billyho

Yes the way we bid vacation is actually our strong point. Nice to know I can take off almost 2 months a year and get paid!

Dunkin

PDT is what PSA was at the end of 2013. They are about to start getting airplanes and the movement will be comparable to what PSA is seeing. PDT is a great place for a young pilot to go to now. They have some bases in cool parts of the country with a pretty low cost of living, even if you could live within a 2 hour drive from one of their bases you would have good QOL. The recruiter at PDT told me the E145s will be going to CLT and PHL so you might see some hub bases soon. You will probably flow to AA sooner throught PDT than PSA or ENV at this point too. Unless you live in CLT or DFW (or have an easy commute to those bases) going to PDT would be a great place to start your airline career.

beau172

When do the new planes arrive?

Lvlng4Spd

Beginning of next year, but we are working to be ready to accept by Nov-Dec this year.

highflyer0685

^ is this supposed to be good??? I mean 1st year pay is good considering for regionals, but 2nd year is crap.

Lvlng4Spd

More to it than just pay, although not bad considering equipment. Check out our per diem, work rules, etc I believe we are also working on more for our commuters, like what Commutair is doing with hotel rooms...great stuff.

billyho

Yes for the last 3-5 years I have told friends to avoid this place. I've even told FO's that they should look at other regionals. No future planes, Upgrade 7 years. I'd always say the only reason to come here would be if you were from one of the crew bases because our working contract is very good, pay was good, vacation also very good.

Now that's all changed! With the last group of upgrades they are at the 3.5 year mark and it's going to drop well below two years now. Plus with the 20 ERJ's coming it's going to be a great opportunity to upgrade fast. With that being said now I would highly recommend looking into Piedmont Airlines over many other regionals.

Plus you have a for sure job at American in your back pocket. But if you don't want it you can still upgrade in 2 years and apply to Delta, United, JetBlue. Win Win!!

Had an American Jumpseater and basically said that it will end up very hard to get on with American without going through one of the WO'ed since most classes will be made up of over 50% of them.

I think this is a great time to get on with Piedmont.

Right now only negative thing at Piedmont is our Schedules!!! They suck!! And I hope they fix that. If they do this place will be mint!

Da40Pilot

Those ejets will go very senior I'm sure. Those guys are gonna love the fact they're finally gonna get an office with Air Conditioning in it.

beau172

How long would it take too flow from Piedmont- American?

dash8

i wouldn't count on it, no one that i've heard of is really looking forward to the wscod, just trading one wore out pos for another, so other than a handful looking for a new type or hub base