Champcar
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Now here is a guy I'd like to ride to work with.
GoJet Interview Questions
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bike21
9-5 Ruins Lives
I know it, me too. VA and SkyNuts are way too new at the moment, but hopefully in a year or two they will come around. Now lets hope my own companies drive goes well
Me too! Good show Don!
SmoothLanderJ
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Hey I saw the link you posted here and just registered for it. This is going to be very useful......I appreciate the info..even though I wasnt apart of this thread.Pilotman254:
1. Go to www.aviationinterviews.com
2. Under pilots click on "Register"
3. Scroll down past the part where they make you pay and click on the tiny little link that says "Old Registration" <-- Its free!!
4. Read your heart out on airline interview experiences.
5. You'll notice GoJet isn't even listed on the website since its such a garbage airline
6. Welcome.
-Rob
SmoothLanderJ
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I 100% agree with Champcar and DE727UPS....it stinks that some pilot groups have undercut others in the industry an have accepted lower pay and such....but if I was in the same position as captain, how could I say no to someone that is trying to get home to his family or work? I dont think i'd have the heart to do that.
scramjet
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:yeahthat:
scramjet
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Skybus I don't see ever coming over to the good side, for one thing I don't even think they'll be around much more than a few years at most. I've seen so many startups die so fast. VA, imo, has some staying power simply because they offer a better product. And their work environment seems less Nazi Germany-esqe than skybus as far as union organizing goes. I've been hearing some positive noise on the union subject at jet Blue, but they'll be gone within a few years as well.
ClearedForOption
Displaced... again.
Darn tootin' straight... I agree with all of the above. (and everyone who echoed) Everyone will always be welcome in mine - tool, kool-aid drinker, and etc. - I don't care.
We are all pilots, no matter what the opinion that others have about the company I work for, the company you work for, or etc. we all passed the same orals, the same type rides, PC's, PT's, and Line Checks to the same standards. (we've all endured the rubber glove treatment and the subsequent night terrors from sadistic –and thorough- Check Airmen) No matter what individual management groups have said or done - we are all professionals who take pride on our work and we all strive to grow our personal skill set and careers as professional pilots day after day.
You don't use the jumpseat as a political tool... feel free to give me a four hour lecture during cruise why I am a total and complete idiot for working at brand X airlines, I’ll take it with a smile and shrug, but don't deny me a ride home (or a ride to work) after I've been away for weeks sometimes. That's just asking for trouble – another way to divide the different pilot groups and play into management’s games. We all need each other to maintain our quality of life - especially when “Mainline” is not going to every destination and pilots live in all corners of the country. (People have long memories, especially when emotions are high and you are trying to get home after a brutal trip)
It's funny sometimes how what's best for the "pilot group as a whole" equates to - "I've got mine, now you better not do anything to screw it up – pull up the rope, I don't care what happens to you."
EVERYTHING theoretically erodes the industry… you might as well go find Jimmy Carter and give him a big kick in the peanuts because the whole downturn started then. If you have everyone voting with their wallet, it’s no wonder that every dollar is in question. It’s too bad that you can’t raise fares and people are willing to subject themselves to hours of delays and connections.
If you deny a fellow pilot a jumpseat – just ask yourself, who you are really hurting and who you are really helping.
Ok, end of rant…
Velocipede
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Look up the prefix "proto". Think about it. Get back to us.
Velocipede
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So, because one or two guys want to lower themselves to asking for favors from a bunch of protoscabs who are lowering the bar, undercutting the contract of 1500 pilots, their "agenda" should take priority? I don't think so.
Again, the agenda of the majority (preserving our pay and workrules) must take precedence over the agenda of a couple guys, especially when there are other carriers (UPS is one) who can get them where they are going.
Where to start with this fallacy. First, why do you feel the need to introduce a distraction on to your flight deck? You're going to spend the trip berating and browbeating some poor sucker to the detriment of operating your airplane safely? And, if you give him a seat in the back, you won't have any access to him at all.
Second, no one, repeat, NO ONE has a "right" to a jumpseat ride. Its a privilege granted solely at the discretion of the Captain. The CASS system is a response to the TSA after 9/11. It is simply a uniform method of identifying approved crewmembers. It doesn't give you or anyone else the "right" to a ride. Only the Captain has that authority. And Section 115 of the ALPA admin manual (Jumpseats) lists all kinds of caveats that reinforce the Captain's SOLE authority over the jumpseat, including UNION MEMBERSHIP.
