BOS Based Big Sky
#21
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Mar 2007
Position: XJT furloughed due to non-ALPA undercutting
Posts: 376
How come Big Sky pilots in Boston come into work with unpressed shirts, hair sticking up, North Face jackets, ski parkas and every other kind of non-uniforms item and just generally don't look like airline pilots? Frustrating of course, as a pilot who takes pride in my uniform.
#22
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Joined APC: Mar 2006
Position: Upright and Locked
Posts: 969
Not that this only happens at Big Sky (it doesn't...I've seen some of our newer FO's at CMR), but I was in BOS a day or so ago nonrevving and a Big Sky guy with an un-tucked shirt (in full uniform) sat up at the gate yapping loudly on his cellphone about how much beer he drank last weekend with old highschool friends with both feet up on the chair across from him. He was also sucking on an empty water-bottle like a baby. What gives? Sorry, rant over.
#23
Where are guys going AFTER BigSky? Are a lot of their Captains going to regionals? I ask because at AWAC we have a ton of guys that come from Great Lakes... and most of them had a tough time going anywhere with their 1900 CA time, so they are here now. Many of them are CA's now... I imagine it was a little bit different a few years back... but where are a lot of the guys going?
Also--Mccube I'd like to take a look at the lines at BigSky too (BOS) if you have them avail.
Also--Mccube I'd like to take a look at the lines at BigSky too (BOS) if you have them avail.
#25
How come Big Sky pilots in Boston come into work with unpressed shirts, hair sticking up, North Face jackets, ski parkas and every other kind of non-uniforms item and just generally don't look like airline pilots? Frustrating of course, as a pilot who takes pride in my uniform.
Not that this only happens at Big Sky (it doesn't...I've seen some of our newer FO's at CMR), but I was in BOS a day or so ago nonrevving and a Big Sky guy with an un-tucked shirt (in full uniform) sat up at the gate yapping loudly on his cellphone about how much beer he drank last weekend with old highschool friends with both feet up on the chair across from him. He was also sucking on an empty water-bottle like a baby. What gives? Sorry, rant over.
Where are guys going AFTER BigSky? Are a lot of their Captains going to regionals? I ask because at AWAC we have a ton of guys that come from Great Lakes... and most of them had a tough time going anywhere with their 1900 CA time, so they are here now. Many of them are CA's now... I imagine it was a little bit different a few years back... but where are a lot of the guys going?
as for posting the lines, im not gonna do that, ill just say we have something like 30 lines out of boston the have a handful of 5 on 2 off's some 4 on 3 off's some with stretches of 6 on week off. they use a very archaeic(sp.?) scheduling system around here so efficiency certainly isnt our middle name. we dont have sabre or any other kind of system, all microsoft excel (yes you read that right, microsoft excel)
all in all its not a bad place to work, we have a better contract than the majority of places. and just compare our payscales to that of great lakes and gulfstream, you will notice we definitely set the bar for 1900 drivers. second year CA pay is very livable and its a stepping stone not a final destination.
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