Big C

I compared FOM's and operating procedures and that alone was enough to sell me to leave PSA. PSA is a ticking time bomb waiting on a runway incursion. The amount of talking and briefing required on the ground while taxiing and in the air is enough to make you loose situational awareness.

I would have gone to CPZ right out the door but there was the wait time of two months or more in the pool and the commute for PSA was nice. I have two bay girls and I really like seeing them. PSA commute was and is an easy one hop from my home. Once I was into PSA CPZ called and offered a class the next week. Should have jumped ship then but owed it to myself, my family and to PSA to give it a fair shot. PSA treats their employees well and there are a good bunch of pilots there. I didn't meet anyone, other than one young ground instructor with short man syndrome and a Hitler mustache, that I didn't like. We literally had a guy in our class at PSA show up for training having just gotten out of jail for two weeks over some bad family stuff. Dude was a mess for the first four weeks of training. He eventually got it together and pulled through. Unfortunately their hiring standards are lacking (unlike that of CPZ) and you never know what you are getting with a recruit. Some of these dudes had more than one DWI.

My IPT/SIM (love him to death and a great guy) partner was literally offered a job by one of the Chief Pilots in the terminal while commuting for another carrier.

I studied my tail off for CPZ and E9, was offered by both. If for nothing else, at least at CPZ you know your fellow pilot peer was hired to the same high standard.

Big C

Sounds like you are happy at CPZ. Would you say that the climate in the company as a whole is respectable and commendable?

I compared FOM's last night and I cannot believe the difference in the operating procedures. At PSA if you mention or reference an acronym for checklist use you'll get shwacked. Acronyms are actually spelled out in CPZ's FOM. I didn't get too far into the weeds but little things as simple and petty as that make all the difference in the world.

MrMustache

Word for word CLT, LGA or DFW? Wouldn't have ever guessed CLT. What did they say about DTW?

AlaskaBound

About as happy as one could be at 1st year FO pay at a regional. Yes, I think it's a great fit for me and I am happy here. I would say the pilot culture is great. The overall attitude is positive, upbeat and respectable. 95% of the pilot group has been kicked down hard at previous regionals (furloughed, dragged through bankruptcies, shutdowns, major concessions, etc) so we all "get it" and have been around the block. The corporate culture of Compass is great but now that TSH is infiltrating the ranks we're seeing changes in the wrong direction. Little things here and there that add up to be big things. But overall I say it's a great place to hang out until a major calls.

Omnivorous

CLT had not occurred to me either but it makes sense with the whole Cactus partnership thing. There was no emphasis placed on any of those three. Time will tell.

DTW was not discussed, sorry!

Rsv4lyfe

Agreed. It's a regional, but it's been good to me so far.

Al Czervik

DFW and SLC.

To put the squeeze on regionals with good contracts.

ASAsig

Could you expand on the changes you're seeing in the wrong direction?

AlaskaBound

There have been flat out contract violations and then they say "break the contract now and grieve it later...or we will see about doing an LOA at some point". Flat out disregarding hotel language, minimum/max credit line construction, blah blah blah. Recently the union has agreed to a few LOAs that came about because the company had flat out disregarded the contract to begin with.

F2m185

Could someone describe the current process as far as indoc/training, and how long it typically takes to complete training once you have been offered ajob? Thanks in advance