Become A Pilot For GoJet Airlines!

Why do GoJet crews require a separate van for travel to and from the overnight hotel? There is something quite wrong with this picture!

Two incidents:

1. One crew met a GoJet crew in the hotel lobby to find only one van available. The GoJet crew indicated that the crews would have to travel separately to the airport, one after the other. The captain of the other crew, despite his disfavor for the airline, indicated that a confrontation would ensue if the crews did NOT travel together; the GoJet crew consented.

2. Three crews were departing the same hotel. The GoJet and TSA crews had van times 15 minutes earlier than the third crew. Two vans were available; the GoJet crew left as scheduled, but the TSA crew waited an additional 15 minutes for the third crew to arrive.
 
CFII2008 said:
Become A Pilot For GoJet Airlines!

GoJet Airlines is a new Chicago O'Hare based regional all-jet airline, operating as United Express. GoJet Airlines is proud to be partnered with United Airlines, one of the largest airlines in the world. GoJet's fleet will consist of the new 66-seat Bombardier CRJ700 aircraft featuring 3 classes of services, including First Class. ..........
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Uh, couldn't help but notice you've got an Eagle jet as your avatar.

If you've really got a yen to fly CRJ-700s out of ORD, you can do that with American Eagle. We're actively hiring and the application minimums are probably close to the same. Not to mention.. with GoJet's reputation, you won't be doing damage to your own professional reputation if you work for Eagle.

If you'd like to know more, feel free to PM me.

(GoJets was created to undercut a pilot union contract and most GoJet pilots are viewed as a form of scab of sorts. Working there will forever smear your professional reputation in the industry.)
 
Pilot Hopeful said:
Why do GoJet crews require a separate van for travel to and from the overnight hotel? There is something quite wrong with this picture!
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If it's not like a "Holidy Inn Shuttle" and someone like "Jim's Transpo, Crew and Stew" we have the same policy.
 
FiveO said:
I don't see anything on their minimum hours of sleep required before flights...? :confused:
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Where are you looking? It's clearly spelled out in their current contract:
A Scheduling Limitations

1. Rest Periods.

a. A Pilot will be scheduled with a minimum of ten (10) hours of rest
between duty periods (from release time until next report time) at
his domicile.

b. A Pilot away from domicile on a scheduled reduced rest overnight
will not be scheduled or rescheduled for more than twelve (12)
hours of duty on the following day.
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Firebird2XC said:
If you've really got a yen to fly CRJ-700s out of ORD, you can do that with American Eagle. We're actively hiring and the application minimums are probably close to the same. Not to mention.. with GoJet's reputation, you won't be doing damage to your own professional reputation if you work for Eagle.
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I dunno...just as many skeletons in Eagle's closet, dating back to its origins. I'm thinking folks so quick to cast aspersions on GoJet ought to investigate their own employers' histories. Lotta equally questionable stuff out there.

While we're on the subject of Eagle, how 'bout we talk about what that 15 year contract did for the "profession"....
 
aloft said:
I dunno...just as many skeletons in Eagle's closet, dating back to its origins. I'm thinking folks so quick to cast aspersions on GoJet ought to investigate their own employers' histories. Lotta equally questionable stuff out there.

While we're on the subject of Eagle, how 'bout we talk about what that 15 year contract did for the "profession"....
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Yeeeaaahh... just as many skeletons in Eagle's closet as GoJet?

Right. I've read up on Eagle's past. Ask the old-timers about it all the time. It's not always perfect.. but it was certainly never a GoJets.
 
Snuggle said:
Go! airlines and GoJet are 2 different airlines.
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Holy crap! Thank you for that bit of information. That one went right over my head. I guess I should have paid more attention to the part after "Go". I feel like such a tard. :banghead:
 
Firebird2XC said:
(GoJets was created to undercut a pilot union contract and most GoJet pilots are viewed as a form of scab of sorts. Working there will forever smear your professional reputation in the industry.)
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In the interest of balance, the above is all pure speculation.

  • GoJet's creation was more complicated than "hey, let's undercut the TSA contract";
  • Their pilots are viewed as a form of scab only by those who don't know any better;
  • Plenty of GoJet pilots now work for all the major carriers, so "working there will forever smear your professional reputation in the industry" is nothing but unsubstantiated, irresponsible, unprofessional fear/smear mongering
 
bap327 said:
Experience
First Officer
500 hours Fixed-wing flight time
50 hours Multi-engine flight time
Turbine experience preferred
With jet or airline training course lower flight times will be considered
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Are you serious?!? 500 isnt low enough? You can get even lower with a CRJ course..........ridiculous!
 
Here is something to think about.

On my commute home a few nights ago, there were two of us TSA guys and a g0jet person. First, we were waiting at the AA connection gate to get home and the gate told me that "he" (pointing to the g0jeter) would not be going before the other TSA guy and I. Due to the weight restrictions, CHQ wasn't able to accommodate any of the non-revs so we all head over to the Northwest gates to see if that is any better. I introduce myself to the Pinnacle crew and they made sure to take a look at my badge to see that it it really TSA. It just so happens that they had been talking about the whole g0jet mess on the way down. The CA gets on the phone with the jumpseat coordinator and some of his other co-workers. As boarding was completed, the CA denied him. It was the last flight out as well.
 
The union stuff is a joke. Nobody bitches that alaska has a plethora of fairly good sized companies without unions. My company, though smaller than average here, requires us to do all sorts of ridiculous stuff that would not be tolerated in the lower forty eight states. Or further, PenAir has no union, and they haul passengers arround, nobody seems to be denying them jumpseat. What about frontier flying service? No union there, or Northern Air Cargo, no union there, some of these are bigger than Colgan, and probably have higher profits than GoJet.

If a guy needs money, he'll work where he needs to work. When a guy needs a job, be it for experience or for money, he'll work. (Or gal) Should all airlines 121 or otherwise have unions? Yes. Do they? No. Does that mean that we need to systematically bash every person who works at that company? All this scab, and proto-scab ######## has gotten away from the real problem that people need to work, and people need representation.

How many people are you going to convince to join your union when your tactics include denying jumpseat? or treating the opposition like dumbasses. The question is not "why do people work at GoJet", but "what can we do to insure that these employees aren't treated improperly, and that they get paid a decent, professional wage."

-pat
 
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