Lvlng4Spd

I've got no shame in my game...$10,000 last month. Others made way more. It is $1000-1500 per day at least for a CA on a triple premium mission. $500-750+ for a FO. I actually like being somewhat understaffed you can almost name your own price and travel option.

flyviper

Exactly, I like the option of banking more $ when I want to. Take advantage of it while it's available.

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ajm757

Right. Which is why the flow depends on new hires coming in.

billyho

The flow is the flow. They have to take people not matter what. However if you mean a certain level of pilots on the property increases the flow then 'yes' you are correct.

MantisToboggan

yeah that number for May was just the first class. So that number will be bigger by at least a few.

MantisToboggan

No, not at all. We flow three a month, per the contract. They can hold those off for a few months, but at the end of the year, 36 guys have to flow regardless of new hires.

Theaveragejoker

The are dis-incentivized to meter or stop the flow. Plenty of people are staying/ coming here based on that flow. They know if they cut it off, they will have an exodus. There's plenty of good work to be had right now, and not all of us are married to our jobs.

AZFlyer

Just a couple of thoughts.

If the plan is to have at least 20 jets + however many more that can be staffed, which according to some folks, would be quite a few more jets than just the 20, the net result would be an increase in total airframes even when taking into account some (and eventually all) of the dashs being parked.

Now, I haven't busted out my cocktail napkin for some bar-room math, but when adding attrition from flows, people being hired elsewhere, early/normal retirements, etc, the current hiring rates seem a bit, shall we say, challenged, to meet growth + attrition demands.

With all that said, I can only think to myself that it is only a matter of time until AAG bites the bullet to meet or exceed the new payscales of most of the other regionals out there. 12 months ago $29/hr was pretty competitive for 1st year FO, especially for a sub-50 seat turboprop. Today? Not so much.

Anecdotally, nearly every fellow new hire I've spoken with has said that the flow was a big part, if not main reason, to come to PDT. That's all well and good, but it's only part of the equation.

Though in a strange twist of irony, the smaller classes seem to be somewhat of a blessing, as the sim/soe capacity is already maxed out, although the sim waits seem to finally be coming down some.

schmohawk

Doesn't the flow turn off after 10 years from date of the CBA signing. Is that right ? 9 years left at 36/year

MantisToboggan

Technically yes, but I'd be extremely extremely surprised if the flow doesn't become AAs bread and butter of meeting future staffing needs. Really, it already is