in Meridian eating Corn Pops cereal, a chocolate rice crispies treat and washed it down with a strawberry soda because nothing was open and the gas stations were out of cheeseburgers. Livin' the dream....
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Old 12-29-2012, 02:18 PM
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I had a decent reserve month with a total of about 10 hours of flying this month. That's a little exciting considering I had a month or so where I didn't fly anything. ATP written is done so I upgrade when the next staffing bid is out.

Oh, I spent Christmas on reserve in Meridian eating Corn Pops cereal, a chocolate rice crispies treat and washed it down with a strawberry soda because nothing was open and the gas stations were out of cheeseburgers. Livin' the dream....
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Old 12-29-2012, 07:57 PM
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I got pizza and watched the B-ball games. Apparently they cancel flights when tornado warnings are issued. Who'd a thought...
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Old 12-30-2012, 05:10 AM
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What are Silvers FO hiring mins these days. I know they are on a hiatus at the moment.
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Old 12-30-2012, 05:48 AM
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What are Silvers FO hiring mins these days. I know they are on a hiatus at the moment.
I would imagine its gotta be ATP mins,they are already trying to deal with the few guys who won't make the cut by then....
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Old 12-30-2012, 05:52 AM
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What are upgrade times (give or take...?) Any growth coming to Silver in the near future?

Thx!
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Old 12-30-2012, 06:43 AM
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Originally Posted by PatrickBateman View Post
You know what's embarrassing?

When you're going through security while FAs at other airlines are cruising through known crewmember...nothing says "you ain't ####" like sitting there with no belt and taking your computer out. Hell even TSA has KCM....TSA...

C'mon management....pull your head out of your ass and turn this little gem into a diamond...all it takes is some effort.
AWAC doesn't have kcm. Company will pay for it, union doesn't like the terms.

Thus we enjoy extra pat downs
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Old 12-30-2012, 06:26 PM
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Originally Posted by jsfBoat View Post
I had a decent reserve month with a total of about 10 hours of flying this month. That's a little exciting considering I had a month or so where I didn't fly anything. ATP written is done so I upgrade when the next staffing bid is out.

Oh, I spent Christmas on reserve in Meridian eating Corn Pops cereal, a chocolate rice crispies treat and washed it down with a strawberry soda because nothing was open and the gas stations were out of cheeseburgers. Livin' the dream....
I spent Christmas at the airport for about 4 hours and then went home after everything cancelled.

Having family close to the base is awesome
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Old 12-31-2012, 05:46 AM
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I would imagine its gotta be ATP mins,they are already trying to deal with the few guys who won't make the cut by then....
Yeah it's ATP mins, some guys will not make the cut, and I think one guy will not be 23 in August.

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What are upgrade times (give or take...?) Any growth coming to Silver in the near future?

Thx!
There is growth, but we are trying to take care of the guys we are overstaffed with so we can all fly, then plan to have about 500 pilots on property by May. Pick a city, and there's probably rumors that we are starting service there, but SJU seems probable. I hear rumors that come August, 3000TT is for upgrade, so maybe 1-2 years. I'm just waiting for a staffing bid as there are a lot of Captains that are junior to me and others.
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Good info thanx!

What if you do have the 3 thousand hours already by the time you get hired? Is there any minimum amount of time you have to fly for the company before you are eligible for upgrade?

Also, what are the chances of holding ATL after training?

Thanks again!
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