Compass flights start on the 21st of this month, mainly from the msp hub. A list of cities is floating around but a few to start with are missoula, mt. omaha, nashville, etc. The planes are running a couple weeks behind from the factory. Currently there are 2 and a third should be here by the end of the month.

To the previous poster you would likly have to wait until spring sometime 08 for a capt. position. once you are a capt. the pay is 60.41 per hour. I don't know what class they offered so i have no idea where you would fall on the seniorty list but as of yesterday there are at least 80 pilots on property. figure 4.5 captians per plane and that would be approx. 18 aircraft are already covered with captains. We will have 9 or 10 planes by the end of this year .... then 2 airplanes a month until all 36 are delivered. This is were i think the compass thing might start turning off some people. you might have to sit in the right seat for awhile (anyone hired in the seniority range of 190 and later can expect to wait a few years for upgrade.

 

Compass currently flies two round trip revenue flights a day. IAD-MSP on the CRJ-200 that they used to certify the airline. E175's will come online as soon as FAA approval is completed.

 

FAA approval for the e 175 and table top discussions were completed last week. The company has put out approx. 8 lines of flying for septemember.

 

Guys been offered an interview, I was told a 1-2month upgrade? Is this bS? Are you guys still hiring street captains? How are the lines looking so far?

 

I FINALLY received a call from Compass yesterday now that I am in the middle of initial ground school at another carrier. What to do... what to do...

 

depends on who you are with now? if its a first class regional, stay. if its not... possibly look at compass.

 

I don't think where I am now would be known as a first class carrier due to its third class wages; however, it looks as though I may possibly be awarded an upgrade class soon after training. Compass was my first choice, unfortunately they didn't call me in time. Maybe I should just schedule an interview as soon as I find out when I have a break from training?

 

As far as upgrades go.... I don't think anybody hired tomorrow would upgrade for at least 4 months or more. Here's why Compass is not scheduled to get there 10th aircraft until January 2008. If you use the logic that it takes 4.5 or 5 captains to crew one aircraft it means that at most 10 aircraft would mean 50 captains and 50 fo's to fly those 10 airplanes. Today i believe there are 100 pilots hired and in some form of training. That means that we have enough pilots today to crew 20 airplanes worth of captains... simply meaning that anybody hired tomorrow can expect to not see a captain postion until sometime around march-may of 08'

Disclaimer this is my guess and i do know the company is concerned that they are not going to be able to find qualified canadates in the near future. I personally think they are going to have some troubles.. the old supply and demand principles at work.

 

I wouldn't mind waiting for an upgrade at Compass, but I may have an upgrade class sometime in January where I am now. There are two other guys in my class in the same situation and we're trying to figure out what to do.

 

Well, as far as lines go.....
We have 11 lines posted so far
-9 hard
-2 RSV

Hard lines are as follows
2 - 17 day off/ 79 CRDT
3 - 16 day off/ 89,83 CRDT
1 - 15 day off/ 86 CRDT
1 - 14 day off/ 87 CRDT
2 - 11 day off/ 75 CRDT (CDO,Standup's)

RSV lines
2- 11 day off/ 75 CRDT.......Call out on RSV is 2 hours