Envoy
01-30-2018, 01:16 PM
#6951
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Feb 2007
Position: Pawn
Posts: 1,138
Listen, we have all sat reserve at some point (for the most part). Some of us for 3+ years without wonderful bonuses/pay and commuter hotels and all the other benefits available to new hires now. While the reserve system does in fact need an overhaul/improvement, the forefront of our concerns should be pay.
Reserve is temporary. At some point our reserve pilots will become line holders. That is a fact. And given AA hiring forecasts from here on out (hard to tell to the extent of metering), reserve time should not be long for either seats... Unless you were one of those high value aviators who will be at the bottom for quite awhile... I don't feel bad for those guys. They came here knowing what to expect and if they read anything on here they were given a more than fair warning.
Reserve is temporary. At some point our reserve pilots will become line holders. That is a fact. And given AA hiring forecasts from here on out (hard to tell to the extent of metering), reserve time should not be long for either seats... Unless you were one of those high value aviators who will be at the bottom for quite awhile... I don't feel bad for those guys. They came here knowing what to expect and if they read anything on here they were given a more than fair warning.
01-30-2018, 01:32 PM
#6952
Line Holder
Joined APC: Oct 2015
Posts: 51
Wonder if AA will go for this. Skywest has a few on order for Delta Connection.
https://www.flightglobal.com/news/ar...175-sc-441489/
https://www.flightglobal.com/news/ar...175-sc-441489/
01-30-2018, 01:36 PM
#6953
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Dec 2016
Posts: 302
Just remember, there are some pilots that sat reserve 4+ years as FOs, finally upgraded, and will now sit reserve for the foreseeable future.
It is true that the contract in the whole is woefully inadequate. Lot's of improvements are needed. Pay. Schedules. Trip/duty rigs and 5:15 pay minimum per calendar day. Restored vacation. And the flow needs to be honored.
In the meantime, keep updating your applications and try to obtain better employment.
It is true that the contract in the whole is woefully inadequate. Lot's of improvements are needed. Pay. Schedules. Trip/duty rigs and 5:15 pay minimum per calendar day. Restored vacation. And the flow needs to be honored.
In the meantime, keep updating your applications and try to obtain better employment.
01-30-2018, 01:46 PM
#6954
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Oct 2017
Posts: 544
Just remember, there are some pilots that sat reserve 4+ years as FOs, finally upgraded, and will now sit reserve for the foreseeable future.
It is true that the contract in the whole is woefully inadequate. Lot's of improvements are needed. Pay. Schedules. Trip/duty rigs and 5:15 pay minimum per calendar day. Restored vacation. And the flow needs to be honored.
In the meantime, keep updating your applications and try to obtain better employment.
It is true that the contract in the whole is woefully inadequate. Lot's of improvements are needed. Pay. Schedules. Trip/duty rigs and 5:15 pay minimum per calendar day. Restored vacation. And the flow needs to be honored.
In the meantime, keep updating your applications and try to obtain better employment.
Flow=Fake News
Trademark
01-30-2018, 02:00 PM
#6955
On Reserve
Joined APC: Sep 2017
Posts: 10
I tried nearly ten times to pick up OT last month and I was unsuccessful every time.
On reserve days there was either nothing open to proffer for or I was too junior to get it. On the other hand, I was senior enough to not be called.
The reserve system could definitely be improved. Even if pilots are not expected to sit on reserve for long before holding a line, reserve is an important issue for prospective hires.
01-31-2018, 07:54 AM
#6956
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Mar 2007
Position: ERJ Right
Posts: 541
Wonder if AA will go for this. Skywest has a few on order for Delta Connection.
https://www.flightglobal.com/news/ar...175-sc-441489/
https://www.flightglobal.com/news/ar...175-sc-441489/
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01-31-2018, 11:24 AM
#6957
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Jun 2006
Posts: 1,523
01-31-2018, 11:51 AM
#6958
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Aug 2017
Posts: 157
01-31-2018, 12:37 PM
#6959
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Jun 2006
Posts: 1,523
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