SKs Comments About Lack of Upgrades
07-23-2023 | 07:14 AM
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Major airline pilot contracts of the past had tighter line construction constraints, didn't have PBS, and had vacation override. We used to have a very tight window on monthly credit. I believe it was only 5 to 10 hours difference between the floor and the ceiling. On all fleets. Not the 20 hour range we have now. The lines used to be more homogenous and we had a credit cap (I believe 85 credit hours) where hours would be banked and overages would be paid in future months. Nobody got a check for 100 credit hours in a month. So rates were more of a factor back in the day and there was more incentive to continue to move up than to camp out.
hours at $230 per hour is greater than 90 hours at $300 per hour. Also doing math, the 120 hours is about the same days off as the 90 hours, but I get to pick where the days off go for the 120 hour month. That’s my situation.
07-23-2023 | 07:56 AM
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When I worked at the pentagon, new one-star generals would show up and implement their GOBIs (general officer bright ideas). Fortunately, as most were dumb, they’d stop trying to make them work.
A little over a year ago, Carlson left, and SK brought in (I think) a former AA guy to run crew manning. He immediately ended PPU, raised the g lines, put more people on reserve, and drove the current reassignment GOBI to keep things running. And now no one wants to be a CA. Hmmmm…coincidence?
If SK wants to fix this, he needs to reevaluate this hire…in my humble opinion.
A little over a year ago, Carlson left, and SK brought in (I think) a former AA guy to run crew manning. He immediately ended PPU, raised the g lines, put more people on reserve, and drove the current reassignment GOBI to keep things running. And now no one wants to be a CA. Hmmmm…coincidence?
If SK wants to fix this, he needs to reevaluate this hire…in my humble opinion.
07-23-2023 | 08:02 AM
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I certainly understand that. I just chuckle a bit when I listen to a 25 yr. old new hire FO complain about how bad it is here and how much better the work rules were at Endevskywenvoy. What a time to be an airline pilot.
When I tell my wife about how it is now she just shakes her head and says"...I can't imagine...!"
When I tell my wife about how it is now she just shakes her head and says"...I can't imagine...!"
07-23-2023 | 09:50 AM
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I don’t know about their attitudes… but a 25yo new hire is no longer exceptional or even unusual.
That is a notable change from three years ago.
07-23-2023 | 09:54 AM
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They’re still pretty unusual. The under 25 and under crowd accounts for less than 3% of those hired in the past year. While that’s more than it had been in the past, it still happened pre-COVID.
07-23-2023 | 09:59 AM
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07-23-2023 | 10:31 AM
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