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10-09-2019 | 06:46 AM
#111
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I wasn’t talking from my perspective originally I was talking to the guy saying some guy he flew with from the XJT CPP was entitled, and he didn’t like the attitude of XJT pilots which is the group I fly with. I have heard dozens of stories of the guys being stuck at a regional with XJT, I also made the point that making 200k plus a year means you will eventually become ignorant to real America and the regional industry as a whole, please save me from the back in my day stories.
I’m fine with my position currently and I know timing is on my side at this point, I should be at a legacy or major with close to 35-40 plus years left. Thanks In advance...
I’m fine with my position currently and I know timing is on my side at this point, I should be at a legacy or major with close to 35-40 plus years left. Thanks In advance...
10-09-2019 | 08:23 AM
#112
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Joined: Jan 2015
Posts: 149
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From: FO
You have been a regional pilot for less than TWO years making $70,000+ and you're on here acting like you were furloughed from Comair. I know this because you posted this earlier this year:
Expressjet FO 1-2 years
Gross: 70k (9 months old contract 37.00, 3 months new contract pay 42.00 hr)
2 months reserve
Block: Around 760 hours
Bonuses: 15k (5k new hire, 10k retention)
Per Diem: 6.5k
Days Off Avg: 13-14
I and countless United pilots spent the better part of a decade (the "lost decade") or more (15+ years) at a regional, making MUCH less than 70K. Much of that time on reserve. You guys make a lot more in the years since I left for UA. You have it way better, with way more options, and signing bonuses that exceeded my first year pay.
Thinking that we look down on regional pilots or somehow forgot where we came from is asinine. Who do you think pushed to organize the ALPA FFD regional pilot hiring fairs? United Pilots. What we look down on is the mentality that some (including you apparently) have where we should somehow worry about regional jobs over ours. That's not the game we are in. We want to help regional pilots make it HERE. That's the game we're in.
You're not a victim. Work hard, worry less about what you "think" everyone is thinking, and you might just be successful.
Expressjet FO 1-2 years
Gross: 70k (9 months old contract 37.00, 3 months new contract pay 42.00 hr)
2 months reserve
Block: Around 760 hours
Bonuses: 15k (5k new hire, 10k retention)
Per Diem: 6.5k
Days Off Avg: 13-14
I and countless United pilots spent the better part of a decade (the "lost decade") or more (15+ years) at a regional, making MUCH less than 70K. Much of that time on reserve. You guys make a lot more in the years since I left for UA. You have it way better, with way more options, and signing bonuses that exceeded my first year pay.
Thinking that we look down on regional pilots or somehow forgot where we came from is asinine. Who do you think pushed to organize the ALPA FFD regional pilot hiring fairs? United Pilots. What we look down on is the mentality that some (including you apparently) have where we should somehow worry about regional jobs over ours. That's not the game we are in. We want to help regional pilots make it HERE. That's the game we're in.
You're not a victim. Work hard, worry less about what you "think" everyone is thinking, and you might just be successful.
Just wait til you fly with these guys...clueless, arrogant and spoiled..
10-09-2019 | 09:20 AM
#114
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Joined: Jul 2013
Posts: 5,233
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10-09-2019 | 09:49 AM
#115
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10-09-2019 | 11:22 AM
#117
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Joined: Nov 2013
Posts: 4,167
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From: Aircraft & Seat: old & hard
I wasn’t talking from my perspective originally I was talking to the guy saying some guy he flew with from the XJT CPP was entitled, and he didn’t like the attitude of XJT pilots which is the group I fly with. I have heard dozens of stories of the guys being stuck at a regional with XJT, I also made the point that making 200k plus a year means you will eventually become ignorant to real America and the regional industry as a whole, please save me from the back in my day stories.
I’m fine with my position currently and I know timing is on my side at this point, I should be at a legacy or major with close to 35-40 plus years left. Thanks In advance...
I’m fine with my position currently and I know timing is on my side at this point, I should be at a legacy or major with close to 35-40 plus years left. Thanks In advance...
Last edited by symbian simian; 10-09-2019 at 11:42 AM.
10-09-2019 | 11:26 AM
#118
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Joined: Nov 2016
Posts: 904
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Are you somehow implying that United is a brand and service customers love? Man, some of you better familiarize yourself with the customer service rankings! You are in last place and have always been! American beats you by three places, ha ha! What top-shelf goodies and service are you offering? Alaska is number one in customer service and they have no Scope. Your pilot group is forcing United passengers to fly on old smelly 50 seat airplanes. Keep holding the line and see what happens. You had a chance to create a flow through with your UAL regional counterparts and customers would immediately have noticed a big change in customer service with less cancelations and delays. You have a problem:
https://www.chicagotribune.com/busin...529-story.html
https://www.chicagotribune.com/busin...529-story.html
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