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PSA Upgrades
To all my PSA brethren:
I just read the daily DRS, and there are 30 captain vacancies! I have not seen this many upgrades announced at once. This is great news. This will put my class near the top of the FO seniority list, and we are just approaching our one year mark! Everyone should see a substantial gain in seniority. Things sure are looking good. |
I don't know what your looking at but todays DRS said 1 Captain Vacancy.
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Go to the website and login. Go to the Crew DRS page and click on daily DRS.
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Here is the text from the DRS:
07 FEB 08 – CAPTAIN VACANCIES DUE TO AN ANALYSIS OF CURRENT STAFFING LEVELS THERE HAS BECOME A NEED FOR 30 ADDITIONAL CAPTAINS IN THE SYSTEM. BID RELATED INFORMATION THERE WILL BE 2 CLASSES OF UPGRADES – CLASS A / CLASS B DOMICILE VACANCIES TRAINING DATE EFFECTIVE CLT 16 – CLASS A 3/5/08 *5/1/08 CLT 4 – CLASS B 3/12/08 *5/1/08 DAY 5 – CLASS B 3/12/08 *5/1/08 TYS 5 – CLASS B 3/12/08 *5/1/08 BID OPENS: WEDNESDAY 2/6/08 1700 BID CLOSES: WEDNESDAY 2/13/08 1700 *EFFECTIVE DATE IS 5/1/08 OR UPON COMPLETION OF IOE |
Texas Pilot - Since you've been there almost one year, what do you think of the company and I would really like to know what your schedule has been like during this first year. I live in Dayton and have been thinking about returning to commercial flying with PSA. Thanks.
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I just finished up OIE and Im Dayton based soon to move to Knoxville. So far so good. As far as those upgrades, I talked to an FO the other day that got awarded upgrade next class, hes been there only a year and a half. Anyone know of a good crashpad in TYS while im at it?
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Right now PSA has a horrible pass rate for the upgrades. Somewhere between 30-50% pass rate. Last class only 2 of 6 passed.
Doesn't matter what the time to upgrade goes down to if nobody get through. |
From what I understand, the failures are due to guys going in there unprepared. You must know your POH and FOM cover to cover before you set foot in the classroom. The majority of the failures are occuring at the oral, not the sim.
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Well....had I stayed at PSA I would be upgrading next month. When I left upgrade time was about 4 yrs. March would have been my 15th month at the company. Could not have forseen the high fail rate for upgrades, and there was way more FO's ahead of me than projected upgrades. Just one of those roll of the dice situations.
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The company just sent a message to all the first officers requesting their flight time to assess how many will be eligible for upgrade this year. Something definately is going on. I have a feeling that the 900's are on the way. Mesa is not fufilling their contract with Airways, so I think it is pushing our 900 plans forward.
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Does PSA have A/C on order? Is there planned groth or is attrition bringing the upgrade time down?
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All the flowbacks are leaving in 2 months. That explains the recent upgrades. However, it appears they are planning many more, and the word through the grapevine is that more aircraft are coming.
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Originally Posted by texaspilot76
(Post 324103)
All the flowbacks are leaving in 2 months. That explains the recent upgrades. However, it appears they are planning many more, and the word through the grapevine is that more aircraft are coming.
I wouldn't hold your breath... And if PSA does get 900's in the future, make sure you guys get paid to fly them! CRJ-900's would have been on property over a year ago if the management were willing pay the pilots more to fly them. |
What are the req's to upgrade? It seems PSA has been hiring low time guys for a while.
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ATP minimums.
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Attn HSLD:
The most junior captain in the current upgrade class has an October 2006 hire date. Where do we submit this information to update the information on APC? |
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It's actually Aug 06. But these were 6 people that were at Piedmont then MidAtlantic then PSA. They were J4J's. So don't count in the "Real" seniority list.
I believe the new time to upgrade is going to drop to 2 years soon. So far no one in class has less than 2.6 years at PSA. |
Originally Posted by cosmosdrvr
(Post 324084)
Does PSA have A/C on order? Is there planned groth or is attrition bringing the upgrade time down?
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Originally Posted by seafeye
(Post 327456)
It's actually Aug 06. But these were 6 people that were at Piedmont then MidAtlantic then PSA. They were J4J's. So don't count in the "Real" seniority list.
I believe the new time to upgrade is going to drop to 2 years soon. So far no one in class has less than 2.6 years at PSA. |
Can anyone see this sort of drop in upgrade time happening at eagle anytime soon?
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tooooo many people at american eagle
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Originally Posted by seafeye
(Post 327456)
It's actually Aug 06. But these were 6 people that were at Piedmont then MidAtlantic then PSA. They were J4J's. So don't count in the "Real" seniority list.
I believe the new time to upgrade is going to drop to 2 years soon. So far no one in class has less than 2.6 years at PSA. |
Originally Posted by PMeyer
(Post 327438)
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Originally Posted by trackpilot
(Post 328601)
Your awesome PMeyer :cool:;)
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Originally Posted by texaspilot76
(Post 327509)
I just looked at the Master seniority list and the upgrade awards. The most junior person in the March upgrade class is a October 2006 hire. I am not even counting the CEL guys you are referring to.
I don't think they did out of seniority upgrades. The only reason why i can see this as possible is if this person is Management and is teaching in the training dept. Otherwise there would be a grievence filed. |
Originally Posted by seafeye
(Post 328635)
I don't think they did out of seniority upgrades. The only reason why i can see this as possible is if this person is Management and is teaching in the training dept. Otherwise there would be a grievence filed.
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Originally Posted by abspecial
(Post 328452)
My old roommate, who was one spot junior to me at PSA, has an upgrade class date of March 12th. Our hire date was 10/02/06.
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Originally Posted by texaspilot76
(Post 328788)
That must be the junior guy in the class. Black, right?
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Originally Posted by texaspilot76
(Post 328784)
It is not out of senoirity. There are a bunch of people who have passed up upgrade. They were skipped over by their own choice. I have researched this. Trust me. It is happening. The most jumior upgrade in the March class is October 06.
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sux balls too when you're too young to upgrade anytime soon :(
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Wow intelligent comment! Sucks when you dont have the maturity to upgrade doesnt it?
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Originally Posted by PMeyer
(Post 328631)
OMG, you are too Trackpilot! :D
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Originally Posted by av8tr_2007
(Post 332579)
You guys should get a room. ;)
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Originally Posted by volasl
(Post 332394)
Wow intelligent comment! Sucks when you dont have the maturity to upgrade doesnt it?
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Yellow
Didn't you two share a "pizza" in Dayton???:D
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No, but I think we did karaoke together. What's up with the "quotations." PM if its something I missed.
Shanejj, do you know how long it's taking to get CLT as a base? Also, what's up with all the CA failures? Do you know what the most common mistake is? Thanks for your input in advance. |
Originally Posted by av8tr_2007
(Post 333238)
No, but I think we did karaoke together. What's up with the "quotations." PM if its something I missed.
Shanejj, do you know how long it's taking to get CLT as a base? Also, what's up with all the CA failures? Do you know what the most common mistake is? Thanks for your input in advance. |
My brain hurts!
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Originally Posted by OnMyWay
(Post 333345)
I was talking to Paul and Brian. Sorry, should have included a quote.
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