Originally Posted by hawk21 (Post 2449319)

Rumor on the streets is Delta wants three regional carriers doing it's Delta Connection flying.

Endeavor, SkyWest, and I guess Compass and Republic get to duke it out for the third spot. The fact we just secured Northeast 175 flying doesn't help Republic.

Originally Posted by RemoveB4Flight (Post 2449719)

So changes in pay would have to be approved by the entire pilot group I assume, correct? Since the SAPA bylaws require all pay changes to go to a pilot-wide vote.

Just sounds like another way SAPA is helping the company solve its staffing issues.

Originally Posted by DLocked (Post 2449825)

I don’t understand this. Guys on reserve are not flying much. New hires are having a tough time getting 100 hours in 120 days. Is this just a source of cheaper labor? They should be required to be paid per the pilot pay scale.

Originally Posted by GearUpHeadDown (Post 2449753)

Republic is solid. Compass planes will become Endeavors if I had to guess..

Originally Posted by nopantsILS (Post 2449997)

I have friends at JB that say they have a part 91 program. Apparently it started small and has grown into a sweet little deal for the part 91 pilots. They even started scheduling seniority list FO’s with part 91 (nonstandard) CA’s and it’s a total mess and liability.

Originally Posted by nopantsILS (Post 2449707)

"The revised Flight Ops Reposition Program (FORP) proposal is in the Proposed Policy section of the SAPA documents area. This replaces the policy passed by SAPA a few years ago and provides for a more robust program with additional protections to the pilot group. The new proposal is a vastly upgraded and improved version of the original policy.



Specifically it allows for a small cadre of retired captains and flight ops cadets who can hold a type rating, but not an ATP, to reposition aircraft under part 91 rules. The goal of the program is to:



Relieve pressure on revenue reserves, and by extension line holders in order to provide relief to the large number of block hours being flown, particularly those flights that are the less desirable and less efficient part 91 flights.

To provide flight hours and mentorship to selected cadets in order to bring them on line as Part 121 qualified First Officers.


To add another dimension of compliance to the FAA's mandate for pilot career mentorship.


SAPA is to continually monitor the program and to insure that the program provides some metric showing that these goals are having a measurable affect and the program will be under the purview of the PPM, changes to pay/scope etc will have to be approved by SAPA."


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