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Old 06-23-2013 | 03:20 PM
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So glad I left... Good luck to all PDT guys-Really hope it works out for you.
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Old 06-29-2013 | 06:33 AM
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Originally Posted by PilotGuy77
Here comes the street captains!
Look at the current new hire class. Youngest pilot in there is 33. They all have 3000+ hours and upon LOE will be ATP, DHC-8 PIC typed with an SOE restriction.
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Old 06-29-2013 | 07:19 AM
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currently in the Piedmont July class but just got an offer from Republic. I have another interview with expressjet coming up. Piedmont was/is my back if I didn't get any other offers
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Old 06-29-2013 | 08:04 AM
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I've heard twice now that training was told to get prepared to certify us for Cat 2 approaches. Anyone else hear this? Why would we decide to do this now?
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Old 06-29-2013 | 08:37 AM
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The owners of PDT, mainline, set a date in stone for sometime in 2014 (don't remember the exact date but Feb rings a bell) that we need to be equipped and cat II certified. It's not being trained yet but could be very soon.

RNAV would be a nice upgrade too (ERI) but cat II seems to be the higher priority. The ERI situation is only temporary until the ILS is back in ops.
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Old 06-29-2013 | 10:35 AM
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How much does it cost to certify an airframe for Cat 2? I'm not sure I trust some of our planes to perform Cat 2 approaches.
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Old 06-29-2013 | 11:50 AM
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We were cat II before, we got rid of it because it made our training more expensive
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Old 06-29-2013 | 11:57 AM
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Originally Posted by MusDg
Look at the current new hire class. Youngest pilot in there is 33. They all have 3000+ hours and upon LOE will be ATP, DHC-8 PIC typed with an SOE restriction.
It has pilot in command limitations not SOE limitations
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Old 06-29-2013 | 03:46 PM
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I think the CAT II is a Star Alliance Requirement
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Old 06-29-2013 | 06:24 PM
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How many of those 3000 hr, age 33 plus guys are going to stick around? I'm guessing few. I'm in that bracket you mention. If there was such a thing as a one leg commute and a schedule to take advantage of it I'd go back to Piedmont yesterday. (well, truthfully I'd need the left seat back too......:-))
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