Unless they changed it, you get per diem during your entire sim training.

 

if your sim training is outside of MSP

 

Only if you are MSP based. If you are not MSP based you get per diem. That's my understading.

 

I have 121 experience and well over 1000 hours and I got hired a few weeks ago

 

Congratulations and welcome aboard. Good to hear we are hiring guys and gals with some experience.

 

New hires get perdiem if their sim training takes them away from MSP. When you're training you're "based" in MSP because that's where our trianing center is, so if you leave it, you get perdiem. After training is complete and you're on the line you start getting perdiem any time you leave your base. Unfortunately, MSP pilots never get perdiem when they go to the training center for training, because of its location. Be thankful new hires, this was a new development this spring. Newhires traditionally NEVER got perdiem until completion of IOE.

How many times does someone have to dispell rumors on this board? There are plenty of former 121 pilots with upwards of 1,000 hours in class right now. You cannot figure out what XJ is doing by reading the posts of rejected applicants. They do not represent the hundreds of apps each week. True, there are flight instructors as well, but the 300 hour pilots do not dominate the classes. They never have. Everyone with 121 and "high time" think they deserve the job. Nobody owes you anything.

It's a complete numbers game. There are X amount of spots for class. There are Y amount of applicants. X < Y. That means there will be lots of disapointed people. Mesaba has the pick of the litter right now and that means a balanced mix of applicants with various time on their reusmes will be hired.

 

As a newhire you do not recieve per diem while in ground school. The only way you will recieve per diem is if you do your sim training outside of MSP. I don't belive they are doing any out of base training on the Saab, but for the 900 you either go to Montreal or Denver for now until they have the sim is certified in MSP.

 

Really? What airline do you work for? At RAH our bags are taken curb side and waiting in the planes for us!

 

Yeah. That's right. Thanks for making it clearer than my post.

 

If your main reason for making a move is to fly a jet... at least go to a place that pays you more to fly a jet or bigger equipment than a saab.