captain152

Sorry for the misspelling of sauna ... sheesh, i'd be up since 2am, lol ... glad you read the rest of the message though! I'll be up in CHO the first week of Dec to start flying there! At least the lines there are better than IAH ... but it sucks they're all day trips ... no perdiem

Well, guys ... bottom line ... are you happy with the way the schedules are turning out?!?! They've been going downhill for the past 3-4 months ... even if we are losing flying, there should be GREAT lines for the senior guys ... decent lines for the middle of the pack guys ... crap lines for the junior guys ... and reserve lines for the bottom of the barrel guys!! EVERYONE I have talked to in IAH (including the junior guys) feel the same way..

drummerguy

For those who have not had the pleasure of flying a saab in the summer, we have no apu and it is not uncommon to push off the gate in IAH with a cabin temp of 35c. On the CLL and BPT turns you are probably looking at a 20 min or so taxi for a 10 min flight below 5000 ft meaning you will never be able to cool the cabin off and then find out that the out stations air cart is not working. After repeating the process several times on an 8 leg day I adopted a stratagy. I would take towels from the hotel on the ron and wet them down and put them on me during the work day to help cool off then trade the towels in for fresh ones at the next hotel on the next ron. It was a lovely experience, I am paid a measly 26$ an hour to do this, our passengers actually pay to endure this sh***

skidmark

I would buy your lemonade.

whtever

Funny how after starting this thread we received a current seniority list (without CA and FO designation or airframe), bid awards, and another message from Colgan explaining to the pilots how good we have it!

It's time I thank management for finally fixing the important issues like the uniform allowance, airport parking, and commuter policy which Mr. Casey is so proud of. I want you all to consider the following: Remember your uniform bill in initial training? Does $200 even come close? I figure you'll be even in 3 years? Does $30/month actually pay for your home airport parking? Have any of you tried to use the "two strikes and your out" commuter policy? Might as well not have one! Could the years it took negotiating these issues have been better used on the important issues like pay, schedules, duty/trip regs, consitency etc. that effect your QOL?

Was the plan to work on issues that really matter "later"? Was it about fixing the problems that the pilots have continually expressed "next year"? Do you agree that by working with the pilot group on such petty issues that management is in fact validating the notion that they do not treat their pilots well? When pilots are awarded certain things based on qol issues that are standard across 99% of other airlines, do we all agree that things must have been subpar before? We have such a long way to go! Think about it.

Thank you to the Colgan pilots for your support as well as the support from around the industry!

kalyx522

lol, trust me, the only people who put up the pro stuff is me and DS. even then I saw some pamphlets in the trash the morning after I put some on the table, and had to put out fresh ones with notes asking not to throw them away. the person you're talking about is pretty anti-union and anti-alpa, even though they don't make it as obvious as much as PZ for example.

flyguyniner11

actually do think of it i dont know if she actually threw that stuff away i know one Ca here who is totally anti union and has written a lot of stuff on the board so maybe it was him, it probably was PZ; ur right

Seggy

If the voting instructions put out by the NMB are not being displayed, the lead Captain down there is breaking the law.

sinsilvia666

i quote a captain from work who hit it on the head

"if the pilots here had the GROSS NEGLIGENCE that management and dispatchers had, the airline who not run or exist. If they make any mistake like pay credits or providing a hotel to a crew stuck out at 3am, its just another memo or quick fix with no apology, where if we did one fraction of that we would be fired on the spot"

perfect description of how it is.

skidmark

When are we supposed to get the info to vote?

usmc-sgt

As for the commuter policy it is 1. Full of holes and 2. Not in a contract and is just that "policy" and you can certainly still be fired if they felt like it.

Why it is full of holes: You are required to list for a flight that will get you to your destination a "reasonable" amount of time before your showtime. What exactly is reasonable, to me its ten minutes to mgmt if they do not like you or want to deal with you it could be 2 days.

There has to be a "reasonable" amount of open seats. To me I call the jumpseat being open good. Are they looking for 2,3,10%? So basically you are not ever in the clear unless they decide they want you to be in the clear. To be honest your only hope as I have seen are the dispatchers. Get on their good side and they may just work something out for you without passing that information on to the powers that be.

Uniform allowance, yes it is good but 200 bucks does not put us on the same level as a quality airline and contract such as express. How about paying me a respectable rate for the equipment that I fly and ill buy my own uniform.