Just got the call today got the job on the Q400.. Waiting to hear back on the class date!

Hey, congrats man. Might be seeing you there.

Not to burst your bubble here but your coming to a 3,000 pilot group airline that allows people to bid back and forth to different aircraft, things are definately not going to be the way they were in regards to upgrades at CJC...just sayin...
Again, when the flood gates open after SLI is complete that may change...We have guys on the Saab at XJ that have been on reserve coming on over 3 years now...the fact that Colgan is having a hard time getting people in the door may help you there...but dont have any expectations...At the time, I came to XJ with 11 CR9's and no reserve in sight...3.5 years later, I'm bidding bottom 10% on the airplane, you just never know what will happen...

djrogs03 I just got the job so Im not looking for someone to throw negativity in my face as soon as I find out about a job. Thanks Jheath hope to see you there good luck

I didn't quote you...Welcome aboard

With attrition may be a shorter upgrade than people see. Welcome aboard. With all the BS... A lot of good people at 9E/XJ/9L. Most have a good time at work here.

You know, that's a really valid point and I had been meaning to ask about that. I know they're taking deliveries of the Q through, what, April, which explains why that's what they're hiring into. And I suppose it's less of a divergence pay wise with the new contract, but aren't there a fair amount of 9L and even XJ Saab guys who would bid into the Q, barring any remaining seat lock of course. I'm sure some guys are happy in their base, but if they move Qs to MSP, DTW, or DEN (which is all rumor obviously), it might shake things up a bit. Just tossing it out there, and I may be way off base, but I'm just curious. Basically I was wondering how the reserve time for 9L new hires on the Q could be so short with all this SLI falling into place. I have a ton of friends at RAH who all just got slaughtered by their SLI.

Slaughtered huh? So they think they should have been put in front of a lot more Frontier and Midwest pilots?

I didn't say unfairly or unjustly slaughtered...just lost a year or two to upgrade than what they would have had sans merger. It was just a passing comment, I have no dog in that race, and wasn't trying to incite anything.

In this industry negativity is always around the corner, better get used to it.