American Eagle - Commute? Life? Trips?

Shhhh said:
Also where do they fly? mostly caribbean?
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Out of Miami, the ATR's do a lot of flying to the Bahamas--Nassau and Freeport, Marsh Harbour, Georgetown. They also do a lot of Key West, (maybe still) Ft. Meyers, FLL, TPA, JAX, and quite a few Cuba charters.
 
Firebird2XC said:
Sitting around on Reserve just doesn't really happen as far as I can tell.

I've flown over 90 hours so far this month. I still have two days left in the calendar month on reserve. I may max out.
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On the contrary my friend!

It may not happen on the EMB, but it most certainly does on the CRJ - at least in DFW.

I was on reserve for 21 months, the first 16 months of that, I flew an average of 30 hours a month - max.

There were many, many days that I either sat ready reserve or had RAP and my phone didn't ring once....for days.

It's all good though. At the 17 month mark, I began holding composite lines and flew much more...now I'm a certified line-holder and life is very good!! :bandit:

As for life at Eagle: I like it. The equipment is good. The mx is very good. The training is outstanding! There's a lot going on right now with the "Flow Backs" going back (mostly gone), the TWA pilots moving on to AA, the "Flow-Throughs" will be right behind them....and the pilots that are upgrading now are the ones who were hired before 9/11.

Since Eagle didn't hire for 2 1/2 - 3 years after 9/11, that "8 year upgrade time" will magically drop to 5 or less.

Hopefully, things will continue to move. Time will tell.......now the fun thing is going to see what the company is going to do (with us, with themselves, etc.).
 
Shhhh said:
4/22 y is atl-mia a hard commute. There are 20+ flights a day.

Also where do they fly? mostly caribbean?
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Yeah I was wondering also...interviewing on the 21st and also live in ATL....if I get the job I was thinking about MIA.....With American, Delta and AirTran it seems like there's plenty of chances to get home?
 
ATL - MIA is a bad commute because a lot of pilots commute from South FL. They will be senior to you and the flights go out full a lot. Also talking to people at AE the ATR doesn't have many 4 day trips so that means more time in the crashpad and less time getting per diem. If you want the ATR try SJU.
 
zmiller4 said:
Out of Miami, the ATR's do a lot of flying to the Bahamas--Nassau and Freeport, Marsh Harbour, Georgetown. They also do a lot of Key West, (maybe still) Ft. Meyers, FLL, TPA, JAX, and quite a few Cuba charters.
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holy crap that sounds sweet
 
Gonzo said:
ATL - MIA is a bad commute because a lot of pilots commute from South FL. They will be senior to you and the flights go out full a lot. Also talking to people at AE the ATR doesn't have many 4 day trips so that means more time in the crashpad and less time getting per diem. If you want the ATR try SJU.
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I looked at sju but found NO direct flights to atl. Id have to commute through mia which makes it worse than direct to mia.

so senority plays a part in jumpseating? mayb a dumb q to u airline guys but i didnt know. Thought it was first come first serve
 
Shhhh said:
I looked at sju but found NO direct flights to atl. Id have to commute through mia which makes it worse than direct to mia.

so senority plays a part in jumpseating? mayb a dumb q to u airline guys but i didnt know. Thought it was first come first serve
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There are seven flights a day ATL - SJU.
 
Yeah I currently work in flight ops @ AirTran and we just started ATL-SJU last month...

Along with MCO-SJU...

Thanks for the good luck wish.....reading all the gouges I can and studying
 
ready2fly said:
On the contrary my friend!

It may not happen on the EMB, but it most certainly does on the CRJ - at least in DFW.

I was on reserve for 21 months, the first 16 months of that, I flew an average of 30 hours a month - max.

There were many, many days that I either sat ready reserve or had RAP and my phone didn't ring once....for days.

It's all good though. At the 17 month mark, I began holding composite lines and flew much more...now I'm a certified line-holder and life is very good!! :bandit:

As for life at Eagle: I like it. The equipment is good. The mx is very good. The training is outstanding! There's a lot going on right now with the "Flow Backs" going back (mostly gone), the TWA pilots moving on to AA, the "Flow-Throughs" will be right behind them....and the pilots that are upgrading now are the ones who were hired before 9/11.

Since Eagle didn't hire for 2 1/2 - 3 years after 9/11, that "8 year upgrade time" will magically drop to 5 or less.

Hopefully, things will continue to move. Time will tell.......now the fun thing is going to see what the company is going to do (with us, with themselves, etc.).
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So there is possibility for upgrade at AE? I was always under the impression that upgrade was pretty much non-existent at AE because of 9/11 and the flow through agreement.

I've just recently gained a bit of interest in AE because my old flight instructor has been there about 12 months now and is loving it. He said he'd gladly walk my resume in. I'm not really in the market for a job yet since I still have a year of school left... just keepin' a watchful eye on things.
 
What's the chances of getting the ATR out of MIA?

I'm living in West Palm Beach and it's a 60 mile straight shot down I-95 or the Turnpike to the airport.

Flying mostly in Florida and the Caribbean and maybe to ATL once in while sounds like my kinda flying. Anybody out there doing that right now? If not, is it possible?

Thanks for the responses.




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I was in a group of 17 that interviewed Monday.....they told us LAX and MIA are still staffed decently right now and if you want them you'll have to bid another base first and then transfer....ie bid SJU and stay there a couple of months at the most and wait for MIA.

14 of the 17 made it to Tuesday and the medical testing...waiting on the Capt review board that meets Friday

Said LGA had 73 lines of flying this month and 75 pilots so I think ORD and LGA are real short reserve times.
 
v1valarob said:
I think my group was full of retards. Out of 17 people, only 7 made it through the interview process.

-Rob
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That may not be entirely true. I recently had an interview at an unnamed major carrier based the in the southeast. There were 6 of us. Only 2 made it. I do not consider myself a retard, nor anyone else who wasn't selected. Sometimes it's just not in the cards and your timing is horrible.
 
ERfly said:
That may not be entirely true. I recently had an interview at an unnamed major carrier based the in the southeast. There were 6 of us. Only 2 made it. I do not consider myself a retard, nor anyone else who wasn't selected. Sometimes it's just not in the cards and your timing is horrible.
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I didnt really mean it like that. For one major interviews I'm sure are different and held to a much higher standard. Even getting the chance to interview with one is an accomplishment. So far in the past 3 weeks I have friends or read online about other AE interview groups and my group had a much higher fail rate.

Probably the saddest thing that happened all day at my interview.... A guy in the early morning while still waiting for the HR peoples to come get us, looks at myself and another guy and says "did you guys read the gouges?" we both respond "yes" he then says "one of the questions asks, if its overcast 100, can we shoot the approach?" I then explain to him the answer, and wonder to myself how he is going to pass the interview. I then asked who he works for now, his response "gulfstream international, flying beech 1900s."

Ouch.

-Rob
 
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