Interviewing at RAH tomorrow 2/9
 

Well, of the two regionals that I was interested in, RAH called first, so I'm going to interview tomorrow. Anybody have any last minute advice?

You have a pulse? ahha j/k Smile shake hands be excited, blah blah blah


P.S. Please wear a suit and take the time to shine your shoes ( Buying new ones just shows that you are lazy, take care of what you have )

Black suit, red tie, all your paperwork in a nice neat little folder with some sort of professional-ish looking carrying case for it (I used my laptop bag). Pay very close attention to detail. Do color copies of all the stuff they ask you for. Be polite, humble and forthcoming with everyone. I found it to be a very relaxing interview but others did not have the same experience. Preparation is key.

What was the other regional?

Control the PCATD with the trim instead of the yoke as much as you can. It's the difference between commercial standards and being all over the sky. (though they don't seem to mind most people who end up all over the sky, they know the PCATD is a PITA)

The other one was AWAC.

Well, I did the interview today. It was the most laid back interview I've ever been a part of. Sim was cake. I got hired!!! I'm excited to get started.

Now I really will fly jets 4 food!

Congrats. Welcome to the team. Which certificate will you be working for?

Congrats, ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh I remember my first 121 gig :), haha have fun man, study hard (Cooperate & Graduate)

Congratulations, welcome to the wild world of 121 airlines. Start studying now!

I'm on the CHQ certificate E-145. I wish I could start studying, but they don't give you anything to study until day 1. They just give you this email of paperwork to complete.

Awesome. One more person under me...I like it. Congrats and welcome aboard!

Congrats! Hope you get a class for flying "The Big One"

[QUOTE=ERJ135;117020]Congrats! Hope you get a class for flying "The Big One"[/QUOTE]

you mean the one that should be on mainline property? (170):mad:

[quote=HotMamaPilot;117107]HAHA! Those wonderful pilots flying "The Big One" have systematically done away with the mainline job that they think is going to be waiting for them. For that matter so have most regional pilots. Hope everyone enjoys the bottom when we get there. Cheers!

Nope, I won't be flying "The Big One". I don't think I need to. I just need to get into a jet, get my seniority working towards an upgrade, upgrade, get my PIC time, and get on with life in this industry. I'll be on the 145.

I talked to a relative that works there, and he's gonna loan me his 145 manual today so that I won't be completely unfamiliar with the airplane.

If it were only that simple...

Well you will probably be in the 145 for the rest of your airline career, but that is the fault of nobody else but the pilots. Most of the routes you will fly are really mainline routes anyway. So it's gonna be just like mainline except for the pay. But what the h**l, you're flying a jet.

Please explain to us again why we should be mad at regional pilots flying airplanes bigger than 50 seats, when mainline pilot groups caved on scope at let regionals fly "small jets" in the first place?

Also, why do people bash on the E170 and fail to mention the CRJ-700? They both have 70 seats...is it just because the 170 "looks like a real plane"?

[QUOTE=HotMamaPilot;117107]I agree, very true

[QUOTE=sflpilot;117113]I suppose I agree to an extent.

Exactly, I'll be flying a jet. Before all of you folks bash me and say I have SJS, let me explain some things. I flight instructed for 2 1/2 years. I have flown a piston twin as PIC under part 135. I have flown King Airs as a corporate executive jockey. The jet time, mostly just the PIC jet time, is just the next thing I'll need to round out my resume before I'll be competitive at someplace like FedEx or UPS. I have never intended to make a career at the regionals, and I'm going to keep my eyes fixed on the destination rather than the daily crap and circumstances. There are lots of people that I will have to compete with for those jobs that I want, and turboprop time in a King Air just isn't competitive. For some, the regional career is right. For me, it is extremely short-sighted. I have never wanted to sell myself short of my dream and my goal, and I'm not going to start now. As far as I'm concerned, I'm just taking the next step. So if you want to call it SJS, then feel free. Oh, and btw, I paid for all of my own flight training, and I have NO loans to pay. It's all about attitude folks. Plain and simple. You can keep a good attitude and keep looking forward, or you can talk about who gave up scope on what airplane, and what pilot is accelerating the race to the bottom. Just leave me out of the negative part.

Yeah. It sounds simple, but I'm not going to let setbacks or circumstance define me.

