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01-16-2012 | 02:09 PM
#341
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You can try and upgrade when you hit 1500, but good luck. Odds are, an FO who's senior thats been there longer will upgrade, and you'll get bumped or displaced. Junior base is Billings, Parkersburg, Du Bois, and Bradford. Flying schedule is reserve for at least a few months, with 11 days off a month and a 75 hour guaranteed pay. Billings is 3 or 4 day trips. Northeast bases are all day trips. Hope that answers your questions.
Last edited by sandrich; 01-16-2012 at 06:35 PM.
01-16-2012 | 08:44 PM
#343
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01-16-2012 | 09:01 PM
#345
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Btw... How can I be sure that I'll no get fired after a couple of month being working for then, let say for any stupid reason, just to charge me the training? That's my only worry and what base will be better for me.
01-17-2012 | 03:01 AM
#348
Underpaid...
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From: French-Canadian
ha ha... I was waiting for this Cruz, I knew this post was going to happen 
Hey Man don't get frustrated, keep working on those profiles, profiles, profiles. Keep working on those memory items as well. Sit across a wall and trow a ball with each hand while citing the profiles. Spend your entire day working on those profiles. We have all been there, it takes a bit to get used to it. I had 1300 TT when I went into the ATR sim and I got my @$$ kicked the first few lessons but once I got the hang of flying the airplane and dealing with the profiles, memory items, checklist and dealing with scenarios it was actually a blast when we started doing V1 cuts and single engine go arounds.
Hey Man don't get frustrated, keep working on those profiles, profiles, profiles. Keep working on those memory items as well. Sit across a wall and trow a ball with each hand while citing the profiles. Spend your entire day working on those profiles. We have all been there, it takes a bit to get used to it. I had 1300 TT when I went into the ATR sim and I got my @$$ kicked the first few lessons but once I got the hang of flying the airplane and dealing with the profiles, memory items, checklist and dealing with scenarios it was actually a blast when we started doing V1 cuts and single engine go arounds.
01-17-2012 | 03:31 AM
#350
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After hired, you are on a 12 month probationary period. For that 12 months, they can release you for no reason, you have no union protection (you still pay union dues. It is a closed shop, so the option to join union is up to you, but you pay dues regardless), and you have no severance package. However, this has never happened. For every Saab that comes on the line, they need 12 pilots...so to ge fired, you really need to screw something up.
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