ASpilot2be
Qbicle seat warmer
Haha. But it involves self loading cargo. Kinda over that.If only there was an airline with a base just across the bridge from where you live, I tease.
Wisdom of a lateral career move
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alaskadrifter
Landing gear operator
Yah yah, boxes don’t complain.
Roger Roger
Bottom of the list
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That's how I put aircraft bids in! EXACTLY how I ended up bidding 320.
ZapBrannigan
If it ain’t a Boeing, I’m not going. No choice.
If there was ever an award for most lateral moves, consider yourself nominated
Btw, aren't you coming up on 10 yrs at your current shop? So........................... when you leaving for AA, UA, or DL? LOL, sorry, had to
It would be UPS and divorce court
Hell, then I'd man-marry you and swiftly divorce you if you did that!
ZapBrannigan
If it ain’t a Boeing, I’m not going. No choice.
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All dragon~
Beware the UPS transfer packages, aka brownstreak.
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Skåning
Well-Known Member
Sounds like someone needs a CPAP
That’s what I keep telling him! But unfortunately that airline only flies GuppiesIf only there was an airline with a base just across the bridge from where you live
ASpilot2be
Qbicle seat warmer
Ugh. Cpap. What a PITA.
phill1174
Well-Known Member
@Maximilian_Jenius this is how you’ll know I pulled the trigger.
Maurus
The Great Gazoo
I worked at a company where management reassured us that "SkyWest will never fly EMB-145s." They didn't lie. Said company also no longer exists.
killbilly
Vocals, Lyrics, Triangle, Washboard, Kittens
That totally sucks, and a whole lot XJT pilots were hosed in that process.
I am not in any kind of denial about how precarious our position is.
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Skåning
Well-Known Member
As a former XJTer, the writing really was on the wall 5+ years prior
killbilly
Vocals, Lyrics, Triangle, Washboard, Kittens
Tell me more about this, please? All I've heard was that XJT was a darling, poised to be bigger than SKW, and it was the best operation out there, etc....what was the writing on the wall, hindsight being 20/20?
charlie1017
Well-Known Member
I was there at XJT as well. SKW management tried to pass a concessionary contract and eroding our scope. We voted it down. Then the E145s started leaving for Trans States. My upgrade went from a few years to infinity.
We acquired some AA flying in DFW, but still SKW was getting all the good stuff. Back then getting more 1000s of SIC in a 145 wasnt gonna help me move on, and saw XJT was on a downward path... I left. The way things turned out, I'm glad I did.
killbilly
Vocals, Lyrics, Triangle, Washboard, Kittens
I have heard - anecdotally - that part of the reason the 145s started going to TSA was because SKW had loaned UA money, and thus had some degree of influence over how UA was making decisions, so they effectively forced XJT into an untenable position.
Again, don't know how true that is, but have wondered about it since it seems to be a consistent theme.
Eagle421flyer
Well-Known Member
IMO the writing on the wall was when skw bought us. Once we went out on our own with the toothpaste tube debacle and then when skw bought us I figured it was the beginning of the end.
Skåning
Well-Known Member
Yeah and meanwhile upgrade times were plummeting at other regionals, they were getting new planes (E-170s), and hiring agreements. All the opposite was happening at XJT.
It sucked because the training was great, the crews were fun, and the contract was good.
