LaserRacer

I'm not denying that fact... What I am saying is that the possibility for improvement is there... Whereas it won't be for quite a while at PSA/PDT.

pagey

Actually PDT's contract can be improved in 2018....Maybe you guys at RAH will have yours done by then.

As far as PSA we have our great scheduling language locked in, with a small COLA raise every year. I guess I'm "stuck" with 18 days off a month with 90-100 hours credit.

MasterOfPuppets

You credit 8 hrs a day for every day you work???

intrepidcv11

Was Jesus thanked for the new shiny jets yet?

pagey

Yes........

morerightrudder

Republic to take 50 E-175s as Q400s head for Flybe - 9/17/2014 - Flight Global

According to this article, it's interesting that Flybe actually wanted Qs, and was looking to get out of their 175 orders. So this was basically a three-way trade:

YX gets rid of Qs (which they had to offer $10K signing bonuses to get new hires to fly), gains some 175s to offset the 6037 145s going away.

Embraer gets more business. (according to a Dallas News article, these are not the 47 options RAH had, this was a totally new order)

Flybe gets a plane that is cheap to operate. The Q is probably more better suited for a European route structure anyways (lots and lots of super short hops)

Chuck D

This is sweet! I love it when someone takes the outlier - the example of the "one guy" or the 0.05% that absolutely kills it at an airline, and tries to use that to stake some claim on the awesomeness of their airline/contract/general superiority. Almost every regional has their select few.

You know what's legit? How about giving us all a sense of how the Captain and FO halfway up their respective seat lists do. That would be a lot more interesting, and I'd hazard a guess that it would be something less than 18 days off and 90-100 hours of credit. But I could be wrong... maybe 18days/100hrs is standard stuff at PSA...

There are a few regionals where that median guy/girl (left seat at least) would be fairly ok - could actually, I don't know, save a few dollars for retirement, pay for a car and mortgage, help a kid through college, eat out occasionally - you know... standard middle class stuff. How's PSA slot in there? Killing it I'd bet!

MasterOfPuppets

Don't believe it......There are always a few that know how to play the game and will make a small fortune but you are certainly the minority, maybe even the minority of the minority.

pagey

Our work rules have been discussed ad nauseam.

They are available to every pilot not on reserve, and most take advantage of them.

I am NOT in the minority and I have no reason to lie. Continue to believe what you want.

pagey

I think you need to do more research before you make a condescending post based on assumptions in which you have gotten completely incorrect.

My statement is 100% a sense of what any lineholder at PSA makes on a regular basis.

In fact 100 hours may even be on the low side. How about 14 days off with 130 hours?

Don't believe me? Do what you want but it is true whether you like it or not.