Trans States CQFO
#401
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Jul 2013
Posts: 10,085
Deserved? Are you Captain America? Thanks for going out there for the rest of us and giving Farva his medicine. I'm sure he's REALLY sad. I can't wait until you pu me in my place.
#402
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Joined APC: Feb 2013
Posts: 2,941
#403
Banned
Joined APC: May 2014
Posts: 465
#404
Banned
Joined APC: May 2014
Posts: 465
I realize that almost everyone has debt that CHOSE this career. Myself included. I never once said it was great, or that we couldn't be better compensated during training. What I did say is that you can budget for 3 months to get thru training pay with minimal damage. I did, and still am, making $700 student loan payments and $150 car payments on top of rent for a house, which my parents don't live in. (not a crash pad as someone mentioned above)
No, I didn't have to go donate blood and semen to eat ramen noodles thru training. Some "huge expenses" people have are by choice. That $50,000 BMW isn't a necessity. Nor is the child support on 4 kids with 3 wives. I never said the training budget is lucrative, but it's doable.
As far as "comparing" TSA to Delta. That wasn't my intention. Just throwing out one example of a company that doesn't pay for any hotel during training. As someone else stated, apparently Frontier doesn't either. This place turns into the "Let's Bash Trash States!" forum about how subpar EVERYTHING is here compared to other places. All I did was throw out one company that doesn't provide a hotel during training. Until recent, CPZ didn't either, and nobody complained because they got to fly a super cool 175 after they were done!
I, like many others, are 100% open to alternative ways of doing things. But I'll be damned if I'm going to do something on line because the guy sitting next to me says "well this is how we did it at XYZ and it worked better, so I'm going to do it this way." I'm not going to get violated flying another airline's SOP because 50% of the flight deck thinks it's a better way to do it. You're exactly right, the CQFOs are a permanent part of TSA, and we welcome them with open arms. But accept the fact that you (not you in particular) are not at ENY, XJT, RAH, or 9E anymore and there may be a different way of doing things now. Under normal and 99% of abnormal operations, the TRANS STATES SOP keeps yours and my ass from getting violated, so we need to follow it. Not XJTs, not ENYs.
And as for tom11011, real high level of maturity there man. You have absolutely no reason to be condescending to a coworker, solely based on what your assumption is of my age. (which most likely is incorrect considering you post makes me out to be ~14 yrs old) You have no idea that my wife may have had a miscarriage while I was in training. Or had a family member pass away while in training. Big assumptions to make there man, big assumptions. I like to think that when everyone entered into this industry, we began, or had been previously living in, "adult land". I'll refrain from being a pr!ck, back in middle school (which I just finished a few months ago), they told me some people just can't help themselves.
No, I didn't have to go donate blood and semen to eat ramen noodles thru training. Some "huge expenses" people have are by choice. That $50,000 BMW isn't a necessity. Nor is the child support on 4 kids with 3 wives. I never said the training budget is lucrative, but it's doable.
As far as "comparing" TSA to Delta. That wasn't my intention. Just throwing out one example of a company that doesn't pay for any hotel during training. As someone else stated, apparently Frontier doesn't either. This place turns into the "Let's Bash Trash States!" forum about how subpar EVERYTHING is here compared to other places. All I did was throw out one company that doesn't provide a hotel during training. Until recent, CPZ didn't either, and nobody complained because they got to fly a super cool 175 after they were done!
I, like many others, are 100% open to alternative ways of doing things. But I'll be damned if I'm going to do something on line because the guy sitting next to me says "well this is how we did it at XYZ and it worked better, so I'm going to do it this way." I'm not going to get violated flying another airline's SOP because 50% of the flight deck thinks it's a better way to do it. You're exactly right, the CQFOs are a permanent part of TSA, and we welcome them with open arms. But accept the fact that you (not you in particular) are not at ENY, XJT, RAH, or 9E anymore and there may be a different way of doing things now. Under normal and 99% of abnormal operations, the TRANS STATES SOP keeps yours and my ass from getting violated, so we need to follow it. Not XJTs, not ENYs.
And as for tom11011, real high level of maturity there man. You have absolutely no reason to be condescending to a coworker, solely based on what your assumption is of my age. (which most likely is incorrect considering you post makes me out to be ~14 yrs old) You have no idea that my wife may have had a miscarriage while I was in training. Or had a family member pass away while in training. Big assumptions to make there man, big assumptions. I like to think that when everyone entered into this industry, we began, or had been previously living in, "adult land". I'll refrain from being a pr!ck, back in middle school (which I just finished a few months ago), they told me some people just can't help themselves.
