Its tolerable if you already live in base...

but don't believe the recruiters when they say a new contract is just around the corner...the company and union couldn't even agree on whether the company should pay your family if you get taken hostage!

Oh, and we had a crew last month return to the field with an engine fire, then lost the rest of their day to cancellation. They performed admirably on the engine fire, and then lost a days worth of pay. This company refuses to do the right thing time and time again.

 

I think it's because they are just so cheap. I remember when they offered to make improvements, as long as they were "cost neutral". I wish RAH luck, but I don't see BB ever allowing an industry leading pilot contract. He will try to find a different way to attract pilots before he signs a leading CBA. Really a 100 hours for IOE?

 

Can anyone confirm this? Wouldn't surprise me delta doesn't want to loose feed so rah can staff American and united flying

 

All correct above

 

Sad to know when you are working the hardest you aren't getting paid. What worse is listening to a few friends that flew last winter during some of the storms. Out on a 4 day trip to come back and see you only got paid 7 hours to do a 4 day trip. In this day and age.....Unbelievable!!!

 

Well, I can't confirm my own rumor, but I can say that the rumor was that the company was trying to sell a 90-day pulldown for all of the 145 flying and Delta wasn't having it.

...and now Mesa people are being told that their company is bidding on "east coast" 145 flying.

Something is up.

 

***rumor warning***

A slight tangent, but as far as RAH parking 175s mentioned earlier due to lack of pilots; A little birdy tells me that the regionals are starting to gain leverage through their onslaught of lobbying the FAA. Sorta like Great Lakes did to get lower hour pilots. Now I'm not saying the regionals are all gonna pull out seats and go part 135, but it seems the FAA is softening to the idea of hour reductions in exchange for more sims, more IOE, more check rides and LOFTs...Basically a regional sets up its own low time pilot seasoning syllabus.

Again , I do NOT claim to have personally talked to Bedford or any CEO nor anyone important at the FAA. Just second hand from people a bit lower down the totem pole. I say all this because it wouldn't surprise me after the Lakes saga where the FAA held firm for several months, but eventually the FAA relented and lower time pilots were allowed.

 

I have not heard anything about Mesa bidding on 145 flying out east...but it wouldn't surprise me. We seem to be willing to pick up anyone's scraps that we can.

 

I've hear that Republic did cancel the last 145 bid. Sounds like they may be getting ready for a drawdown of the 145s, but who knows. I'm sure BB wants all Ejets, plus he can used the 145 pilots to staff the Ejets. If he does park the 145s this summer, upgrades will easily reach eight years from the displacements. Not sure who would pick up the 145 flying though.

 

I'd seriously be surprised if Mesa wasn't bidding for that. I just hope any new flying we get, comes in small chunks, 7 airplanes here, 6 there, and so on... Don't want 60 new airplanes over 2 years! no no no no no no no no no