The Airline That Shall Not Be Named...

Seggy said:
Considering the Captain and Jumpseat Coordinator were on union organizing committees to prevent an alter ego (which GoJets is) situation at Colgan, nothing was done except remind the Captain of his authority.
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I'm still confused, was this guy (jumpseater) a toolbag (ie original Gojetter) or simply a victim of the "Napoleon PIC?"
 
Nark said:
I'm still confused, was this guy (jumpseater) a toolbag (ie original Gojetter) or simply a victim of the "Napoleon PIC?"
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Don't know about the history of the GoJetter.

All I can say is that the Captain (wasn't me) stood for what he believed in. He's far from a 'Napoleon PIC'. He prevented his place from being made into an alter ego place and wasn't going to give a ride to a person who worked for one.
 
Seggy said:
Don't know about the history of the GoJetter.

All I can say is that the Captain (wasn't me) stood for what he believed in. He's far from a 'Napoleon PIC'. He prevented his place from being made into an alter ego place and wasn't going to give a ride to a person who worked for one.
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Fair enough, that's their prerogative.
 
N519AT said:
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I was watching the State of Union and almost fell out of my chair...I knew this moment would be epic
 
Never denied a jumpseat. Been given a lot of nasty looks from XJet pilots, but that's about it. Mainline pilots go "GoJet? Who?"

We will bend over backwards to carry any jumpseater. No matter what. We fly a lot of them around. It seems that we do a lot of the "First flight out/last flight in" at our destinations. I think we do cleanup detail to carry the pax the E-145's/CRJ 200's can't carry due to weight restrictions. That means we get the jumpers bumped multiple times.

The douchebag quotient has been diluted here somewhat. The early hires that stabbed their buddies in the back are still here (where are they going to go?) and they'll have to deal with the consequences. But, from 2007-2009(ish), G7 was the only company hiring, so there are a ton of pilots from other places. ORD is basically a refugee camp for ATA/ACA/World/Skyway/North American/Eagle/Pinnacle furloughees. Usually one captain greets another by saying what airlines he's been laid off from.

Getting hired "Dude, they're a bunch of scumbags! I'll never work there!"
One month later: "I put in an application, can you put in a word for me?"

Being here is making the best of a bad situation. Too many checkride failures? Come on down. Laid off and need to stay current? No training contract. A lot of the pilots hired as street captains simply did it to prevent the financial hemorrhaging after they got laid off somewhere else. You come here, you do your time, you get out. When we had the management show up for indoc, they pretty much said that they want us here no more than five years.

Want to come here? Not sure I can recommend it right now. Either you have to have a good contract (XJet/Air Wisconsin) or a lot of growth (Mesa/Republic/Compass). This airline currently has neither. They talk of 18 month upgrades. That'll probably be true in my case, but not sure as a new hire. Maybe if you have the time, but the upgrade list is 40 and growing. Hopefully we can get a new contract and be competitive. HR has had trouble filling classes. The DO (Steve Briner) is not an idiot. He knows what's going on. Attrition is picking up.
 
Never a good thing to play jumpseat "wars" or "games". There are a lot of 20+ year COMAIR in the right-seat at GJ, because they needed a job just to keep the lights on. I can only imagine how those guys must feel....There for the grace of God, and I too could be out on the street...So, I sympathize and empathize with folks that have a tough turn around the bend in this business. Some of you are doing spectacularly well, and deservedly so...But, I caution you to remember that the poor sod that may appear asking for a ride may have a much tougher lot than you and likely didn't deserve it. Take the road less travelled...
 
HeyJohnny said:
Being here is making the best of a bad situation. Too many checkride failures? Come on down. Laid off and need to stay current? No training contract. A lot of the pilots hired as street captains simply did it to prevent the financial hemorrhaging after they got laid off somewhere else. You come here, you do your time, you get out. When we had the management show up for indoc, they pretty much said that they want us here no more than five years.

Hopefully we can get a new contract and be competitive.
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This says all right here. You do realize that being told they only want you there five years when higher pay is tied to longevity because you leaving only really benefits them, right? They only want you to leave because that lowers staffing costs for *them*.

A new contract to be competitive? At an airline originally intended to be an alter-ego in the first place?

Why?
 
Derg said:
I think the Desert Jet thread is a heavy contender.
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Aight, I'll check it out. Either way, need five nominations. You need to form a committee of members to evaluate the nominees at the end of the year. I nominate myself to serve on said committee of awesomeness.
 
surreal1221 said:
Aight, I'll check it out. Either way, need five nominations. You need to form a committee of members to evaluate the nominees at the end of the year. I nominate myself to serve on said committee of awesomeness.
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The desert jet thread was cleaned. No fun for us that were LTTP.
 
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