http://www.compassairline.com/gui/ht..._up_pilot.html

 

I hope this is a joke! I am sure the NWA pilot group is going to have a hay-day with this... On top of the contract pilot BS the site isn't even gramatically correct (not like I am but this is a forum-not a job posting). The job sounds more like a corporate gig as opposed to a regional/mainline/whatever its supposed to be..

 

Are furloughed NWA pilots flying these things? Or are they hiring direct into the left seat? not flame jsut info thanks......

 

I think compass is still a ploy right now to see if the stuff with mesaba works out. I met a couple guys who had acceptance letters from compass (you know, company sends them an unsolicited letter that says you can come to compass if you want, just sign and return). they laughed at it, its nonunion garbage! i dont think compass is going anywhere.

 

If so, I hope they keep it up.

Our training schedule is bulging...lots of work for the part-time guys. A good chunk of that training is Compass type ratings on the 170/190.

 

Compass is ALPA, btw. I think 'contract' could mean working under a ALPA contract. Maybe not.

 

Ya, more mainline flying gone. I guess since TWA is gone, and you are "retired", you no longer care about the greater good of the industry.

 

And who relaxed the scope during the early to mid 90s on RJs, to protect widebody pay and other issues?

That's right, mainline pilots back in the day.

Mesaba is getting 36 CRJ900s (equipped with 76 seats)? The way I see it, this is a direct one-on-one replacement for the Avros they lost. There used to be 36, and all of them are gone, and many Mesaba pilots were laid off. This new flying will only help bring back Mesaba to where it was before.

 

Oh yes we are!!! Amen to that!!

 

From what I've seen from your posts, you haven't been around long enough to know the industry from that hole in the ground that you have your head so firmly buried in.

Forty years ago, there were folks bemoaning the passing of the Connies and DC-7s...some years later, the majors quit hiring flight engineers.

Things change. What was isn't ever going to be again. As I have said before, and I'll say it again just for you...either get on the train or stand on the station...because this puppy is leaving. You are either on it or you aren't.

As for the 'industry' as you have put it, I hope you aren't including the box carriers...because they aren't part of it as far as this discussion is concerned. All of the obstacles over the past years have affected only the pax carriers. The advent of the 70-100 pax 'regional' isn't going to impact you at all, so take your phony and ill-educated angst and shove it.