Two retired guys who were responsible for hiring before were brought back for 3 weeks.

 

Was one of them D. R. ?

 

From what I understand a great company..hope for a phone call

 

Yes. He was baling hay one day, and back at ASA the next!

 

Didn't you just start at Colgan?

 

Before your probationary period is up, they will give you a chance to "resign" so nothing is on your record for future aviation jobs. This way you can say in an interview that you resigned for whatever reason you want and there is no way to find out. Essentially you are correct in your first assumption though.

 

Yea. I'm having fun here at 9l but with asa I have the oppertunity to overnight at my house more than one night a week. Creating 4 to 5 nights I would get to sleep in my own bed. Sometimes the same crew does it all week. More time at home and getting to see my family is worth starting over.

 

Is that how people chose which airline to go to these days? Based on overnights? LOL. That's a new one to me.

 

I'm sorry to burst your bubble - but I think you need to reevaluate your reason for coming to ASA. It is highly doubtful that you will get any overnight more than once a week. Once or twice a month, yes.

Also as a new hire you will have almost zero say in your schedule. There are junior FOs that have been at the whim of scheduling for almost three years.

Not trying to come off as a d**k - just want you to have the facts.

 

Yeah, please don't get us wrong but I hope there are many other factors that you choose Atlantic Southeast. One thing that I just really started to think about is how incredibly large the pilot group will be after this merge. Atlantic Southeast has become a place that pilots consider a career company. Yeah, people complain just like at any other job but it has a lot to offer as far as a regional goes.

It will be a pretty secure place to work and really always has been. Those furloughs that happened recently were the only ones in the history of the company. And everyone here could probably agree that they never should have happened. Management saw everyone else furloughing and decided they would do it too. Right now it has caused more hurt than good back when times were tight.

So to make a long story short, anyone that becomes newly hired and is at the bottom of the list (1%) after the merger needs to expect very little movement if any. Reserve at a regional is like night and day to reserve at a major. Plus you get paid a mostly livable wage at a major compared to years 1-4 at a regional. I can't imagine being stuck on reserve for 5-7 years at a regional but for anyone newly hired I hope we can negotiate something in favor of them. If you can make it past that, maybe upgrading might happen before 12th year pay.

I'm sure after people are stuck on reserve for that long, they would start dropping like flies and the company probably couldn't fill the positions fast enough so something would have to give.

PM if you need any help.