Not giving you the recruiting pitch, but get some insight from people at each company. I have a friend that works at Endeavor and the first words out of his mouth were "yeah well, we still have to be in business to get the 80k bonus" It's prorated for a reason. If Delta shuts them down in 12 months, they invested very little into keeping that places running at full steam until the final day.
The 3 classes that are running in April show that many are willing to make the move. The airplanes are arriving on-time for both UAL and AA and being put straight into service. Denver will open May 1. We've barely hired our most junior captain, with no attrition. Whatever you choose, I wish you all the best, but you're doing yourself a real disservice by not seriously looking at the facts of each regional and their future in the next 3-5 years.
The 3 classes that are running in April show that many are willing to make the move. The airplanes are arriving on-time for both UAL and AA and being put straight into service. Denver will open May 1. We've barely hired our most junior captain, with no attrition. Whatever you choose, I wish you all the best, but you're doing yourself a real disservice by not seriously looking at the facts of each regional and their future in the next 3-5 years.
#405
New Hire
Joined APC: Nov 2014
Posts: 7
FWIW, I'm in training now, and things are going well. Great instructor, great staff, that are showing our class that they care. We have had our classes issues dealt with in a way that I found both professional and human. It's really great to see.
So, yeah, the pay is tough in training. But I knew that coming in, and wanted to be at a place that takes care of employee's, isn't shrinking, has a livable regional contract, with a base where I live. I'm not regretting my decision.
So, yeah, the pay is tough in training. But I knew that coming in, and wanted to be at a place that takes care of employee's, isn't shrinking, has a livable regional contract, with a base where I live. I'm not regretting my decision.
#406
Banned
Joined APC: Nov 2014
Posts: 221
#407
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Aug 2006
Posts: 511
I realize that almost everyone has debt that CHOSE this career. Myself included. I never once said it was great, or that we couldn't be better compensated during training. What I did say is that you can budget for 3 months to get thru training pay with minimal damage. I did, and still am, making $700 student loan payments and $150 car payments on top of rent for a house, which my parents don't live in. (not a crash pad as someone mentioned above)
No, I didn't have to go donate blood and semen to eat ramen noodles thru training. Some "huge expenses" people have are by choice. That $50,000 BMW isn't a necessity. Nor is the child support on 4 kids with 3 wives. I never said the training budget is lucrative, but it's doable.
No, I didn't have to go donate blood and semen to eat ramen noodles thru training. Some "huge expenses" people have are by choice. That $50,000 BMW isn't a necessity. Nor is the child support on 4 kids with 3 wives. I never said the training budget is lucrative, but it's doable.
As far as "comparing" TSA to Delta. That wasn't my intention. Just throwing out one example of a company that doesn't pay for any hotel during training. As someone else stated, apparently Frontier doesn't either. This place turns into the "Let's Bash Trash States!" forum about how subpar EVERYTHING is here compared to other places. All I did was throw out one company that doesn't provide a hotel during training. Until recent, CPZ didn't either, and nobody complained because they got to fly a super cool 175 after they were done!
I, like many others, are 100% open to alternative ways of doing things. But I'll be damned if I'm going to do something on line because the guy sitting next to me says "well this is how we did it at XYZ and it worked better, so I'm going to do it this way." I'm not going to get violated flying another airline's SOP because 50% of the flight deck thinks it's a better way to do it. You're exactly right, the CQFOs are a permanent part of TSA, and we welcome them with open arms. But accept the fact that you (not you in particular) are not at ENY, XJT, RAH, or 9E anymore and there may be a different way of doing things now. Under normal and 99% of abnormal operations, the TRANS STATES SOP keeps yours and my ass from getting violated, so we need to follow it. Not XJTs, not ENYs.
#409
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Joined APC: May 2009
Posts: 2,035
The payroll department here is absolutely horrendous. Not only do they not get things right, but they will not answer their phone and will not return voicemails. I know one guy who, quite literally, left 12 voicemails to payroll and not a single one was returned.
So you're telling me I have to not only do my full time job, but I have to be a payroll auditor too?? It's things like this that will turn people off to coming to TransStates. If you want to be told something in the interview/training process, then get dic$ked around with once you actually start working....come to TSA.
So you're telling me I have to not only do my full time job, but I have to be a payroll auditor too?? It's things like this that will turn people off to coming to TransStates. If you want to be told something in the interview/training process, then get dic$ked around with once you actually start working....come to TSA.
Hard to imagine such shenanigans at a Hulas owned operation...
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