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#42
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I don't even think the whole 2015 hires at 4.5 years is going to come to fruition. I don't want to identify myself, but I was hired at a great time to be hired in terms of flow, and I think I'll be out of here at 5.5 years. Anything before or after the sweet spot is longer. The farther after the sweet spot you were hired, the longer the flow gets.
It is downright wrong what the recruiters here are doing. I feel bad for the kids that buy it, but man do some homework. It's been laid out here many times.
I am reluctant to give any recommendation because if I were in the market today, I truly do not know where I would go. I will say that if you want to be based in PHL and you value QOL, Republic has us beat by a country mile.
It is downright wrong what the recruiters here are doing. I feel bad for the kids that buy it, but man do some homework. It's been laid out here many times.
I am reluctant to give any recommendation because if I were in the market today, I truly do not know where I would go. I will say that if you want to be based in PHL and you value QOL, Republic has us beat by a country mile.
#43
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I don't think American ramping up their hiring would really affect the flow rate. The flow doesn't exist to help American fill classes, the flow exists to help the three whole owneds fill classes. If the flow vanished tomorrow, AA wouldn't bat an eye, they would just take more people off the street. There's certainly no shortage of applications.
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#45
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#46
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The reason the flow is really short (<5 years) for some people is because they were hired at the front end of a hiring boom that exploded 4-5 years ago. The company was much smaller before that, so those hired at the beginning of that hiring boom had almost instantaneous seniority. That is NOT the case anymore. In fact, the company is not growing anymore. Someone hired today will build seniority very slowly, because they're stuck behind that massive group of people hired 2015-2017 and will have a very long flow (all external factors the same).
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#47
The flow can’t/won’t increase much at all because piedmont and the other WO’s can’t afford to let anymore people go per month and still staff their respective airlines. Rumor has it American approached piedmont about increasing the flow last year and piedmont shot it down.
#48
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The flow can’t/won’t increase much at all because piedmont and the other WO’s can’t afford to let anymore people go per month and still staff their respective airlines. Rumor has it American approached piedmont about increasing the flow last year and piedmont shot it down.
What you see is what you get. The only way the flow will increase is if PDTs pilot group gets larger. With no growth after the 60th aircraft announced, flow will not be increasing beyond 6/month that way things are.
#49
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Piedmont is the only Wholly Owned regional that did not receive a favorable flow increase in 2018. Both Envoy and PSA did because their Unions engagement on that front. Piedmont’s Union leadership decided that the flow was not important to the majority of the pilot group compared to the things it elected to negotiate (pilots paying for own hotels so that could collect points, increases in extensions so pilots could block more hours, 2% pay raise for captains only etc.) for in the failed TA. According to the union folks, there’s no discussion of changed to PDTs flow since the TA shootdown either.
What you see is what you get. The only way the flow will increase is if PDTs pilot group gets larger. With no growth after the 60th aircraft announced, flow will not be increasing beyond 6/month that way things are.
What you see is what you get. The only way the flow will increase is if PDTs pilot group gets larger. With no growth after the 60th aircraft announced, flow will not be increasing beyond 6/month that way things are.
Think about it- we constantly have uncovered trips. How could they agree to lose more pilots every month when we don't have enough line qualified guys as it is?
Most of our problems come back to the fact that this place is god awful at training pilots. So much could be fixed if they were competent at their jobs.
The union leaves much to be desired but I don't fault them for no increase in flow.
#50
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I found myself constantly checking the seniority list and trying to make the math work to back-up the recruiter's claim that the flow was under 5 years. Unless there is a new form of math that I am unaware of, there is no way it is possibly true, especially if hired today. I really wish Piedmont was not my first 121 gig. I ultimately made the decision to leave because my wife and I could not see any benefit to staying. Horrible trips, with one or two legs per day, I was logging about 2.5 hours per day towards the end of my tenure.
1) 5 year flow=flat out lie.
2) 1 year upgrades=flat out lie (for no 121 experience anyways)
It took me a long time to realize the flow was simply a carrot on the end of a stick, which Piedmont uses to keep you trudging along and putting up with BS in order to have the dream job somewhere down the line. With the flow rate the way it is now, going somewhere with much better pay and the ability to log some real flight time is more important.
1) 5 year flow=flat out lie.
2) 1 year upgrades=flat out lie (for no 121 experience anyways)
It took me a long time to realize the flow was simply a carrot on the end of a stick, which Piedmont uses to keep you trudging along and putting up with BS in order to have the dream job somewhere down the line. With the flow rate the way it is now, going somewhere with much better pay and the ability to log some real flight time is more important.
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