HVYMETALDRVR
Well-Known Member
It's going to be funny next yr when they have to actually hire pilots again, so glad I ended up not going there...
I could see sacrificing to keep a place like Google or Southwest alive where you actually feel like the company cares about you.
I'd sooner sacrifice for Pinnacle.
ATNpilot, you're correct, I was crazy for leaving 9E without TPIC time. I should have stayed and upgraded at 9E under those new term rates, and that upgrade was right around the corner.
None of this is surprising. I've always stated time and time again that regionals have shifted away from their true goal of being cheap, low cost outsourced feed. The regional model was not meant for guys making $100k+ and 18 days off. These new CRJ Captain rates of $54/r to $77/hr are worse than the 1999 contract, and a nod to what the regional model is trying to get back to be. FO longevity being reset to 0 for Captain upgrades reiterates the point that the company basically wants defacto street Captain equivalent. The only "STFD" crowd are those who can afford to STFD literally. Those with mortgage payments, wives (or ex wives), kids, etc, cannot afford to just go unemployed. Those who find a new job will go, but those who can't or haven't found one yet, even this new term scale is better than unemployment.
Example 2
A Captain on the 7-8 step is displaced to First Officer. The pilot will be placed at the
top of scale (3-4 YOS step for First Officer). After two (2) years, the pilot is promoted
to Captain. The pilot will be placed on the 0-1 step of the Captain scale.
Am I reading this correctly? If a CA is displaced to FO they will start over at the bottom of the scale when awarded another upgrade? How is this s*%# even legal. They could just furlough once every X years to reset CA longevity and re-hire FOs at 1st year pay.
Good luck. This nonsense almost makes me apprehensive about getting a new contract over here and being deemed "too expensive" in a year and a half.
Wow. You guys should burn that •er down. Like said above, you'll make more on unemployment anyways.Yes, you are reading that correctly.
Screw that. 250kts just to make sure you don't break any FAR's.This just needs to be sent to a news agency. Who the F comes up with this crap? I mean seriously how vendictive are these people in management? I guess LRC is gonna be my max speed now to pay for the beating later.
Seriously! Some of those things aren't even money issues, they're just doing it to screw with the pilots. The company no longer has to post open time? How is that going to save them anything (unless they just don't want people to see that they're violating the "new" 1% open time rule, but that can't be their motive, could it!?)?This just needs to be sent to a news agency. Who the F comes up with this crap? I mean seriously how vendictive are these people in management? I guess LRC is gonna be my max speed now to pay for the beating later.
Don't forget to reduce to 200kts as soon as you enter Canadian airspace! They have different rules up there, remember.Screw that. 250kts just to make sure you don't break any FAR's.
kell, I agree with your post, but not cool using someone's real name who hasn't "outed" himself on the forum.
kell, I agree with your post, but not cool using someone's real name who hasn't "outed" himself on the forum.