ASA Starting Pay?

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PHL_Approach

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I did a search and could not find a damn thing here nor anywhere else. But does anyone know what ASA's starting pay is now a days?

Thanks,
EJ
 
Dispatch Guy, thanks. That's pretty amazing actually. I've got two leads now with Compass and ASA. Compass is 13.50 and ASA has not said anything about their pay yet (Had a interview with CPZ in MSP on Tues and had a initial phone interview with the Head of ASA OCC yesterday). The main reason I'm asking is because one of my questions is operations totals. Compass Hiring Manager told me you can expect maybe 12-15 flights in a single shift. At ASA your going to do 60 releases minimum in a shift! So if the pay is that much different and your work load at ASA is 4 times the amount of flights your expected to work then what CPZ does. All while ASA doesn't want to compesate you for that. Then I think I've made my decision.... If I do get job offers from both.

Crock, that's alright. We all have our days. haha
 
Dispatch Guy,

I just realized that you meant mid teens for hourly pay? I had to come back and reread your post. So if you do mean mid teens hourly pay and not yearly then they'll be on par with Compass?...

EJ
 
PHL_Approach said:
Dispatch Guy,

I just realized that you meant mid teens for hourly pay? I had to come back and reread your post. So if you do mean mid teens hourly pay and not yearly then they'll be on par with Compass?...

EJ
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A while back someone on here posted a spread sheet of most companies starting pay, I could be wrong but I thought ASA was listed at 15-16 ish? When do you expect to hear from ASA?
 
During my phone interview with the head of OCC Ops on Thursday he told me when he makes his final list of invites for in person interviews that he'll be making calls Monday or Tuesday. Was also told after my interview with Compass that calls for offers would be going out in the first few days of this coming week. Just as soon as they are done interviewing all candidates. So these both might be pretty close. I may have to make a list of Pro's and Con's of both companies and cities.
 
MSP - winter from hell

ATL - summers from hell

Pick your poison...

I have the ASA contract and I want to say its just shy of 15.50 an hour starting...
 
PHL_Approach said:
During my phone interview with the head of OCC Ops on Thursday he told me when he makes his final list of invites for in person interviews that he'll be making calls Monday or Tuesday. Was also told after my interview with Compass that calls for offers would be going out in the first few days of this coming week. Just as soon as they are done interviewing all candidates. So these both might be pretty close. I may have to make a list of Pro's and Con's of both companies and cities.
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Will this be your first dispatch gig? Try to find out which one will serve you better short term as well as long term if you end up staying there long term.
I work for a small airline in canada that averages 12-20 flights per day, some days Im begging for more work as the flights are short and there doesnt seem to be enough work to keep me busy for a entire day, days can really drag.
Any idea what programs each use for flight planning? sabre, navtech etc? Also heard that it's pretty common for ASA dx to make the jump to Delta as it's just a stones throw away in ATL, if that's what your looking for eventually is a dx job with a Major.
 
Yes first one. About to apply to SKW as well. But If I got a interview there it would probably long after things happen with either CPZ or ASA.

Yea I would give either company 2.5 to 3 years. I know most people try to jump from regionals ASAP. But I feel that would be a decent amount of time to give them for training me and all. Compass also uses SABRE Dispatch Manager IIRC when getting shown the SOC. I'm pretty damn familiar with how SABRE works as I've used it at my current carrier now (Ramp side) for 4 years - although I know a lot of DX entries. Shouldn't be hard to move over.
 
PHL_Approach said:
Yes first one. About to apply to SKW as well. But If I got a interview there it would probably long after things happen with either CPZ or ASA.

Yea I would give either company 2.5 to 3 years. I know most people try to jump from regionals ASAP. But I feel that would be a decent amount of time to give them for training me and all. Compass also uses SABRE Dispatch Manager IIRC when getting shown the SOC. I'm pretty damn familiar with how SABRE works as I've used it at my current carrier now (Ramp side) for 4 years - although I know a lot of DX entries. Shouldn't be hard to move over.
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Well they both seem like good company's, keep us posted.
 
Nope, on Thursday when I talked him. He did say sometime early next week. When I said Monday, that's kind of what I was hoping for but wishful thinking. Maybe tomorrow. We'll see.
 
I was with Mesaba and did 30-40 releases a shift. I am now with North American and I do 4-5 releases a shift....honestly at Mesaba, the flights were alot shorter, so you definitely learned time management, and SABRE is a really good program when you do that many releases. It can totally suck when the weather takes a crap on you, but you learn, and that is part of the regional game. At North American, our flights are alot longer (oceanic flights and inter-europe) and we release our flights up to 6 hours prior to departure. Everything is more manual, but I have learned alot more than I would have at a regional. ASA or CPZ are both great companies. If I had to do it all over again, I would completely avoid the Minnesota winters----and I grew up in New Hampshire. Good luck to you!
 
So I went down to ATL and they had me do all my background check auth. paperwork. You know the typical 14 pages you have to date and sign for any company. Did Fingerprinting and DOT Drug Test. All my friends and family are telling me I've got the job. I'm extremely superstitious so I'm afraid to be excited just yet because I haven't been told "Welcome aboard". I'll post another update if I hear anything.
 
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