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Originally Posted by fender1
Hey, CL247
since you did work there, care to share some info on XO?
Compensation
Schedules
Upgrade (at the time)
Thanks.
That's a relief, I thought I was going to be opening a number of hand grenades. Seriously, in relation to my last post, since clearly I have been 'heard about,' let me just say this - UPS was not an option when I got picked up by XOJet. While working for XOJet, I interviewed with Continental (and yes, this is the dashboard confessional) because I never told the DO or the CP. That is because I was still weighing my options while the honeymoon wore off with XOJet. I declined a job
offer with CAL because XOJet, FWIW, IMHO is ****-hot and packed with great folks. I meant that and still do. UPS literally fell in my lap; I told the CP I was interviewing and was up-front. Yes, I did crap where I eat when I left after they typed me. I'll eat that one. If anyone on this forum has a story other than a sincere guy leaving with gratitude and appreciation (and apologies), I'll have words with you (nice ones). If you are at XOJet, hout has my #, and I'd love to chat. Great guys. Excellent Ops. Wonderful Mx. No joke. Plus, there is a shaggin-wagon on premises. DK, had to throw that out there - Sammy Hagar? He's a slap-jawed toolbox next to
your greatness.
OK, seriously, rant over.
Back to original. Mind you, this is circa Oct 2006-Feb 2007. Only domocile (official) was SAC, and Mx bases were VNY and Wilmington (forgot the icao). They advertised at that time (probably has changed since, I'll call and find out through some buds....buds, you still there?) a sched that was in the neighborhood of 11 on, 11 off. They (at the time) were very flexible and have always put folks first. While I was there, they fired a high-up guy because they thought he was trying to go net-jets on them(trying to cut corners and pilot happiness). By that I mean per-diem, rental cars, hotels etc...Starting pay on the 10 was 250 every day you were on, fly or not. Captain pay at the time was 450 a day, fly or not. Math aside, I think that was in the vicinity of 45k/copilot, 90k/cpt. I think that has gotten better and will continue to go up. Pretty much meals etc were covered, as long as you didn't 'let loose the serpent' too much. By that I mean, other than honoring hout, keep meals below 75 a day. Healthcare was through AETNA and was competitive- HR was great. Good folks who appreciate the people that keep the revenue turning.
Upgrade time - I think that is probably the most dated part. I was a military joe and would have upgraded to CPT in probably 3-5 months, checkride willing. BTW A.G., if you are out there, I'm in FLA looking at some AC-130's- you guzzler! They are killer. Saw some video of an AC-130 taking out some taliban from 10,000 slant range. Nice work, G.Wh.! I think upgrade times will be considerably longer now. I HONESTLY have nothing useful to put here. Sorry. Reply with anything. I have all the answers, as long as they are pre-school questions.
Hope all this helps.
CRAZY LARRY