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#4691
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Joined APC: Sep 2015
Position: EMJ/CA
Posts: 39
You're right, but being jaded and staying jaded isn't going to change anything. So why be ****ed off about it and try and make a change for the better?
At least thats how I see things in life.
But hey if you're with the company, I wish you nothing but blessings and better opportunities for your future.
So who's living in ORD?
At least thats how I see things in life.
But hey if you're with the company, I wish you nothing but blessings and better opportunities for your future.
So who's living in ORD?
Being jaded is one thing. Staying jaded? Well, that's how some people just are. But honestly, stack up the positive things that have happened here and the negatives. I guess which pile is bigger depends on your outlook but a majority of people who've been here since 2000 will probably see a higher pile of negatives. Is it all due to decisions from above? No. 9/11. Oil prices. Big recession have all contributed. (Interesting now though that the airline has record profits and yet negatives still keep happening.)
Does past performance determine future results? Not necessarily. But I guess if you change your frame of reference, things are in a shallow climb here. Very shallow. If we get a few months of max flow, the climb will steepen a bit. More 175 options will further pickup the rate.
Management animosity towards this group and the union are the biggest negative here right now, imo. But I guess if you live in base, don't have family and stay "off the radar", you'll probably be fine.
#4692
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Joined APC: Jul 2014
Position: Feito no Brasil, CA
Posts: 833
At risk of this thread taking long a detour through Grouchland I'll reply with the thought that, yes, you can stay jaded. I think upgrading sort of cements that attitude. You quickly find out that management prefers performance numbers over customer care, that front line employees are placed in a position of trying to shift blame in event of delays in order to avoid scrutiny (and of course they blame the crew and you're going to have a voicemail to call your CP and explain it), and we now have to watch our backs for attendance issues that could get you fired days before you flow to AA. When you become one of the people that has to answer for all the little things you end up looking over your shoulder a lot, that keeps you jaded. JMO.
#4693
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Joined APC: Jun 2013
Position: A320 FO
Posts: 501
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I think the unfortunate reality is that as line pilots, there is very little we can do as employees to "make it better." That ball is entirely in management's court. We were a profitable company with excellent performance numbers before bankruptcy, and now that our numbers have climbed back into similar ranges again, management thinks there is no f^€Łing problem here. They actually told the union they think morale is fine because "complaint letters from employees have dropped." The real story is that everyone is so demoralized they have given up, because it's clear management doesn't care about our opinions or QOL or our contract. They think vocal individuals like myself are in the minority, when in reality most of the people I fly with are similarly exhausted and ready to bail when a better opportunity presents itself. I've given 10 years of my life to trying to make this company successful, time I can't get back, only to watch management **** it away and treat us like peons. You may be able to forgive that kind of behavior, but I will never forget it.
That is the truth. I too have submitted complaint emails. One was answer directly by PF. The others? Nada. No point in wasting more personal time off for the company when nothing comes of it.
BTW, the email wasn't really even addressed by my questions. They were answered like any politician would. Deflected, and half answered.
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#4694
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Joined APC: Aug 2011
Posts: 394
Ignoring the trolliness of your account, you pose a valid question that is often asked.
The response I always give is that getting new hires isn't the pilots problem. We signed a contract that has a certain number of pilots flowing to AA each month. How management deals with staffing the airline under the terms of the agreement is up to them.
So far they have increased FO pay (via a retention bonus and a new hire bonus). They are still selling the flow hard in recruiting. However, it would appear base and aircraft type are what's driving the new hire numbers. When that stops working, they'll have to come up with something else. But it will be managements problem to deal with, not the pilots.
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#4695
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Joined APC: Jul 2014
Position: Feito no Brasil, CA
Posts: 833
Noted further up the thread it's been indicated that base and type choices are not going to be the pilot's choice any longer. I other words, you get to choose what's available, not wait for what you want.
#4696
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Joined APC: Sep 2015
Position: EMJ/CA
Posts: 39
At risk of this thread taking long a detour through Grouchland I'll reply with the thought that, yes, you can stay jaded. I think upgrading sort of cements that attitude. You quickly find out that management prefers performance numbers over customer care, that front line employees are placed in a position of trying to shift blame in event of delays in order to avoid scrutiny (and of course they blame the crew and you're going to have a voicemail to call your CP and explain it), and we now have to watch our backs for attendance issues that could get you fired days before you flow to AA. When you become one of the people that has to answer for all the little things you end up looking over your shoulder a lot, that keeps you jaded. JMO.
Yep. Couldn't agree more.
