1.Every day of reserve.
2.Yes
3.Sometimes.

 

i heard Eagle just started ramping up hiring to 40-60 per month, wonder if the newly proposed fatigue rules have anything to do with it. just speculating

 

When I interviewed they said that part of the reason they were hiring was because of the new fatigue rules, which are going to have an effect on staffing levels.

 

Thanks for the confirmation, i was hoping for expasion plans or new a/c (dreaming) but this makes more sense.

 

so than other than upgrade time... no complaints about eagle right? Why do people on eagle so much then? They treat employees right (well for a regional), take care of equipment, and pay is competitive.

 

Lack of career growth can really begin to weigh on you after a couple of years. I would bet that if the company allowed movement to another airframe, the long upgrade would be a little easier to handle. Another thing they could do is provide a PIC type out of initial training. That would allow some career growth despite the long upgrade time.

 

the key words "for a regional" come to fore. lots of crap 'cuz it's only a regional. knew one guy celebrating his 10th anniversary at an exclusive restaurant - crew schedule calls (not reserve) and he answers. I know stupid thing to do but as an IOE ck airman he thinks it's OK. Long story short, no excuses you are being jm'd.
as far as the new FTDT - these will be in the form of an NPRM unless Congress enacts legislation bypassing the normal 1yr comment period. Even then there is a period of time for transition. The 1500 hr rule gets a 3 yr from date of enactment to compliance period.

 

Dirty little secret, half the list are FO's. Worse yet, time to CA numbers are bogus. Upgrades occur when the upper half leaves or if growth occurs - good luck with that happening. Worse yet, if the airline shrinks the bottom of the CA half gets to be the top of the FO half again - which is more likely the case at AE if the 135's are mothballed.

 

At least they haven't cut the airline in half like Comair! Seriously, not such a great scene anywhere else. AA has a new SVP that is supposedly top notch and management now wants to work with the pilots. If the right deal is struck you may see considerable growth at AA and hundreds of 70 seat jets rolling onto the property. One never knows.

 

It is true that there are quite a few Captains at the top who are not going anywhere until they can't pass their medical or retire, which is an unknown percentage of approximately 600 pilots, if I remember the numbers correctly. This does mean that the remaining 800 Captains would have to move on relatively quickly (assuming no growth) for most of the FO's to have a shot at moving on. If, however, a PIC type rating was attainable out of initial training, it would help some pilots move on earlier as they could LOG PIC time anytime they were the Sole Manipulator of the flight controls, even though they aren't Acting as PIC. This logged PIC time would open doors up for some mid seniority pilots to move on sooner, which would result in movement for most of the FO's, and could actually result in a lower overall operating cost since the average FO salary would go down with the average FO seniority. Just a thought.