Mesaba Airlines: 2 Month Upgrade
10-02-2007 | 04:09 PM
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10-02-2007 | 04:10 PM
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If things turn south here in the next month or so......... Mesaba here I come
10-02-2007 | 04:14 PM
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For all I know he isn't and just waiting for some company with staffing issues to make him the next statistic. Knowing what we currently know, which isn't much except that he's a 2 month upgrade, and you had the choice to put him on that aircraft or another with hire mins and upgrade times which one would you put your 6month baby girl and wife on?
10-02-2007 | 04:17 PM
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You've got the time to upgrade right now to SF3 especially if you have the SF3 time already. If you wait a few more months, you should be able to upgrade to CRJ200.
10-02-2007 | 04:20 PM
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10-02-2007 | 04:25 PM
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I have to dig it out of the contract but if you want fast answers, go to airlinepilotcentral.com and click Mesaba for the pay rate. Rate posted there is I believe accurate. Hourly rate does not tell the whole story though. You can average more than 92 credit hours for flying about 75 or less, plus per diem which comes to about between $ 389 to $450/month.
I think the SF3 hourly rate is $43/hr.
I think the SF3 hourly rate is $43/hr.
10-02-2007 | 04:28 PM
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Why? In the 1960s United hired pilots with 200 hours (male and female) total in a single engine airplane to fly Boeing jets. Today, British Airways, Lufthansa hires people off the street with 0 hours and after training puts them on the right seat of all their jets including B 747s.
Hey, Saabaroowski, because of your Avatar, you remind me of the Donkey in Shrek. I mean it in a good way. Seriously though, Mesaba has a very good and thorough training department, and by the time you are finished going through what they put you through, you will be totally confident.
Hey, Saabaroowski, because of your Avatar, you remind me of the Donkey in Shrek. I mean it in a good way. Seriously though, Mesaba has a very good and thorough training department, and by the time you are finished going through what they put you through, you will be totally confident.
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10-02-2007 | 05:33 PM
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I know, there's no substitute for experience but those 300 hour pilots are far more highly trained than the brand new shiny CFI who is applying to Colgan or Piedmont or PSA or wherever.
BTW, the 2-month upgrade is intriguing.......
10-02-2007 | 05:46 PM
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