Nervous, Nervous, Nervous

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meritflyer

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Start groundschool for the CRJ in less than a week!

I am nervous as hell! Left a very lucrative job for a jet job!

Finances, commuting possibly from PHX to Dulles, schedules, this, that, blah, blah..

Help me! I need a Long Island and its only 8 in the morning!
 
I think that it is natural to be nervous starting a new job, more esp[ecially one that pays signifigantly less then your previous. My only hope for you is that prior to leaving your previous job, you were able to save enough money for the hardest first year!

Other than that I'd think you'd be fine.
 
I believe he's saying that 45% of the pilots in IAD are on reserve. So, plan on spending a ton of sit time at the airport.

Come on now, I'm a freight dawg turned charter pilot, and I understood that one. You are aware of what you got into right? I mean, you did say Mesa's pay isn't that bad, so it should be good there, right?
 
Stone Cold said:
I believe he's saying that 45% of the pilots in IAD are on reserve. So, plan on spending a ton of sit time at the airport.
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My understanding from pilots flying out of Chicago and Dulles is there is little (2 months or less) or no reserve flying right now.
 
meritflyer said:
My understanding from pilots flying out of Chicago and Dulles is there is little (2 months or less) or no reserve flying right now.
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I was just translating what he said...I could be wrong, or misread it, but I'm not the one saying it. You were the one not understanding what he said...I thought...
 
meritflyer said:
Start groundschool for the CRJ in less than a week!

I am nervous as hell! Left a very lucrative job for a jet job!

Finances, commuting possibly from PHX to Dulles, schedules, this, that, blah, blah..

Help me! I need a Long Island and its only 8 in the morning!
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have you gotten any gouge or started studying yet? if your nervous, start talking around more and get your questions answered BEFORE the first day of training...training/studying starts before the actual training date.
 
meritflyer said:
My understanding from pilots flying out of Chicago and Dulles is there is little (2 months or less) or no reserve flying right now.
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I don't know about ORD but I had dinner with a MAG crew the other week and that's what they told me. Also they said JFK was also staffed fat on reserves a la IAD because the Dash 8's are leaving, possibly for Hawaii.

Keep in mind, per the Mesa contract reserves get 2 less days off per month than line holders (who are still pretty low at just 10). So, hypothetically (it hasn't been proven, it would be pretty tough to prove), in order to cover flying with fewer pilots they (the Company) withholds flying when they publish the lines, then they can use the reserves 2 more days per month. Doesn't sound like a lot per person but it certainly adds up.
 
meritflyer said:
Start groundschool for the CRJ in less than a week!

I am nervous as hell! Left a very lucrative job for a jet job!

Finances, commuting possibly from PHX to Dulles, schedules, this, that, blah, blah..

Help me! I need a Long Island and its only 8 in the morning!
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I seriously wouldn't worry about it. From the stuff you've posted on here, it's pretty clear that you're 1) smart (if politcally misguided :D ), and 2) interested in flying and are willing to study aviation material in depth. That's pretty much what you need to pass ground school. And flying the CRJ is not tremedously difficult.

I'd drink now while you have the chance!
 
meritflyer said:
Start groundschool for the CRJ in less than a week!

I am nervous as hell! Left a very lucrative job for a jet job!

Finances, commuting possibly from PHX to Dulles, schedules, this, that, blah, blah..

Help me! I need a Long Island and its only 8 in the morning!
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Don't worry man. You'll be fine. Just always give yourself a back up plan just in case you decide this just ain't what you thought it would be. My good friend is in new hire with me right now and left his own business where he was making $110,000/yr. I called him crazy, explained to him how much his paycheck would be every two weeks($500 in case no one knows) almost to the point where it sounded like I was talking him out of it. But he still wanted to do it.

Good Luck with training.
 
At this point in time, you could sling poo at the instructor and still pass ground AND the sim. MAG is shooooooooooooort on people, hence the dropping of minimums to a heartbeat and a pulse.

I hope you read up on the Mesa Hub before you took the job. It'll be fun for the first few months because you really don't understand what's happening. At about your sixth month, it'll really sink in that the job at XJT, Skywest, or Republic would have been a much better option.

My only advice: READ THE CONTRACT when you get it. Know it, and know it well! You WILL have crew trackers asking you to violate the contract AND FARs on a regular basis. That will not necessarily happen because they're vindictive, but because they're untrained and ignorant w.r.t. the contract and FARs. CYA! CYA! CYA!

Oh, and sign the training contract with the wrong hand. They'll still take it and it makes it easier for you to quit at Month 8.
 
I've had 2 of my instructors go there and come right back. They said the wok rules are BS and they couldnt survive of the wage. They were making more money instructing.
 
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