got a call for interview. fingers crossed!!

 

how many hours do you have?

 

Spin,

It all depends on where you are based and your seniority. It can vary from a 5on/2off backup schedule working anywhere from 4 to 12 hours a day, to having a hard schedule in an outstation working something like a 4/3 or maybe even 4/4 (though those typically will go more senior, especially for the folks trying to get home on their days off). Anything can happen though, due to some shuffling around the most senior pilot in Vieques is I believe an Oct '10 hire (only 3 pilots based there though). To give you another example I am a 11/09 hire currently based in St. Thomas with a 4/3 schedule, I work 2 12-hour days and 2 9-hour days, flying 6-8 legs a day.

 

Thanks, Speedbird

 

9/08 Hire, Based in Saint Thomas, 4 days on 4 days off, come in around 1pm, done around 9pm. Usually about 6 legs a day, sometimes more, sometimes less. As a new hire, you go where the need is, just like at any other airline. Sometimes you get lucky, sometimes, not so much. Some people chase the money, some people chase the schedule, it is almost impossible to get both here. I'm a schedule guy, but if I am forced to go North this year (not sure how that will work out) I don't know if I can afford to chase the schedule because the pay in the North is 3 dollars a duty hour less than the Carib. and the bid minimum is 35 hours a week as opposed to 40 a week in the Carib. That 3 dollars an hour, and 5 hours of minimum can make a big difference in QOL.

Just a FYI there is a very junior 5 days on 2 days off line in Saint Thomas. Speedbird nailed it, seniority is everything.

Another note, we are in contract negations, and some things, such as pay, min, and sched are all on the table but have not been talked about much yet.

 

I see a reference to FO requirements, but it seems there's no hiring for FOs? Are they all coming from a school? Or was that a false rumor?

 

1900tt/370me

 

żAnd what are the most junior bases in the Caribbean?

 

When senior pilots leave, the company is filling those open lines with new hires. Today SJU is the junior base but ask me tomorrow and it might be STT.

 

Where do most folks live in these high cost areas? Does the company have housing at reasonable rates available??