You mean because they go to Captain reserve volunteers first. Dang that seniority privilege.

 

You never get it do you. When people are told one thing which turns out to be false it rubs people the wrong way. TSA wasted a lot of money and training by luring people on false premises who then bolted because said 'promises' were untrue.

 

That's blatantly false. You were able to pick up a Captain trip during any day off. Also, most of the CQFOs went on to bigger and better airlines. That was the risk they took doing a CQFO program. What was a "promise" that they broke?

 

"A CQFO will be able to pick up CA trips on their reserve days".

 

I have a few questions for you TSA guys out there if you would help me.

I just got a call from your Recruiters out there today and they were talking up your CQFO position seeing as I have been flying in the 121s for over 1.5 years and have the needed time. now i have been reading up on the local posts and other websites and I have 4 question.

1. I see you fly for American and United - is there a flow to them? or maybe a interview Pref? limitations on that (IE time as captain at company, etc)?

2. Your flying Benefits with the Majors - are they really limited to which of the base you fly for?

3. What type of trips you looking at with TSA, 2, 3, 4 day trips and most importantly what type of hotels they putting you in?

4. As a CQFO would i be in the FO classes or a Captains class or both?
I have had friends go through the training at TSA for straight up FO and failed out. Heard their pass rate is in the dumps when it comes to that. I keep in mind i hear that from the web and friends so i take it for what it is worth.

Thank you for any information

 

1.) Nope, neither
2.) AA- Yes; United- No
3.) Variety of all trips with 4-days being the overwhelming majority. Hotels are between 3-4 stars out of 5?? Nothing great and nothing terrible. Courtyard Marriott type as an example.
4.) As a CQ, you're in a new hire class with all other FOs and other CQ's. You do an additional 5 hours of leadership and in the sim it's all left seat plus a right seat qual after your pc. The training department doesn't hand you anything. If you can learn flows and profiles and perform them when required, you'll do fine. If you think that 'close enough' will get you by, you may have trouble.
The training department will work with struggling individuals with the right attitude. If it's ALL someone else's fault, you'll be shown the door.

 

You'll have 11 days off even if you've been here for a long time. That means in about 15 or 16 days of work every month you'll only have about 4 days off. Guys that have been here 20 years have like 2 more days off than someone who just got a line last month. That's what's most important to look at, not the hotel your going to stay at... If they keep making these schedules guys will just quit or sick will calls go up. Will this change with pbs? Nobody knows.

 

I have been here a year and 6 months and have had 16 days off, 15 days off and 14 days off in a month. Just from the lines.

 

I'll second this. I've had no problem getting decent time off. Being a 50-seat operator is the problem.

 

CommutAir has some kind of preferential interview with United, and is in expansion mode. You'd probably upgrade relatively quick over there. CQFO program here is a major fail for the pilots. just go back and read a few pages.

Disclaimer: I was fired from here. Figured I'd beat CBreezy to it.