RAH Training Dept.

surreal1221 said:
Sucks...but I'm not a fan of any non-seniority list instructor(s).

Just another sign of a cheap operation to use a third party to conduct the training for you.

How many seniority list instructors are there over at RAH? What do they teach?
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You mean the guys at FSI aren't making 120K-150K. I almost laughed in the face of Eagle's last president when he try to tell me Eagle's training cost didn't hurt our cost vs RAH. Yea, our check airmen base pay is 120K.
 
Gonzo said:
You mean the guys at FSI aren't making 120K-150K. I almost laughed in the face of Eagle's last president when he try to tell me Eagle's training cost didn't hurt our cost vs RAH. Yea, our check airmen base pay is 120K.
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At that, it's actually prob. Very close to a wash. IP pay is a small percentage of what FSI makes off a client.
 
TUCKnTRUCK said:
At that, it's actually prob. Very close to a wash. IP pay is a small percentage of what FSI makes off a client.
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I think you are missing my point. It cost Eagle 200K a yer for a sim instructor. (Base Pay, 401K match and everything else) How much do you think a FSI sim instructor is costing RAH. My guess is nowhere near 200K.
 
Gonzo said:
I think you are missing my point. It cost Eagle 200K a yer for a sim instructor. (Base Pay, 401K match and everything else) How much do you think a FSI sim instructor is costing RAH. My guess is nowhere near 200K.
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RAH still has to maintain their own check airman, they still have to maintain the records, they have to pay the contract to FSI. When you pay FSI, you are paying for the facility, the sim, the support, the instructor etc. I may be a little cheaper, but not like your thinking it is
 
Gonzo said:
You mean the guys at FSI aren't making 120K-150K. I almost laughed in the face of Eagle's last president when he try to tell me Eagle's training cost didn't hurt our cost vs RAH. Yea, our check airmen base pay is 120K.
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This is partially true but at least at CHQ our training program is notoriously difficult and our washout rate is sky high. Combine this with the fact that FSI charges our company 25k the moment each applicant enrolled (whether they pass on the first try or not), the difference can't be much. Plus our CKA make pretty much the same salary and with 2200 pilots and 4 airframes to cover over 3 certs (not including F9) I can't imagine our training dept is a blue light special.
 
HVYMETALDRVR said:
Hiring for the foreseeable future due to some expansion but mostly attrition. Most hiring I on S5 side for the 170, but still running classes on all airframes...
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So there is still hope for the Q??
 
A sky high failure/fire rate at this level....TSA, AMERIFLIGHT and i guess chq, is largely a training department issue. One company doesn't inexplicably continually hire weak pilots by happenstance.
 
ComplexHiAv8r said:
So there is still hope for the Q??
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AFAIK that's the most desperate one no more expansion but everyone is bypassing for the 170 which is growing rapidly. So much so the company has allowed guys from other certs to jump over as a Q400 FO. They're now allowing Q400 FOs that do 2 years to jump to the 145 or 170 just to open up the seniority list so the guys getting hired now get some seniority and aren't stuck on perpetual reserve. Therefore making it a more attractive option, as it stands now a 7/2012 is in the top 10% of the Q400 FO list (except for DEN) so an FO hired now is looking at yrs of RSV.
 
They like to take things to the extreme as far as required knowledge. Do I need to know the type of blades in the first stage compressor section? No.
Is a rejected takeoff a memory item? No. You just do it.
 
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