ExpressJet RIP
07-30-2020, 08:41 PM
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ExpressJet RIP
United Airlines has entered into an agreement with CommutAir to be the sole operator of UAX EMB-145s and they will be terminating their contract with ExpressJet.
Sad day for our brothers and sisters #staystrong
Sad day for our brothers and sisters #staystrong
07-31-2020, 04:52 AM
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Originally Posted by ERAUAV8TR
How does an expressjet pilot remain competitive? Is flying required?
Since aviate dissolving will there be preferred hiring on rebound?
Since aviate dissolving will there be preferred hiring on rebound?
07-31-2020, 08:43 AM
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Originally Posted by MasterOfPuppets
ALPA carriers give preferential interviews to distressed ALPA pilots. It will be a box you check on you app.
07-31-2020, 08:48 AM
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Originally Posted by ReadOnly7
as a soon to be furloughed ALPA pilot, I have been trying VERY hard to get an interview with another ALPA carrier (yes, they are hiring)......and I’m met with TONS of resistance based on having recall rights with my current carrier. In fact, everywhere I’ve looked this is the case.
07-31-2020, 05:05 PM
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Originally Posted by MasterOfPuppets
ALPA carriers give preferential interviews to distressed ALPA pilots. It will be a box you check on you app.
07-31-2020, 05:48 PM
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Originally Posted by V12Merlin
DAMMIT! You beat me to it.!!
He's precisely correct. ALPA doesn't give a sh!t, and the mainline @ssholes would rather get some no nothing, soy boy turd right out of school--so they could "train them up their way"
your experience means nothing to them.
He's precisely correct. ALPA doesn't give a sh!t, and the mainline @ssholes would rather get some no nothing, soy boy turd right out of school--so they could "train them up their way"
your experience means nothing to them.
07-31-2020, 06:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Hendrix
No mainline carrier, or ALPA, has given a d@mn about distressed ALPA pilots (on a regional level).
07-31-2020, 07:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Kenny
They have, maybe not recently but Air Wisconsin, hired a bunch of Independence Air guys when it went under and they also hired a bunch of Comair guys, when they were turfed out onto the street. It’s just that times have been so good for a while now, that most at the regionals haven’t been around long enough to remember
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