I bid 116 for april
and when I talked to scheduling the other day, she said that she had to have 11 for coverage, and she only rounded up 8 or 9

and they moved 20 out of ric for april, and think that brings the count somwhere between 120 and 130 FO's in STL

I just looked and it is showing 121 Fo's for april
dont know how many of them have quit though

Why would they hire street captains if they have FO's that have ATP minimums?

From what I have read they are going to still maintain the 3000 total time to upgrade.

that was on the latest memo

I am not real sure what they are going to do, and I am not sure they know they know what they are going to do

there is this thing called....ahh jeeze..... whats that one thing......oh yeah.....INSURANCE. Hulas will always look for the Cheapest insurance, they look for the cheapest everything. Fat Bastard even gloats about saving pennies on garbage bags, but furloughing 50 people just to replace them 2 months later and the 100s that have quit. Thats ok, as long as your using your HEFTY coupons. What a bunch of tards. A junior high business class could run that place better than that.


Google the term Hulas Kanodia and the first target is "Low Costs as a Way of Life" Its that million dollar bridge to pick up a quarter thats killing them.

http://www.atwonline.com/channels/ai...articleID=1149

If this is how they think about trash bags or Vendor B, how do you think they care about their pilots, the same way, ********** trash. I am rid of TSA forever and I hope they fall apart this summer and every pilot at TSA moves on to bigger and better things.

The best thing about being a TSA pilot is this - your NEXT job will be better GUARANTEED.

That was an excellent post. It is generally accepted that more experience = better pilot. Personally, I see no difference between 1000/100 and 500/100 if the trainee can pass a tough training course.

We complain about the degrading of our industry all the time. But if Trans States budges at all on the quality of their training, we are going to have more boneheads flying in our profession. More and more people are trying to become pilots without college degrees :eek: . Next thing you know there could be high school dropouts flying these planes. Training needs to be tough. If you can pass a tough, respectable training course, we shouldn't care so much about experience. Now if someone is lowering their mins and lowering their standards, we are going to have a problem, and nothing will be done about it until we have a crash that kills people!!!!

If you're implying that pilots without degrees are more dangerous, I'd request that you provide a source. A degree requirement is simply a way to reduce the number of applicants...not a reliable measure of skills. People have been flying all kinds of airplanes for decades without degrees, and there are no storms of metal falling from the skies.

Absent the above requested source, do you have any personal experience backing up your implication?

About disregarding experience in favor of training, I'd like to see a source supporting that, too. Even the best training is only a foundation to build on. The building process is experience. There's more to flying than stick wiggling.

Ryane946, boy you talk like you've got flying and this industry figured all out. You don't know jack.

You couldn't be more off base here.

I know many many excellent and sharp pilots that do not have degrees. They are more safe and more humble than many of the college grads I fly with. And before you ask, YES I have my masters.

I've just got to ask who you fly for?

Lets play the "guess which forum posters have degrees and which ones don't" game!!!:)

Good idea! Crazy Ellen might even play along with this one, just for fun. How about, let's play which Forum Posters have degrees but are still quite clueless.