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Originally Posted by Fake9
As far as I know as soon as the airplane is a approved, which it is in the “final steps” as of last week, they will be transitioning as fast as they can. Seaborne doesn’t have too many pilots and are not unioned. I’ve heard that they would be required to be “rehired” by Silver and even go through our training at one point. I believe the biggest obstacle to the new contract is these new airplanes and the scope. We entered mediation this month and hopefully we can reach an agreement. They agreed on new pay rates last year but those are now open for renegotiation. I believe once these airplanes are approved by the FAA, things will rapidly change for the better. Hopefully they will come to an agreement with a new contract in order to attract more pilots. The quality of life is good here, however the pay is suffering and not bringing in enough pilots.
I live in FL, fly for a regional, have my 1000 121 and all that stuff. Want to not have to commute much and fly around FL and the caribbean. I have been looking into Swift Air from MIA, but decided to check out this forum to see what people are saying. It's a 600+ page thread so sorry if I'm asking stuff that was already posted 300 pages ago, but do you think Silver with realistically raise the pay to be more aligned with that others are offering? Are they really planning on dumping the Saab as quickly as possible, or is that what they say to try to fill classes? Also, assuming you guys transition to the ATR pretty quick, do you still expect fairly fast upgrades, and by fast I mean by a year or so if you have the legal hour requirements. Do they try to force people that have the legal requirements to the left seat right away, or can you sit right seat, learn the plane a bit and then move over when you feel ready? Seems like QOL is good over all, with mostly day trips once you get out of MCO?