did you get the shuttle side?!?!?! i would say take IND, easy drive from SDF and once you hold a line it will be a relatively easy drive up 65 for a few four days or whatever! CMH would be a double dead head through CVG or a 4 and half hour drive! ATL wouldnt be too bad of a commute but getting IND and driving would be easier and much less stress! Have fun!

 

Yeah I got Shuttle, but with gas at 3.15/gal and I drive a gas hog IND would be kinda expensive! It would cost me 75.00 in gas to go up and come back! Thats a whole trip's per diem!

 

He's not going anywhere. You know how it goes, "bitten once......!"

He likes RAH, I never said he didn't, so he's content with letting it play out. Remember, for the 5 time I've posted this, he has yet to truly complain. I'm making his argument for him in order to educate the new hire who was considering moving from the E-170 class to the CRJ class. My friend's a great guy and a fantastic father.

As for the info, you're telling me you knew the exact situation of your a/c seniority and where you'll be in relationship before you started. WOW, that's amazing; maybe you should go in business supplying pilots with this info. You'd make a killing and would be providing a service that would better our industry by stopping a large majority of pilots from falling into a less than favorable position.

Yes, he knew that the CR2 didn’t have a bright future at RAH (or anywhere else for that matter, doesn’t take a genius to figure this out) and that RAH wanted an all E-series fleet but he was told they were severely understaffed across the board. Explain to me how an RAH interviewee can gain this knowledge when he has no friends who were currently employed or any other way to gain the needed inside info when your interviewer is supplying less than accurate information. Why would anyone have any reason to not trust the words of their interviewer? You don't make waves when you want a job.

Remember that seniority list (airlines, aircraft and domicile) are not public information.

 

Here's all you need to know about aircraft at RAH:
-Stay away from the CRJ unless you live in or near IAH and don't mind collecting your min guarantee while sitting reserve.
-The 170 flies itself. Sometimes the pilots have to wake up and put the gear down, but that's only when the Auto Gear Putter-Downer is MELed.
...of course, this is all from a 145 guy who's still having trouble getting his seat exactly where he wants it.

 

well, you don't have to adjust speeds on TO (assuming you're using FMS speeds) it holds V2 until you hit VNAV, then i kicks up to 210, 230, and 250 as you retract flaps.

no more CHYNA Packs flow after TO. plane knows to kick in climb pwr, YD is on, and turns the packs back on by themselves, etc

oh, and it autotunes the LOC for you assuming you loaded the approach in the FMS.

now, if i can find a way for it to autotune the next ATC freq, i'm set...

and the jumpseat is actually a bit nicer. your knees only hang a bit over the pedestal, not almost over the thrust levers.

 

Popa, you're just jealous that i got a better gig after bailing from TSA than you did!

"Auto Gear Putter-Downer is MELed" that's when we're on the last leg after a 450 show and you fall asleep before the marker.

 

Not to hijack the thread, but I have a somewhat related question. Where does Republic do their initial training for new FOs? Is it Indy?

 

Shuttle and Republic are in STL. Chautauqua is in IND. Sims are in STL mostly.

 

Actually the 170 FO must be much more alert now that CHQ guys are upgrading to it rapidly. There is a strong tendancy to turn the auto pilot off and fight the auto-throttles for control. And this hand flying business? Didn't we get away from the 10 years ago?

 

Not sure what the latest is but Montreal for Republic and Paris France for Shuttle are the back ups. Also Orlando at Jet Blue U mostly for recurrents.