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04-10-2014 | 09:10 AM
#4701
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From: DHC-8 FO
You guys need to lighten up lol. I've been here going on 7 years, and yes it is tough. Unfair? No. I even decided to join the training department last year (guess who I am). While I won't comment on any of the issues above we have a fantastic pilot group, and great instructors. In the past 3 months our Union Reps have commented several times to me in and outside of class how great things have become in the training department (Call your reps). It is a reality in our industry that some people will not make it through training. It is a reality that some people will not do well in recurrent. Nobody gets singled out personally by anyone, that's what standards are for. As for other realities. We have a dwindling, aging fleet of dash-8s that nobody wants to fly right now. That makes it hard to attract enough candidates to counteract the "Normal" wash-out rate. This forum like most review sites are full of the 10 people that feel they were wronged somehow. They take full advantage of anonymity to wrongfully accuse those who fought daily to get these guys through. So please, if you have any issues we have a open-door policy. Call us. Come down and take a sim ride. Sit through some of our classes. But please do not use this site to make yourself feel better at somebody else's expense. Its not fair to those who are actively working hard to get through this program, or the 100s of guys that get the job done everyday out on the line. They deserve the respect.
Enough of that! See the rest of you at recurrent!
Respectfully,
BS<--- Those are initials lol
Enough of that! See the rest of you at recurrent!
Respectfully,
BS<--- Those are initials lol
04-11-2014 | 10:11 AM
#4702
Gets Weekends Off
Joined: Apr 2014
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From: rj left
Had to chime in here.
I was at PDT years ago and saw first hand the carnage that that training department hands out. I saw 2 guys in my class get canned during sim. I have seen people throw up in briefing rooms in the training center because of the fear of loosing their career. I made it by without any dings thank god. It was my first 121 job and scares me that that place could of ruined my entire career before it even started. Didn't a whole class walk out a year or two ago after getting screamed at for something they had nothing to do with? Stay away guys. I'm just a survivor...
I was at PDT years ago and saw first hand the carnage that that training department hands out. I saw 2 guys in my class get canned during sim. I have seen people throw up in briefing rooms in the training center because of the fear of loosing their career. I made it by without any dings thank god. It was my first 121 job and scares me that that place could of ruined my entire career before it even started. Didn't a whole class walk out a year or two ago after getting screamed at for something they had nothing to do with? Stay away guys. I'm just a survivor...
04-13-2014 | 05:21 AM
#4703
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Joined: Oct 2009
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If you value your career and the $100K+ you spent getting to where you are, stay away from Piedmont.
Don't believe for a second any idealistic BS about training being hard, not all survive, the good of the profession, open door policy, etc. The fact of the matter is that the JK testing department has been bullying and abusing people for years. That is the reality.
Ask a union rep? Ha!
Stay far, far away from Piedmont. There are plenty of other commuter airlines out there begging for you to work for them.
04-17-2014 | 06:44 PM
#4704
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Joined: Nov 2010
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From: French-Canadian
Can the PDT pilots elaborate on this?
"Although his name appeared on the document, the signature of Piedmont Airlines MEC chairman Bruce Freedman was not on it, the document stated that his signature was “pending” and I’m told he declined to sign."
Pilot unions band together to fight contract concessions at regional airlines | Dallas Morning News
"Although his name appeared on the document, the signature of Piedmont Airlines MEC chairman Bruce Freedman was not on it, the document stated that his signature was “pending” and I’m told he declined to sign."
Pilot unions band together to fight contract concessions at regional airlines | Dallas Morning News
04-17-2014 | 07:30 PM
#4707
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Joined: Mar 2010
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From: rabble rouser
04-18-2014 | 05:59 AM
#4709
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From: French-Canadian
PSA took concessions under the premise that they would get growth flying at the expense of Eagle as the airplanes they were awarded "were" supposed to have gone to Eagle if we would have accepted the B scale.
Eagle has said no twice , after the first time management went to PSA, they came back to Eagle and we said no again. One of the threats used against the Eagle pilots was that PDT could see airplanes, and management is on the record stating that they would like to refleet the wholly owned regionals. I understand that PSA signing this letter has mixed feelings, but my concern is not so much PDT not signing it, but rather the timing. So close to Eagle and others saying NO, while AAG seeks someone to fly their large RJs that are to replace routes currently flown by Eagle.
My concern is that as pilots, regional pilots but specifically AAG regional pilots... we are negotiating against our selves and management is trying to divide and ensure that there is no unity between the three pilot groups. When PSA negotiated their last deal they separated from the rest of the industry as they did their deal, I am wondering if the same thing is happening at PDT. This is the intent of management, and we are hurting each others careers and negotiating against our collective futures.
04-18-2014 | 06:35 AM
#4710
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Joined: Dec 2007
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From: DHC-8
From what I hear, and I have no facts to back it up, was this letter was drafted when PDT had no representative present at the meeting. Therefore with no one to represent us this signature was pending. I haven't heard a yay or nay from Piedmont. However, like many here, I question it's integrity with a signature from PSA. If you want entertainment, please go to CLT and sit in the crew room. I get a headache every time I spend more than 15 minutes there.
In regards to refleeting Piedmont with 170s. Kenji Hashimoto was in SBY for a town hall meeting with Piedmont employees a week after the Eagle vote and the question was brought up. He stated that there is no way for Piedmont to be ready in time to take the first batch of 170s when they arrive. Now that's not to say we are out of the running for some later but I keep getting the sense that as long as our current management is in charge, nothing will change. Ask any Piedmont pilot about the iPad debacle or scheduling changes...
In regards to refleeting Piedmont with 170s. Kenji Hashimoto was in SBY for a town hall meeting with Piedmont employees a week after the Eagle vote and the question was brought up. He stated that there is no way for Piedmont to be ready in time to take the first batch of 170s when they arrive. Now that's not to say we are out of the running for some later but I keep getting the sense that as long as our current management is in charge, nothing will change. Ask any Piedmont pilot about the iPad debacle or scheduling changes...
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