The reason I question this United Capt is because when I got to the gate I asked the gate agent if I could take the jumpseat since it was looking like a full flight and she said that there were two jumpseaters already and that they were cleared by the capt. I'm not saying anything bad about the capt because United crews have been pretty good to me and they are always nice so maybe this particular capt was just being extra nice. Who knows

Whoever put that back in Wikipedia....I owe you a beer! Thank you!

Ha! That's great! LOL:D

Go Jet
 

About 10 months ago I lost my job and was looking for work. I sent a resume to Go Jet. At the time I didn't know anything about them. They called and offered a PIC position over the phone. So that got me wondering what was going on with them. I didn't take the job. However, I was kind of surprised by what I found in my research.

I called ALPA to find out where they stood on the company. They said that they had no issue with the company or any of the pilots.

I found this website where I got a ridiculed for brining up the subject.

The only ones that seems to give a crap about Go Jet being in business are the pilots at all the other airlines.

From a business standpoint Go Jet makes sense if you own the company. It was a way for them to get around contracts an a more expensive payroll. However, it never works out for them. Because, as soon as they have the chance the employee groups are going to get representation with a union. After a couple of years with the union trying to get the profits filtering to the employees it becomes a loser deal anyways. Freedom really transformed Mesa's profit base didn't it. So who will be the next company to try it. Which CEO has a big enough ego to think that they can pull it off.

Here were my reasons not to go work there:

Pain in the ass to commute to St. Louis
Getting the stink eye from pilots for the rest of my career
The pay

People are going to take those low level jobs. If someone wants in the industry bad enough they will take just about any job they can get. Its not like Go Jet is going to take down the industry with their 15 airplanes and 150 pilots.

As an aside only company that seems to be able to function without a union is Skywest.

Theres just a few of us. :):)

If I worked at United I would be ****ed. Every time I come across a Go Jetter in ORD they are trying to pass off as United Pilots. Last time I was in ORD I was in the hotel restraunt I started talking to a guy. After a few minutes he said he flew for United. We talked for a few but I never really told him I was a pilot also. The next day I saw him in the airport waiting at a gate so I went up to say hi. As I got close I realized he was in a Go Jet Uniform. He saw me and made eye contact I just said "you're pathetic" and walked off. I am glad I don't feel like I need to pretend like I am someone I'm not.

I was at Flight Safety in St. Louis last year and asked the receptionist why there was such a large group in one of the traing room classes. She told me that it was an airline class, when I asked what airline she chuckled and said GOJet. Now the Flight Safety in St. Louis that we attend is called the F.S. Sabreliner Training center, she said that the Main Flight Safety in St. Louis had transfered them here because there was not enough room for them. I was there doing my recurrent for 4 days, and during that time not one of those guys/gals ever made eye contact or spoke to us while we were there, wich is extremley wierd because everyone there always socialize while in the breakroom , etc.
My sim partner and I were talking about how wierd these guys seemed and just kept thinking that maybe these guys where just suffering from the waterhose effect and worrying about washing out of training or something anyways we just thought they were a strange bunch, and couldnt figure them out.

Well 10 mos. later and I join a forum called APC and finally figured out those wierdo's in St. Louis,THEY WERE EMBARESSED to be attending a ground school for a company like they were hahahahahahahahahaha

The first thing I did was call the receptionist at F. S. (a good friend of mine while im in town for the past 4yrs.) and asked her about these guys- she said she thought when she told me their company name that I knew about them and thats why she started laughing when i asked her who they were. She told me that the other FS had asked to have them attend the class there so they could keep them seperated out from another company that was also in training there-

Does ATA do there training through F.S. in St. Louis?

Just thought I'd let you guys know about my only contact with these scabs, I guess they thought that they might get eaten alive by us if we knew what they were.

I thought they started GoJet because a scope clause with American said they couldn't operate 70 seat jets?

yes, that's why the certificate was created. however, when the TSA pilot group said, "sure we'll fly the 700s, but we want more money to do that, as it's a bigger plane." uncle hulas' grip on his wallet tightened, and suddenly this Trans States Holdings sprang up, along with gojet.

I was at FSI in St. Louis (the other facility) a few months ago and the scabs were crawling all over that place. Not ONE of them made eye contact with anybody and the few who were clueless enough to attempt the breakroom.....well you could cut the tension in there with a knife.