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ATL13

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Anyone here ever worked dispatch for ExpressJet? Looking for some insight into scheduling, culture, comp, etc.
 
Not for nuttin...but I would go over to the pilots forum-ness and see what they are saying....Then take that and X5 then /2 then boil it in hypochlorite for 10 mins, then season to taste and accept offer. Done.
 
I am a CRJ dispatcher for ExpressJet of coming up on six years, when you say scheduling do you mean what are the shift schedules? We are pretty relaxed flight control culture in my opinion just don't show up in weird clothes :) we use presently the software from Sabre and WSI Fusion for generating releases, weather, and flight following our ACARS software is a third party not sure who the developer is. any other question feel free to ask.

Jared
ASQ CRJ DX
 
I am an ERJ dispatcher for ExpressJet, just 10 months on, and heck, you can even show up in weird clothes on the ERJ side. We all about that #WeirdClothesLyfe.
 
I've been dispatching ERJ for ExpressJet for almost a year now. It is a very relaxed culture, especially in the evenings. On most days we are all joking around with each other and having a good time. Schedule is a 4 on 3 off with bids usually every 4 months. The mornings tend to be a bit more senior. Unfortunately, with all the aircraft we have been losing, we may not be hiring dispatchers for a while right now.

Flagship_dxer said:
It is pretty amazing how over 6 years since the merger closed, ASA and XJT pilot and dispatch groups are both still separate.
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We are probably the closest we have been to getting on the same page that we have ever been.
 
Xjt is parking 100 aircraft this year and probably will not hire at all this year-- layoffs are a def. possibility. I would look to Skywest instead as they seem to be hiring now.
 
JDRUNNER said:
Xjt is parking 100 aircraft this year and probably will not hire at all this year-- layoffs are a def. possibility. I would look to Skywest instead as they seem to be hiring now.
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They're parking that MANY?! I thought they were one of the stronger, more solid regionals out there.

Secondly, that's the LAST thing I want to hear when I have school coming in April! I'll have to compete against EXPERIENCED dispatchers for jobs...
 
JDRUNNER said:
Xjt is parking 100 aircraft this year and probably will not hire at all this year-- layoffs are a def. possibility. I would look to Skywest instead as they seem to be hiring now.
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JD,

I just checked the Reuters bio on them, and they only have 310 aircraft. If what you say is true, then they'd be parking almost a full THIRD of their fleet!

Oh, and here's another kicker: SkyWest, Inc. is the holding company for both SkyWest Airlines and ExpressJet!

If you go to SkyWest, Inc's page and click on the ExpressJet FAQ, the company says that they only have 260 aircraft; parking 100 of them would result in over 38% of their fleet being parked! It's hard to believe that they'd park that many in one shot.
 
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While it isn't much, we are picking up 12 CRJ-700s for American flying, but we are hemorrhaging aircraft. The good news is though that they expect to decrease the number of DXers to the number that they want through attrition alone and so none of the current DXers should be laid off. On the other hand, this means no hiring for at least a year.
 
MarkM0228 said:
That's quite a reduction in a short period of time-over 25% during the past three years. Now, they're lopping off over 32% on top of that! That's not good...
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If the only thing of any real value left at XJT is dual-class configured aircraft, that's what, 60 planes? Is that even enough to justify keeping HDQ at the A-Tech facility in Atlanta? Do you really need to staff an entirely separate company to fly 60 regional jets when you already have the infrastructure for it at Skywest? It really feels like the endgame is to just sell the property to Delta and finally consolidate all non-mx personnel under one banner in St. George...It seems too easy not to.
 
Kilo, I agree with you but I think it may be more of an xjt closure and then solely operate everything under SkyWest. Like you- I am unsure of any value add on the xjt side that SkyWest can't simply do itself. I see the current as a continued winding down of things.
 
kilo said:
If the only thing of any real value left at XJT is dual-class configured aircraft, that's what, 60 planes? Is that even enough to justify keeping HDQ at the A-Tech facility in Atlanta? Do you really need to staff an entirely separate company to fly 60 regional jets when you already have the infrastructure for it at Skywest? It really feels like the endgame is to just sell the property to Delta and finally consolidate all non-mx personnel under one banner in St. George...It seems too easy not to.
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That makes sense. But, any way you slice it, that's one less regional airline in operation, which means fewer opportunities.
 
MarkM0228 said:
That makes sense. But, any way you slice it, that's one less regional airline in operation, which means fewer opportunities.
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If I had to guess, I would say this is a deliberate move on Skywest's part to move as much flying from a unionized airline (XJT) to their original, completely non-unionized airline. I'm sure they wouldn't officially claim that is a motivation, but it sounds like it to me.
 
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