RAH Upgrade times.......9 1/2 Years
01-07-2013, 03:50 PM
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i've been at asa for 6.5 years and unless more flying happens, upgrade is indefinite (I'm close, within about 30 numbers). When I was hired upgrade time was 2.5 years. Can't chase the upgrade or really even trust anything in regards to "when will i upgrade" until it happens. Regionals today aren't what they used to be...
01-07-2013, 04:16 PM
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Originally Posted by starship
I already am here. Sorry for your situation..but there were several years when you were employed when there was no hiring or movement at all, and furloughs. With the new rest rules coming up and the frenzy about not enough pilots to keep up with demand doubt there will be any stagnation for extended periods of time like before, unless they just go under which can always happen. Right now they are still hiring for all 3 cert.'s and supposedly going to announce new flying toward the end of the month. There are better regionals, like skywest/expressjet, but if you live in base and get the days off you want it's not that bad. Try Pt. 135 on-demand freight for a year as a comparison as a lot of people complaining on here have never worked anywhere else. If you want someone to blame, try the Union. Going on 6 years and still nothing to show..regardless of how the company is negotiating.
I do understand the frustration, I have worked elsewhere so I do know what it's like outside this company. I'm also as upset at the lack of progress from the union when they could be using tactics like the American Union did to get their contract. However my ultimate reason for the post was to warn people from coming here when they could go to other regionals that are hiring with better pay, work rules and QOL.
It's too late for guys like us who may be getting better trips and have a small amount of seniority but if we can warn others which would make it better for them and harder for our comany to hire then maybe we too could finally get a better contract and raise the bar.
Originally Posted by Oskeewowow
You know better than that. How many of our brothers & sisters have been displaced out of their bases in which they live in? Myself included. Most people's base history at RAH reads like a rap sheet.
Even if you live in base, our RSV rules make quality of life terrible.
Even if you live in base, our RSV rules make quality of life terrible.
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01-07-2013, 04:29 PM
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Originally Posted by aa73
25 year CAs??? Wow.. How long has RAH been around? Or did they come from another airline bought by RAH?
signed, 13yr F/O at AA... still at least 5yrs away from upgrade!
signed, 13yr F/O at AA... still at least 5yrs away from upgrade!
Yeah RAH started as old Chautauqua Airlines and then got mixed with old Shuttle America. A lot of those guys had been hired around 1985 through the 90's and are still here to this day. Then Mid-Atlantic was purchased which is where all the 170's came from.
Here's to speedy retirements leading to quick upgrades soon!!!!
01-07-2013, 05:12 PM
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Originally Posted by PCLCREW
How about us 6 year guys at 9E. We just wasted 6 years of our careers for nothing.
Cry me a river.
Cry me a river.
01-07-2013, 05:37 PM
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Originally Posted by aa73
25 year CAs??? Wow.. How long has RAH been around? Or did they come from another airline bought by RAH?
signed, 13yr F/O at AA... still at least 5yrs away from upgrade!
signed, 13yr F/O at AA... still at least 5yrs away from upgrade!
No sympathy here.
01-07-2013, 05:50 PM
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Not looking for sympathy fellas... just trying to point out that CA upgrade is just as long at most other airlines, not just 9E. Believe me when I say, it's all relative. Same shee-it, different airline, just on a much bigger scale.
Thanks for the update on RAH's history, benairguitar. I remember the original CHQ... they go back a ways!
Thanks for the update on RAH's history, benairguitar. I remember the original CHQ... they go back a ways!
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