Getting your job back - ALPA carrier
05-02-2012 | 04:02 AM
#32
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At XJT you need to be a close friend of a member of the MEC to come back with your old seniority, pay longevity, ... If you aren't in the circle of bubba deals then you are swinging a hammer until you can get rehired at year 1 pay.
If I were you I would beg and plead with the people that screwed you over and ask them to help you find another gig. It is a small world and everybody has friends. If you don't mind my asking what kind of experience do you have or what type ratings do you have? I tried to do the charter thing concurrently with the 121 gig and it was a nightmare in retrospect. I like the structure of 121 flying and the ability to build decent time to move on in the future. Flying 20 hours a month in a citation is fun and you see nice places but you aren't going anywhere fast.
If I were you I would beg and plead with the people that screwed you over and ask them to help you find another gig. It is a small world and everybody has friends. If you don't mind my asking what kind of experience do you have or what type ratings do you have? I tried to do the charter thing concurrently with the 121 gig and it was a nightmare in retrospect. I like the structure of 121 flying and the ability to build decent time to move on in the future. Flying 20 hours a month in a citation is fun and you see nice places but you aren't going anywhere fast.
05-03-2012 | 01:53 AM
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Well as the thread title implies, I am trying to get information/advice/be flamed or mocked about whether I have any recourse. I voluntarily left my my last carrier just over 2 weeks ago to start a new job. Things did not pan out in my shiny new corporate gig as their need for a pilot no longer exists. I was one week into training when I got the boot. The obvious answer is for me to email my rep, err former rep, but before I do that I just wanted to get advice from the masses. Is there anything I can do, or am I basically screwed? What a great industry this is!
Thanks in advance for any helpful responses/advice. Flame suit on, but be gentle. I haven't had time to fully digest it all!
Thanks in advance for any helpful responses/advice. Flame suit on, but be gentle. I haven't had time to fully digest it all!
I know of an Eagle pilot who left on good terms to go to Aloha, was in training during Aloha's BK, and he was told so sorry by Chief pilot. After a weekend, his wife called Chief Pilot and some others at Eagle, bottom line he was back on the line in less than a week. Don't know what she said or did exactly to make that happen.
05-03-2012 | 02:18 AM
#38
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From: Engines Turn or People Swim
Several major airlines have and will fire a new-hire if they find out he did not resign from his old company. Most recently it happened at jet blue.
Sounds like a good idea, but make sure you understand how your new employer feels about that.
05-03-2012 | 03:26 AM
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