#4697
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Joined APC: Jun 2015
Posts: 699
Ignoring the trolliness of your account, you pose a valid question that is often asked.
The response I always give is that getting new hires isn't the pilots problem. We signed a contract that has a certain number of pilots flowing to AA each month. How management deals with staffing the airline under the terms of the agreement is up to them.
So far they have increased FO pay (via a retention bonus and a new hire bonus). They are still selling the flow hard in recruiting. However, it would appear base and aircraft type are what's driving the new hire numbers. When that stops working, they'll have to come up with something else. But it will be managements problem to deal with, not the pilots.
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The response I always give is that getting new hires isn't the pilots problem. We signed a contract that has a certain number of pilots flowing to AA each month. How management deals with staffing the airline under the terms of the agreement is up to them.
So far they have increased FO pay (via a retention bonus and a new hire bonus). They are still selling the flow hard in recruiting. However, it would appear base and aircraft type are what's driving the new hire numbers. When that stops working, they'll have to come up with something else. But it will be managements problem to deal with, not the pilots.
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It is managements job to try to attract new hires, but sadly it is the pilots that will suffer if they can not attract enough.
#4698
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Joined APC: Dec 2015
Posts: 540
Based on the seniority list from mid July
2001-84
No hiring 9/3/01-1/3/04
2004-104
2005-58
2006-106
2007-222
2008-124
No hiring 5/12/08-3/15/10
2010-98
2011-271
2013/current-352
The "824" group that gets to carry their vacation and sick accrual rates and get 50% metered to 30/month comes to an end sometime early summer 2017 and the switches to the protected pilot group which flows at 50% metered to 25/month. That agreement essentially covers pilots hired through 2011. From 2013 onward it comes out to around 15/month, the agreements are posted on the APC profile page if you really want to get into the deep stuff.
If AA hires consistently it'll take:
9 months to cover the 824 agreement (30/mo)
36 months to cover PP agreement (25/mo)
28 months 2013-present (15-10/mo variable based on size)
6 years to flow is in the general ballpark. Attrition at Envoy and random months of no hiring at AA could move those numbers in either direction. Typically the closer a pilot is to flowing the less likely they are to go elsewhere. CA attrition outside of flow is usually single digits per month. CA upgrade seems to be the cutoff where attrition drops.
Zombie apocalypses, unforeseen economic collapses and theories about management stopping the flow altogether could change it even more but good luck predicting those things.
2001-84
No hiring 9/3/01-1/3/04
2004-104
2005-58
2006-106
2007-222
2008-124
No hiring 5/12/08-3/15/10
2010-98
2011-271
2013/current-352
The "824" group that gets to carry their vacation and sick accrual rates and get 50% metered to 30/month comes to an end sometime early summer 2017 and the switches to the protected pilot group which flows at 50% metered to 25/month. That agreement essentially covers pilots hired through 2011. From 2013 onward it comes out to around 15/month, the agreements are posted on the APC profile page if you really want to get into the deep stuff.
If AA hires consistently it'll take:
9 months to cover the 824 agreement (30/mo)
36 months to cover PP agreement (25/mo)
28 months 2013-present (15-10/mo variable based on size)
6 years to flow is in the general ballpark. Attrition at Envoy and random months of no hiring at AA could move those numbers in either direction. Typically the closer a pilot is to flowing the less likely they are to go elsewhere. CA attrition outside of flow is usually single digits per month. CA upgrade seems to be the cutoff where attrition drops.
Zombie apocalypses, unforeseen economic collapses and theories about management stopping the flow altogether could change it even more but good luck predicting those things.
#4699
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Joined APC: Feb 2014
Position: 75 FO
Posts: 76
This is a big gap between Envoy and PSA. Pilots at ENY I've heard have now been waiting for 16 years to flow, and PSA is only down to less than 10? Am I getting this right?
I see the gap from 08'-10' and hopefully that will fix things, but the way it looks, PSA will trumph Envoy's flow by DOH quicker.
I see the gap from 08'-10' and hopefully that will fix things, but the way it looks, PSA will trumph Envoy's flow by DOH quicker.
#4700
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Joined APC: Oct 2007
Posts: 194
This is a big gap between Envoy and PSA. Pilots at ENY I've heard have now been waiting for 16 years to flow, and PSA is only down to less than 10? Am I getting this right?
I see the gap from 08'-10' and hopefully that will fix things, but the way it looks, PSA will trumph Envoy's flow by DOH quicker.
I see the gap from 08'-10' and hopefully that will fix things, but the way it looks, PSA will trumph Envoy's flow by DOH quicker.
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