New CommutAir Pay and QOL LOA
04-10-2014 | 04:50 PM
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Thx for the info Duke. Good to hear things seem to be going well so far. Is 6 per class a reasonable number you think or is that still slim for you guys? Any word on a start date for the May class? Guess it's a crap shoot as to which base will be the least amount of time on reserve if/when new FO's get on property.
The next class is May 5th.Not too sure about which base to pick for reserve, but it seems IAD may be growing so that may be a good bet. The June bid had a vacancy for 6 FO's.
04-10-2014 | 05:24 PM
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6 is a little slim, but I'm not too surprised. The LOA is only 2-weeks old so the effects might not be represented in the April class. Considering there was no Feb class and only 2 in Mar, 6 is pretty good. The next class is May 5th.
Not too sure about which base to pick for reserve, but it seems IAD may be growing so that may be a good bet. The June bid had a vacancy for 6 FO's.
The next class is May 5th.Not too sure about which base to pick for reserve, but it seems IAD may be growing so that may be a good bet. The June bid had a vacancy for 6 FO's.
IAD does seem like the growing base as you have said which would bode well for lower reserve time (all things going as planned) but it's a pain in the a$$ to commute to from PHX. I think just one flight a day to and from where as EWR has 8 or so a day to and from. But that's commuting for ya, sucks anyway you slice it (at least you get a hotel 4 times a month)
04-19-2014 | 06:11 PM
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Yes the last FO vacancy was all for IAD, also were starting to see some more flying shift towards Dulles so I would say a new hire could hold it pretty easily for the foreseeable future
04-19-2014 | 06:14 PM
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For the record, that is all Captain movement. Lots of FOs have bailed for other regionals pre LOA, although he was one FO get hired at Frontier. I do not know what his background was before C5 though.
04-20-2014 | 07:59 AM
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As for being "behind the curve," I wouldn't worry about that at all. Upgrades haven't happened in a few months bc we're short FO's so our upgrade is running a little over 2 years. There are 6 new hires in class for April and I believe we'll be over 10 new hires in May if what I've been hearing is true. Upgrades are sure to follow since we've cancelled a few flights over the last couple weeks for no crews, including captains. Just for perspective, CommutAir hasn't had upgrades ever go over 3-3.5 years in the last 10 years. And the only reason it went up that high at one time was due to the big recession a couple years back. Hope that helps.
04-20-2014 | 08:44 AM
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