CornFlake

Can anyone answer any of the following:
1. What are the 3 most junior bases?
2. At those bases, how long can one expect to sit on reserve?
3. How senior is PGD?
4. Any plans for expansion? More 320?
5. If you DO NOT commute and live at the base, how are the schedules and moving days off around?

ClarenceOver

1. What are the 3 most junior bases? FLORIDA
2. At those bases, how long can one expect to sit on reserve? a while
3. How senior is PGD? FLORIDA
4. Any plans for expansion? More 320? LOL
5. If you DO NOT commute and live at the base, how are the schedules and moving days off around? moving days around? HAHAHAHA.

CornFlake

I live in Florida and looking for a job that closer to home rather then 4h commute in day before and come back day after a trip. Anyone that can provide more specific answers and some inside would be greatly appreciated.

Xbone

Go to about the middle of this thread, and take a look. All of those questions are answered in detail.

clippedwings

It's hard to answer your questions because things are changing so fast right now. Since January 2014.... these are the bases newhires have been awarded:

7 MD80 PIE
13 MD80 SFB
8 MD80 PGD
7 MD80 FLL
6 MD80 LAS
1 MD80 ENV
2 MD80 OAK

Junior bases are Florida but some May 2014 newhires have been awarded OAK and LAS. You will go to PIE, SFB, or IWA if you get awarded airbus. Those are the only airbus bases right now.

The way we are hiring right now (depending on what base you go to) you probably won't be on reserve for long. That being said..... you will probably have a mixed line until we get a contract. I'm pretty senior and had reserve thrown on my line this month.

PGD is junior on the captain and f/o side.

8 airbus coming in 2015 and 12 or so more in 2018. That is subject to change.

Moving your days is almost impossible right now since we are understaffed.

CornFlake

Thank You for all that info. Do you know by any chance if new hires are given a choice of the aircraft? Also, where is the training conducted?

full of luv

Personality.... sounds like their looking for that someone special that has had such a bad aviation career to this point that joining ALG won't seem like a nightmare that never ends and they aren't likely to quit.

Looking for the personality of a battered spouse.

Hope the pilots can get a contract soon.

Vegaspilot

Normally all classes have been for the 80. Although 3 from last Augusts class got Airbus about a week in because no other FOs bid it. I have heard the next class will be both Airbus and 80. Rumor is they don't want double training costs so they may not let current FOs transition. If that's true, it's just one more example on a long list of many why we need a contract.

Training is in Las Vegas. Although some get sent to MIA for sim and I believe the bulk of the Bus training is also in MIA. For IOE you can be sent to whatever base has a check airman available.

CornFlake

What about picking stuff up on days off or being able to get a high time line?

AZbound

Pick stuff up on your days off?? You're not going to ever want to do that because you're not going to want to give up your Tues/Saturday off every week. It seems like (since you're asking questions that have already been answered in this thread) you haven't read this thread. You NEED to before applying.

If you don't do that, at the very least know this: your QOL will NOT improve simply because you are FL based and living there. I don't care what regional you're coming from...Great Lakes pilots currently have better schedules than us.