It's the same line over at SKYW... MT constantly babbles about 'performance' and 'reliability' and our mainline partners will 'notice' when we continue to do these things. Wrong. SKYW hasn't adapted to today's regional environment, and instead is still living in the past hoping its 'reputation' alone will get them some more flying. Doesn't seem to be working out too well.

Our award winning performance and our above average contract you say ;-)

Hey. Not going to argue there. The company is doing their best to lose this flying. When the network at the SOC is up all day, the airline runs great. When it goes down every few days, we struggle. Not sure what is going on over there.

Yeah, exactly! That average contract helps keep your airline more profitable.


Is it true TSA had a 59% CCF a few days ago?

So for strictly QOL, what are the chances of a new hire holding Atlanta? How long on reserve? I know about all the other problems going on at EJ but based on strictly QOL, ExpressJet might be the best bet for me. Any info is appreciated.

Should get ATL within 6 months. Reserve is up to 3+ years on the 700/900 in ATL. Not sure about the 200.

Looks like consistent lines start about 11/2013 hire date in ATL on the 200.

A friend of mine who is a 11/2013 hire at CPZ is upgrading this summer lol! And he had to bypass 3+ times because he didnt have the time.

Just goes to show what kind of "respect" you can expect at Acey.

Your chances of holding ATL as a new hire (at least in the 200) are excellent. Make sure you go for the ASA/CRJ side if you want ATL. Everyone in my new hire class last year got ATL. ATL is by far the biggest base and needs the most pilots. They also do the most flying. Line holding in ATL on the 200 looks like 1 year 8 months to 2 years 4 months. People in DFW started holding a line at 12 months.

As far as QOL goes, for a Regional, XJT is pretty good. The pay is slightly better than some (there are no annual bonuses or hiring bonuses unless you have a CRJ/ERJ type rating.) We have a Duty Rig that pays 1 for 2 up to 12 hours and 1 for 1 after that. We pay 100% for deadheads, and the greater of credit or block time. We have 2 hour minimum call-out on short call, and a limit of 6 ready reserves in a month with 4 hours of pay for that while sitting for 8 hours.

I don't need to cover the negatives about XJT because I see a dead horse over there.

Is that you PSA recruiter? If not, you must be a blast to fly with! All I hear is negative information from you. You know, people have other priorities than upgrading. Otherwise, they probably would have left by now. If you don't like what is going on at the moment, just leave. Your strongest actions are with your feet.