Endeavor Hiring

BayouMLU

BayouMLU

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I received an email today advising that they were holding interviews in MSP. Stating pay is $13.90/hour, with a raise at six months and annual increases. Training starts June 2nd.
 
Yep. Worse places to live or commute to than MSP as well. IIRC, HDQ is the old NWA building that was remodeled with Govt money so the facilities should be nice.
 
Pinnacle is a good place to go to get dispatch experience. It isnt glamorous but it is a great way to get to the majors. Management at Pinnacle knows you are there to get your experience and leave. They even encourage it to some degree. Yes, run away if you want to stay more than 3-5 years. But if you have aspirations of working at a major then many Pinnacle dispatchers make it to major in a short period of time.

Pinnacle is a great place to go to figure out if you really want to do this as a career. Many dispatchers go to Pinnacle and quickly realize the career isnt for them. Those that make it beyond the first few months tend to move on to careers at the majors or find the regional they originally wanted to be at.

Despite what our friend LTDXER thinks not every regional airline is a ten year commitment. Pinnacle isnt for 90% of dispatchers. For the 10%, most find their way into the company managing structure. I think there is not a single line holding dispatcher at Pinnacle currently that has ten years in the company. Even back in MEM, only a handful had more than 10 years in company. Most were five years or less.
 
Flagship_dxer said:
Pinnacle is a good place to go to get dispatch experience. It isnt glamorous but it is a great way to get to the majors. Management at Pinnacle knows you are there to get your experience and leave. They even encourage it to some degree. Yes, run away if you want to stay more than 3-5 years. But if you have aspirations of working at a major then many Pinnacle dispatchers make it to major in a short period of time.

Pinnacle is a great place to go to figure out if you really want to do this as a career. Many dispatchers go to Pinnacle and quickly realize the career isnt for them. Those that make it beyond the first few months tend to move on to careers at the majors or find the regional they originally wanted to be at.

Despite what our friend LTDXER thinks not every regional airline is a ten year commitment. Pinnacle isnt for 90% of dispatchers. For the 10%, most find their way into the company managing structure. I think there is not a single line holding dispatcher at Pinnacle currently that has ten years in the company. Even back in MEM, only a handful had more than 10 years in company. Most were five years or less.
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I agree, I'd even go out on a limb here and say it's probably the best DCI carrier to dispatch for currently. Just look at the stats. Pay however isn't up to par with it's performance.
 
You're so far out on that limb that it's probably gonna break. Their numbers have been the laughing stock of the industry for years now.

When it come to them... Get In, Get out.
 
MT said:
You're so far out on that limb that it's probably gonna break. Their numbers have been the laughing stock of the industry for years now.

When it come to them... Get In, Get out.
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LOL I deal with real numbers not personal opinion.
 
As do I. D0, A14, and CF metrics have all been in the bottom third among the connection carriers for the past 2 years.
 
BayouMLU said:
Yeah, but are all air carriers performing that poorly in NY? Is it a block time issue?
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I believe part of the problem is unexpected construction at EWR taking out 4L/22R, a generally uncooperative spring, and, well, anything other then 10 and clear will have some negative effect on the Brooklyn Triangle.
 
pljenkins said:
I believe part of the problem is unexpected construction at EWR taking out 4L/22R, a generally uncooperative spring, and, well, anything other then 10 and clear will have some negative effect on the Brooklyn Triangle.
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Also, JFK is going to experience that in part when they rip up 4L/22R for rehabilitation.
 
Denied... The best Delta Connection carriers to dispatch for are hands down Compass and SkyWest.... Endeavor has been at the bottom of the pack for so long, its going to take a long time for them to claw their way out of the hole.
 
In regards to 9E's performance in correlation to DL's, also look at the job of the ATC Coordinator for each airline.

When I was at XJT, UA NOC had a nasty habit of canceling XJT flights in/out of ORD,IAH,EWR, so their slots could be used to move mainline metal (often viewed as higher priority).

I'm believe (not 100% sure) that DL will rob the slots from DCI carriers, to get their mainline flights into their hubs, feeding the prestigious long hauls.
 
I said Pinnacle was a good place to start your career and move on. Its a terrible place for a career. It shouldnt be a career either. No regional should be a career. The only reason why some became a career jobs is because 9/11 happened followed by the great recession less than a decade later. Also, some regionals were and still are in good locations where people were willing to take the BS from regional management in exchange for QOL in a city they liked. Some of these cities have a major airline, some dont and those that do often dont hire from local regionals.

In regards to mainline cancelling flights for the regional and taking their arrival slots, every mainline does it to their regionals. Its called substituting EDCTs. It is sacrificing the flights with less people so flights with more people take less of a delay. Regionals cancel and delay more at the request of the mainline carrier. Its a numbers game. Mainline puts a greater priority on our flights than the regional flights. I mean if you were an airline manager would you rather have your B777 flying 250 people SFO-JFK take a big delay because it is competing with 3 other ERJs carrying 50 people for the same arrival slots? Its a no-brainer. You delay or cancel the ERJs. We do the same thing with our own flights at mainline. Narrow bodies on short to medium hauls are far more likely to get cancelled or delayed than larger narrow and widebodies on longer flights.

EWR/JFK/LGA are scheduled by airlines for best weather runway configuration ops. Anything that messes the flow in any way is going to put you in the business of deciding what flights are more important. When EWR goes to a 30 rate operation and is scheduled for a 45 rate by airlines you are going to by necessity thin the herd. Otherwise the backed up demand is going to crush your operation for a longer period than just cancelling. In best case you can swap EDCTs around. Its the same principle in that case. Some flights need to take the delay so more important flights can stay on time.

The big number at the regionals is controllable completion factor and controllable delays. Mainline expects the regionals to have to cancel a lot for weather and ATC problems. Where a regional is judged is on things they can control like maintenance and staffing. Even all that can be mitigated if the regional is judged to be cheap enough.
 
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