Originally Posted by OCCP (Post 1044004)

Seatown,
Did you get bypassed by some junior? Please explain.

Originally Posted by Seatownflyer (Post 1044259)

Several of us were. When the SEA and PDX rj bases were announced, many of the emb folks put their bids in for transition. Captain and FO. A few rj captains actually had their bids in to downgrade as well. We were all bypassed and pilots junior to us already on the rj were used to staff both bases. Our "contract" clearly states that vacancies will be staffed according to seniority. Nowhere does it say you have to be qualified on the equipment first. I had our chief on a flight one day. When asked why we were all bypassed his answer was basically "that's just how we do it." I told him that wasn't right. He shrugged his shoulders and offered no other explanation. We all make trades for something that is more valuable to us. Some for the paycheck, some for quick PIC time and some of us for the quality of life. We waited our turn, put up with crappy schedules and pay. When the opportunity we wanted presented itself the company screwed us all over. yay, go team...

Originally Posted by bcpilot (Post 1044324)

What did your union do?? I assume nothing........

Originally Posted by proletariatav8r (Post 1044175)

Les Hab,

Obvious serious flame bate with that statement on the Regional forum, with that said, I'll say what everybody's thinking;

Either you are truly green, and naive, or just unbelievable oblivious or you've got the sweetest gig on the right side of a sewer tube.

Plus, I'd take Lakes or CommutAir CA seat any day of the week over Metro FO, no question.

Anyway, back to the focus of the thread you originally started, what's the upgrade time of your super Metro job?

Originally Posted by Les Habitants (Post 1044530)

Can someone tell me which airline is which? The only one I know is QX being Horizon

9E, 9L, XJ, etc.

Sorry for being naiive.

Originally Posted by Les Habitants (Post 1044374)

Well no, I'm from Canada...things work a little differently up here. I'm not trying to upset anyone, I just didn't understand why people are so eager to jump in line for low paying jobs-I didn't realize there was that steep of a wage increase in the following years.

I make 31 K a year right seat on the metro, upgrade time is about 1.5 years. Probably another 7 months for me or so. Doing 1000 hours a year. Starting wage is 57 K for left seat. I would describe my gig as very good-great schedule, best job security in the industry, good jump seat agreements, great QOL. At my company, we always talk about the US regionals and never understood how anyone could manage to sit in a right seat of an RJ at such low pay! So I'm merely curious...

Sorry to upset! BTW, I Was being sarcastic about making more than most regional CAs


Duvie, thanks for the post! That helps explain a bit to me. Glad to hear your QOL is great! I'm one of those guys that really wants to see all pilots enjoy good QOL, I think we deserve it...