I gotta say he is one of the few that knows whats going on, especially in reference to the scope clause, mainline ego, and greed is what brought the industry to this level, "We aren't flying regional jets" they were the cause, we are the effect, not vice versa

P.S. 170's are much nicer on the inside and way more comfortable :)

bite your tongue, REP is fitting theirs for 76 seats. It's gonna be a sardine box just like mainline planes

Because regional contracts made it financially viable to send those aircraft to the regionals. A 76 seater at NWA, the FO was making $40 (first year) to $130, and CA's were making $175 to $191/hr (yr 12) preconcession.

At a regional? $20/hr to $40/hr for FO's, $60/hr to $110/hr (yr 18) for CA's.

Gee, I wonder why they are at the regionals?

IOW, it was a combination of the two - mainline pilots trying to save their pensions for farming out more flying and selling us down the river, and regional MEC's wanting the growth with crap contracts (or in the case of skywest, just agreeing to fly the damn things for their 50 seat rate).

I don't think people realize just how many good jobs disappeared with the introduction of these 70+ seat aircraft at the regional level. Instead of being at mainline making over $100k your second year, $200k+ as a CA you are at a regional making $30k as an FO and $60k as a CA.

NONE OF THIS would have been an issue if DALPA had not allowed Comair to fly the CRJ in 1991...

You should research some more. 76 seats will be with no first class. It will still be comfy.

Fosters you are way off. Who allow the planes to go to the regional level? BoilerUp is correct. It started with the mainline guys caving on scope. Which came first the chicken or the egg?

You want to go to extremes? How bout jets at no regionals. The minute the mainline guys allow this, it was over.

i saw congrats on the new hire!!!!!!!!!!

dont let "others" bring you down!!

to all of you out there bashing this new hire, you need to knock it off!! it isnt the regionals that are bringing the industry down....it is the pilots. you guys are CONSTANTLY bashing everything. i have said it before, that it is the pilots inherent RIGHT to bi**h, but good lord, give me a break!! you have a guy that just got hired, let him enjoy the moment......and let him make his career WHATEVER he wants to make it....we ALL have our own goals...

you are right, it is ALL about attitude!!!!!!

ok, my $.02 worth...

see ya!

Well I gotta say the mans gotta point, a very strong one as well ;)

Well I'm not sure what you are saying is consistent - you said that "why should we be mad at regional pilots flying airplanes bigger than 50 seats, when mainline pilot groups caved on scope" but the mainline pilots didn't cave back then (Comair 1991) - they didn't want those aircraft on their property.

What I am saying is there would be no gnashing of teeth about regionals flying 70+ seats if DALPA had scoped the CRJ-100 in 1991. Instead, Delta pilots thought they were too good to fly the "small jet" and it went to Comair, who was more than happy for the bigger paycheck and bigger equipment.

If Delta ALPA pilots had set a precedent in 1991 ensuring all turbojet aircraft would be flown by Delta pilots, we wouldn't be having this conversation right now. But since Delta pilots were too good to fly a small Canadian jet they went to the 'commuters' and other mainline pilot groups followed suit, allowing former prop operators to fly small jets because their existance wasn't a "threat" to mainline jobs. Then comes the CRJ-700 and people say "hey the regionals are flying the CRJ-100/200, its the same type rating and only differences training, it is cheaper to fly them at the regionals". A few mainline groups resisted at first but eventually they traded that scope for something else they wanted. Now Mesa flies 86 seat CRJ-900s, Delta is buying CRJ-900s for God knows who, Mesaba is getting CRJ-900s, and RAH flies the 74 seat 170 and 86 seat 175...but the line has finally been drawn at the E190...at what eventual cost to us all?

US Airways used to have the smallest number of RJs...look at them now!!! I am very thankful Continental pilots have scoped any turbojets larger than 50 seats. I enjoy flying the CRJ but I don't want to be in this airplane the rest of my life, and I really don't desire 900s on property at ZW or anywhere else for that matter.

Exactly - it had nothing to do with caving on scope. They didn't want it there, for whatever reason, that was their decision, for the same reason ZW doesn't want any more props or 50 seaters.

The regionals took advantage of the situation later on though by taking 1/3 of the pay for flying the same equipment size (70 seaters).

It's not one groups fault - both (regional and mainline) helped proliferate the expansion of the RJs IMO.

But if you want to trace the beginnings back, I would say the rift started when the subcontractors/code share partners appeared. If you're buying a DAL ticket, you should be flying on DAL equipment with DAL employees.

Thanks...nothing is going to bring me down....it'll be exactly what I make it out to be.