Now, individual Captains may determine the fitness of each individual jumpseater for access. Some may require a Union card. Some may not. But, that's entirely up to them.
Personally, I don't agree that denying UNION NEGOTIATED privileges (jumpseats) to non-Union pilots who are undercutting UNION contracts qualifies as a "political agenda". It does qualify as DEFENDING THE PROFESSION. And since the Cargo Operators are not currently under attack, I can see how you would not understand that concept. Hopefully, you will never find yourself in our situation.
Velocipede
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Simple. Fly a month with a guy who lost his house because he took a 35% pay cut. Or with another one whose wife left him and took the kids because they couldn't make ends meet. Or the F/A whose pilot husband committed suicide because their debts were overwhelming and they were at the end of their rope.
jetBlue, Skybus and Virgin are the cancers causing all this trouble. Why? Because every day they fly, they prove there are pilots willing to undercut YOUR contract.
And, it doesn't have anything to do with heart. Its all about spine and nuts. Some of us have what it takes to look these slimeballs in the face and say no way.
Velocipede
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I take it English is your second language.
You remind me of neo-nazi's and people like that who will go on and on about how everything wrong with the world is the jews fault without ever giving any actual proof to that claim.
To say that the employees of one company is responsible for the suicide of an employee of another company, is a pretty damn ballsy claim to make, especially without any real concrete facts to back that up. "It proves that pilots are willing to work for less" isn't a concrete fact either.
Using weasel words and big blue text to make your "points" showcases very succinctly your lack of understanding of your own arguments.
You guys need to tone it down. Feel free to discuss your disparate points of view, but if this goes any more towards a nasty argument I'll shut it down.
Remember, you're in Doug's living room. Grab a beverage and sit down for some good conversations, or go somewhere else that promotes the fisticuff style of posting.
Remember, you're in Doug's living room. Grab a beverage and sit down for some good conversations, or go somewhere else that promotes the fisticuff style of posting.
SlumTodd_Millionaire
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Butt, if you're clueless enough to believe that the pilots at Skybus and Virgin America aren't harming the profession by accepting employment for a fraction of what the rest of us make, then there's no helping you. Time to wake up to reality and accept that what happens at one carrier affects every other carrier.
Velocipede
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Nice screen name, btw. Perfect, in fact. And as usual, when you disagree with someone, always call them either a nazi or a racist. Well done.
And if name-calling doesn't buttress your argument, simply put words in your opponent's mouth or quote him out of context.
Read the following for comprehension, if you can:
What I said was those incidents were the results of a 35% paycut. A paycut imposed by an arbitrator who bought the argument that our wages were above "industry average."
And the industry average has been dragged down by Companies like jetBlue, Virgin and Skybus who willingly accept non-Union jobs that pay 30-50% less than Unionized pay rates for the same equipment flying the same routes.
If you can't see/understand the obvious linkage between the two, then all I can say is, "There are none so blind as those that will NOT see."
taseal
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Velocipede, I think you have great knowledge. and I highly regret saying this, because I don't like saying such mean things, but when I'm a captain one day and you need to jumpseat, with that attitude alone, I would not let you ride jumpseat in my plane. as a matter of fact, I'm surprised anyone would let you jumpseat. Attitude goes a long way in life. you seem to have no respect for anyone but you and others that have the same beliefs as you.
you have the rudest type of attitude on this forum.
you have the rudest type of attitude on this forum.
Velocipede
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And, how exactly, would you determine my attitude when I asked you for a jumpseat? Ask me if I'm Velocipede?
Because you have no idea how I'm perceived when I do ask for an offline jumpseat. I've never been refused (except for weight and balance issues) and never will be.
Why? I'm respectful. I wear my uniform. I treat the CSAs extremely well when I'm asking a favor of them. I show all documentation requested, including my ALPA card. I wear an ALPA pin.
And I don't ask for jumpseat rides at jetBlue, Virgin or Skybus. Why? Because it would be hypocritical to ask for a favor that I deny them.
If you do the same things, you are always welcome to ride with me...unless of course you fly a narrowbody airliner, are currently undercutting my contract and cannot produce a Union card.
SmoothLanderJ
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Ok, those are GREAT points too. I'm not in the industry YET, but I will be soon hopefully. I know that some Airlines are doing things at a lower wage that are helping to bring down the industry "standard". I don't plan on working for any of the SCAB types, but I certainly wouldn't want anyone to turn me down if I needed to get somewhere....
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