USA Jet Airlines...

[JaceTheAce]

IIRC first year DC9 is about 50k, but I think it may be more with their rigs

The schedule is bid for by seniority...I'm told most can be commutable if you are doing a 2 or 3 leg commute or transcon starting out.

You can crash in the bunks at the airport or get your own crash pad in YIP. I'm told they aren't too bad.

Nothing is commutable at The Jet. Remember: You work for free into 6 hours into your days off. They have you until 6am on your day off. If you fly until 6am good luck enjoying the rest of your "day off".

The bunks at the airport at no longer available commuters. Those were supposed to be for people sitting hot crew in base, not for people commuting. Crashpads are very hard to come by in Detroit now since most commuters at other scheduled airlines have lines, make more money now, and just hotel it at the HoJo near DTW.

 

[JaceTheAce]

So what's the first year pay for DC9 captains? How is pay during training? Is commuting an option?

Commuting is very difficult. USA Jet is having a tough time finding pilots. Understaffing results in not getting released for your commute on the last flight out in the evening and burning through an entire day off the next day because you're so fautigued. Those 13 days off per month end up becoming 11 or 10 days off because of the situation with commuters. It's better if you're local, but still, remember, you're on call 24 hours a day.

There are some advantages - small company, everyone is family, and they will work with you if you need certain days off for family reasons.

 

[Bandit_Driver]

Times have changed. I would imagine Kalitta, USAjet, IFL, Royal etc are all having a hard time finding qualified pilots now...

back when I was looking at the jet it was the better of most of the operations...

 

[surreal1221]

Thanks for the update JaceTheAce but I ended up sticking it out at my dying regional and was saved by a legitimate airline earlier this year.