TMC- Travel Management Company
05-22-2015, 01:40 PM
#323
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Joined APC: Jul 2013
Position: Left Seat
Posts: 261
Great news!!! Let's see how soon Wheels Up/Gama follows suit with 8/6. How does the pay compare between the two companies? I understand negotiations are ongoing, but what does a first year Beechjet FO, Beechjet Captain and Hawker Captain currently earn? Just curious...
05-22-2015, 04:26 PM
#324
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Joined APC: Dec 2014
Posts: 203
I think this is just the tip of the iceberg as far as changes go in this sector of aviation. Companies are going to have to offer a much more attractive schedule than 8/6 with significantly better pay and benefits to retain/attract pilots these days. Does anyone know what the key items are going into negotiations?
06-01-2015, 09:44 AM
#327
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Joined APC: Jun 2015
Posts: 18
With all the companies hiring I don't know why anyone would consider TMC. There are literally no perks to working here. No vacation. 2 sick days a year. If you try to call in sick, they threaten to send you home and not be brought back so you don't get paid for the month. Mandatory training on days off. Rolling rest. Very sub par mx. "Merit based upgrade with seniority considered." If you do upgrade (currently a year and a half in the right seat for upgrades) you go to year 1 captain's pay. No bereavement policy. Company does not pay into any benefits which are expensive and quite worthless. It's a company that is run by greedy tyrants who go out of their way to screw it's people over and terminates very good pilots who have been serving them for years. Company fires people for very petty things. If you cause them to lose a dime, you're in trouble. Fear permeates the company and drives every little detail. Some crew members are good people and others are just so whipped and afraid, they can be very difficult to work with. You're stuck with the same crew member for 15-20 days. Yes, we did vote in a union but it will be years before any positive changes happen. Pay is low, per Diem is a laugh. You have to watch your paycheck every month because they constantly short you days.
Any company that makes you sign a training contract is suspect. We have guys show up for initial class and bail after a few days of learning how we operate.
Do yourself a favor and go somewhere with something to offer. This place is a dead end life of fear, misery and exhaustion.
Any company that makes you sign a training contract is suspect. We have guys show up for initial class and bail after a few days of learning how we operate.
Do yourself a favor and go somewhere with something to offer. This place is a dead end life of fear, misery and exhaustion.
06-01-2015, 11:27 AM
#328
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Joined APC: Jul 2011
Position: CA
Posts: 1,030
Originally Posted by jasmine
With all the companies hiring I don't know why anyone would consider TMC. There are literally no perks to working here. No vacation. 2 sick days a year. If you try to call in sick, they threaten to send you home and not be brought back so you don't get paid for the month. Mandatory training on days off. Rolling rest. Very sub par mx. "Merit based upgrade with seniority considered." If you do upgrade (currently a year and a half in the right seat for upgrades) you go to year 1 captain's pay. No bereavement policy. Company does not pay into any benefits which are expensive and quite worthless. It's a company that is run by greedy tyrants who go out of their way to screw it's people over and terminates very good pilots who have been serving them for years. Company fires people for very petty things. If you cause them to lose a dime, you're in trouble. Fear permeates the company and drives every little detail. Some crew members are good people and others are just so whipped and afraid, they can be very difficult to work with. You're stuck with the same crew member for 15-20 days. Yes, we did vote in a union but it will be years before any positive changes happen. Pay is low, per Diem is a laugh. You have to watch your paycheck every month because they constantly short you days.
Any company that makes you sign a training contract is suspect. We have guys show up for initial class and bail after a few days of learning how we operate.
Do yourself a favor and go somewhere with something to offer. This place is a dead end life of fear, misery and exhaustion.
Any company that makes you sign a training contract is suspect. We have guys show up for initial class and bail after a few days of learning how we operate.
Do yourself a favor and go somewhere with something to offer. This place is a dead end life of fear, misery and exhaustion.
06-01-2015, 04:30 PM
#329
On Reserve
Joined APC: Jun 2015
Posts: 18
Originally Posted by say again
Why are you still working there? Must not be THAT bad...
06-04-2015, 04:04 PM
#330
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Joined APC: Jul 2011
Position: CA
Posts: 1,030
Originally Posted by jasmine
No one is going to be persuaded to choose or not choose a company to work for by a single post. Just trying to let those testing the waters to know what lies beneath. If pilots want to come work here and find out the reality for themselves, then so be it. We voted in a union in a landslide vote for a reason.
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