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Pilots hired at Allegiant can expect to be based in "TDY Base". The new "TDY Base" will be the junior base. This means you will be assigned just about anywhere (on a monthly basis) that Allegiant has a base and bid your system seniority in that base. As a junior pilot in that base, you would most likely end up on reserve (90 min. call out) with 10 days off. Most junior pilots would also expect multiple single days off throughout the month.
30 day example:
on off on on on off on
on on off off on on on
off on off on on on off
on on on off off on on
on off
As I have heard, this has also been a common schedule in 2014 for fairly senior pilots at Allegiant.
This means, if you live in the Northwest and are assigned somewhere in Florida or other base with a substantial commute, you would have a difficult time getting home that month, if at all. You may also end up in that base for several months. Trip trades and drops appear to be extremely difficult, so that doesn't seem to be a good option to help get home.
30 day example:
on off on on on off on
on on off off on on on
off on off on on on off
on on on off off on on
on off
As I have heard, this has also been a common schedule in 2014 for fairly senior pilots at Allegiant.
This means, if you live in the Northwest and are assigned somewhere in Florida or other base with a substantial commute, you would have a difficult time getting home that month, if at all. You may also end up in that base for several months. Trip trades and drops appear to be extremely difficult, so that doesn't seem to be a good option to help get home.
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So... Any hard feelings when I see you on line?
I am well aware of how things are there, and I would be happy to join any of you on the picket line when that time comes. We are all looking for different things in life and right now Allegiant would work for me. Besides I have Stockholm syndrome from being abused by several regionals..
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Pilots hired at Allegiant can expect to be based in "TDY Base". The new "TDY Base" will be the junior base. This means you will be assigned just about anywhere (on a monthly basis) that Allegiant has a base and bid your system seniority in that base. As a junior pilot in that base, you would most likely end up on reserve (90 min. call out) with 10 days off. Most junior pilots would also expect multiple single days off throughout the month.
30 day example:
on off on on on off on
on on off off on on on
off on off on on on off
on on on off off on on
on off
As I have heard, this has also been a common schedule in 2014 for fairly senior pilots at Allegiant.
This means, if you live in the Northwest and are assigned somewhere in Florida or other base with a substantial commute, you would have a difficult time getting home that month, if at all. You may also end up in that base for several months. Trip trades and drops appear to be extremely difficult, so that doesn't seem to be a good option to help get home.
30 day example:
on off on on on off on
on on off off on on on
off on off on on on off
on on on off off on on
on off
As I have heard, this has also been a common schedule in 2014 for fairly senior pilots at Allegiant.
This means, if you live in the Northwest and are assigned somewhere in Florida or other base with a substantial commute, you would have a difficult time getting home that month, if at all. You may also end up in that base for several months. Trip trades and drops appear to be extremely difficult, so that doesn't seem to be a good option to help get home.
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From what I am hearing from my friends and others that were in the last couple new hire classes:
Those from the DEC and JAN class are just finishing training.
The FAA took away some of Allegiant's training capability due to substantial issues during an inspection.
Some time this last spring the FAA finally approved the sim training (LOFT?) for the new hires to complete.
That is a long time on $2,000 a month away from home with no per diem or hotel. I hear they may be getting paid more (guarantee?), but only after a few months, but nothing solid.
Pilots who just finished the last ground school, have been told to go home for a couple months until they can get in the sim. They are not sure if it is another FAA action, broken sim, or a back log in the sim.
Pilots who were assigned Florida bases out of training are being told they will most likely end up in the new TDY base because of a lack of more senior pilots bidding it. That is a tough pill for some of the guys who uprooted their family and moved to Florida.
Those from the DEC and JAN class are just finishing training.
The FAA took away some of Allegiant's training capability due to substantial issues during an inspection.
Some time this last spring the FAA finally approved the sim training (LOFT?) for the new hires to complete.
That is a long time on $2,000 a month away from home with no per diem or hotel. I hear they may be getting paid more (guarantee?), but only after a few months, but nothing solid.
Pilots who just finished the last ground school, have been told to go home for a couple months until they can get in the sim. They are not sure if it is another FAA action, broken sim, or a back log in the sim.
Pilots who were assigned Florida bases out of training are being told they will most likely end up in the new TDY base because of a lack of more senior pilots bidding it. That is a tough pill for some of the guys who uprooted their family and moved to Florida.
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So... Any hard feelings when I see you on line?
I am well aware of how things are there, and I would be happy to join any of you on the picket line when that time comes. We are all looking for different things in life and right now Allegiant would work for me. Besides I have Stockholm syndrome from being abused by several regionals..
I am well aware of how things are there, and I would be happy to join any of you on the picket line when that time comes. We are all looking for different things in life and right now Allegiant would work for me. Besides I have Stockholm syndrome from being abused by several regionals..
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