Goose Lives

They find another reason to cite if they have to, but that's why people's resumes don't get pulled for interviews unless the majors actually want them. The response of not getting a job is usually carefully crafted in a "thanks but no thanks" kind of way that won't get them in trouble.

ItnStln

I guess it’s asking too much to know why you weren’t hired. In my current line of work our “thanks but no thanks” emails say “We have other candidates who more closely meet our requirements. Your experience and skills may better align with another position, so continue your search with us.”

Goose Lives

Yeah, unfortunately, that's the industry world we live in.

Longhornmaniac8

Is there any additional info where upgrade times are at presently and where, if at all, they're forecasted to fall to? The airline profile says 2 years 7 months, but not sure if that's still accurate.

I'm hoping if I were to come on property in the next 2 months that I would have the ability to upgrade in 1.5-2.5 years.

Does that seem reasonable at this point?

Viking6

Plan on 2.5 years, but it could it 1.5 years. You would still need 1000 of 121 hours.

Longhornmaniac8

Thanks! That sounds pretty good! In terms of flying 1000 hours, obviously the first year is shortened up a bit with training.

Is it pretty normal for people, once on the line, to be flying roughly 75 hours a month (x 12 months = 900 hours/year)?

What about flying while on reserve? Obviously this varies a lot, but I've heard horror stories (if you're looking to fly and build time) of reserve pilots at other regionals only flying 10-30 hours a month? Is that also prevalent at YX, or is reserve utilization better because the staffing is appropriate?

greendotplus10

I put this on another thread, but it belongs here too. Currently this is the relative base seniority for captains, and the span of the bottom 10 dates of hire.

EWR: 12/15 to 9/15
LGA: 12/15 to 6/15
PIT: 7/15 to 6/14
DCA: 4/15 to 10/14
CMH: 3/15 to 9/14
MIA: 3/15 to 3/13
PHL: 12/14 to 9/13
IND: 10/14 to 1/14
MCI: 5/14 to 3/11
IAH: 11/13 to 3/07
ORD: 11/13 to 6/07

Upgrade at YX is being driven by seniority rather than having the required flight experience (1,000 SIC 121 and 2,500 TT). There's no forced upgrades, so those that don't wish to be based in the most junior captain bases can wait for something better to open up. But, the wait to get into those last few bases on the list might just take too long.

On reserve expect 50 flight hours per month. Line holders average about 80, but you can pick up overtime if you choose and fly very close to 100 hours. The limit over the previous 365 days is 1,000 hours (part 117).

05Duramax

Curious what the historical context is for ORD being most senior.? My top base picks are all on the bottom of that list. Any chance it will change in ORD in the next few years (how bout not any chance but a likely chance?).

greendotplus10

Welcome to the airlines, where the chances of stuff happening is usually somewhere in between 'not any chance' and a 'likely chance'.

I heard that ORD is liked by commuters because you can commute in from almost anywhere. I'm not sure if it has any advantage in this regard compared to other YX domiciles, especially when it comes to congestion, and weather delays.

Not sure how senior ORD was on the captain side when the current captains upgraded, but the upgrade time was several years not that long ago. After waiting that long, and then perhaps even longer to hold ORD, and even longer to be able to hold a line, they simply don't want to give up the seniority. I don't blame them.

The company has been shrinking ORD, and because the captains didn't want to leave, they took reserve. I also heard that IAH was opened in part to get some captains to transfer there. It looks like that worked because the seniority lists are very similar.

TheWeatherman

A few factors make ORD senior for Captains. One is Republic bought Midwest Express some years back. A lot of those pilots were MKE based and naturally moved to ORD when Republic closed MKE. Second, a lot of DEN based pilots moved to ORD when Republic closed DEN. There are a few Captains there that aren't going anywhere until mandatory retirement age.


A couple things that could improve seniority for Captains in ORD.


1. Republic buys TSA. That deal is dead in the water.
2. Republic opens DEN back up. United has no interest in having Republic open a base there again.