Endeavor Information
06-17-2015, 12:38 PM
#11
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Joined APC: Apr 2013
Posts: 352
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General feeling of pilots, are they treated well? I wouldn't say that we are treated WELL, but I don't feel like there is any malicious treatment going on like there used to be. Scheduling does often try to pull some BS, but it is easy to shoot that down if you know the contract. There are still a lot of guys here who are extremely disgruntled for any number of reasons, the biggest two being seniority list integration and the bankruptcy TA from 2013.
What is the average line like for a line holder? Kinda vague question, but I'd say that average is 13 to 15 days off, 85 credit hours. It is all about how creative you can get with our trip trade system and if you pick up open time.
Days on per month?
Average line - 2 day, 1 day, 3 day, 4 day??? Typically full of 4 days, but it depends on how you set up your prefences in the bidding software
Days off per month? You will have 11 days off per month for the foreseeable future. That is what reserves get. More if you get creative with trip trade.
Legs per day? Depends on the plane you fly... 200 I'd say the average is 3 or 4, 900 between 2 and 4. Ocassionaly on the 200 I've had 5 leg days, but never more in 4 years.
Average Duty hour per day? On reserve, 14 if you don't get used. Lineholders, however you set up your bid prefs. I'd say a global average of people who are flying is probably between 8 to 12 hours of duty per day.
What is the junior base? All of them except MSP900. NYC bases are the 2 most junior bases because commuting there sucks.
Any information on a flow through for new hires? Well nobody at Endeavor has flow except for a small group of 30 or so from the EtD thing they tried last year.
Any new bases on the horizon?No, but IF they announced new bases I'd guess them to be CVG and/or RDU
Growth plans?Who knows
Are pilots getting paid the additional money promised by management?Yes, I paid off my car with the first check. Every 4 months for the next 4 years I have $4k after taxes hit my checking account. It's awesome.
When is a new contract coming?Probably after our TA expires, and I don't even know when that is. Seriously though, in this day and age, we are negotiating many things we lost back into our existing contract. We have a lot of QOL improvements added back in because the company needs some little thing from us or whatever. Delta is a strange parent though, so there is no telling with them. Nothing they do surprises me because everything they do surprises me! This whole bonus thing was their idea according to my friend who is a union rep.
etc.
All in all I am glad that I stuck around. I guess the only better option would have been to bail for Compass back in 2012 when my friend Lucas did. Oh well, hindsight...
THings are getting better here all the time.
General feeling of pilots, are they treated well? I wouldn't say that we are treated WELL, but I don't feel like there is any malicious treatment going on like there used to be. Scheduling does often try to pull some BS, but it is easy to shoot that down if you know the contract. There are still a lot of guys here who are extremely disgruntled for any number of reasons, the biggest two being seniority list integration and the bankruptcy TA from 2013.
What is the average line like for a line holder? Kinda vague question, but I'd say that average is 13 to 15 days off, 85 credit hours. It is all about how creative you can get with our trip trade system and if you pick up open time.
Days on per month?
Average line - 2 day, 1 day, 3 day, 4 day??? Typically full of 4 days, but it depends on how you set up your prefences in the bidding software
Days off per month? You will have 11 days off per month for the foreseeable future. That is what reserves get. More if you get creative with trip trade.
Legs per day? Depends on the plane you fly... 200 I'd say the average is 3 or 4, 900 between 2 and 4. Ocassionaly on the 200 I've had 5 leg days, but never more in 4 years.
Average Duty hour per day? On reserve, 14 if you don't get used. Lineholders, however you set up your bid prefs. I'd say a global average of people who are flying is probably between 8 to 12 hours of duty per day.
What is the junior base? All of them except MSP900. NYC bases are the 2 most junior bases because commuting there sucks.
Any information on a flow through for new hires? Well nobody at Endeavor has flow except for a small group of 30 or so from the EtD thing they tried last year.
Any new bases on the horizon?No, but IF they announced new bases I'd guess them to be CVG and/or RDU
Growth plans?Who knows
Are pilots getting paid the additional money promised by management?Yes, I paid off my car with the first check. Every 4 months for the next 4 years I have $4k after taxes hit my checking account. It's awesome.
When is a new contract coming?Probably after our TA expires, and I don't even know when that is. Seriously though, in this day and age, we are negotiating many things we lost back into our existing contract. We have a lot of QOL improvements added back in because the company needs some little thing from us or whatever. Delta is a strange parent though, so there is no telling with them. Nothing they do surprises me because everything they do surprises me! This whole bonus thing was their idea according to my friend who is a union rep.
etc.
All in all I am glad that I stuck around. I guess the only better option would have been to bail for Compass back in 2012 when my friend Lucas did. Oh well, hindsight...
THings are getting better here all the time.
06-17-2015, 12:43 PM
#12
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Joined APC: Apr 2013
Posts: 352
We can do it better and cheaper than SKW, and more under Deltas control, so we would be the logical replacement for that flying.
06-17-2015, 04:01 PM
#13
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Joined APC: Nov 2014
Position: Capt/Fo
Posts: 34
Didn't SkyWest just sign a new contract with Delta Last year for a few more crj 200s? And only took delivery of all those planes this month. Remember the planes that Endeavor couldn't staff, so they gave them away.
06-17-2015, 05:06 PM
#14
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Joined APC: Jul 2008
Posts: 4,238
SkyW 200's expire 2017-2022 at average 9 ac per year...
06-18-2015, 07:23 AM
#15
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Joined APC: Oct 2014
Position: 6 Train - Panhandler
Posts: 2,001
06-23-2015, 06:49 PM
#19
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Joined APC: Sep 2008
Position: Pilot
Posts: 100
It sounds like Endeavor is a good call.
Looking for feedback from current endeavor or fractional guys. If you had a choice would you start/stay at Endeavor or go to a fractional airline? Pay at the fractional is not that much more because of the extra $20K from Endeavor, maybe 10K more a year at the fractional.
Looking for feedback from current endeavor or fractional guys. If you had a choice would you start/stay at Endeavor or go to a fractional airline? Pay at the fractional is not that much more because of the extra $20K from Endeavor, maybe 10K more a year at the fractional.
06-23-2015, 06:54 PM
#20
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Joined APC: Mar 2007
Posts: 630
It sounds like Endeavor is a good call.
Looking for feedback from current endeavor or fractional guys. If you had a choice would you start/stay at Endeavor or go to a fractional airline? Pay at the fractional is not that much more because of the extra $20K from Endeavor, maybe 10K more a year at the fractional.
Looking for feedback from current endeavor or fractional guys. If you had a choice would you start/stay at Endeavor or go to a fractional airline? Pay at the fractional is not that much more because of the extra $20K from Endeavor, maybe 10K more a year at the fractional.
