Originally Posted by Vertisch

This is probably closer to how it should be viewed. I am almost at the point where i would be willing to take a SMALL reduction in hourly pay and get paid based on duty time.

Originally Posted by wmupilot85

Management would work it to their benefit somehow. Like you are paid of scheduled duty, not actual. Daily scheduled duty will be 4 hrs, but with daily IROPS extending people to 12 hrs.

Originally Posted by flyingkangaroo

Yeah it's crazy. One week we decide hiring for the rest of the year, the next week we are done hiring. From what I understand from the last update, all future CRJ classes are tentative.

If you remember a couple weeks ago, I was very surprised that XJT would continue CRJ classes with the loss of almost 20 CRJ's. Short term the erj side will continue to upgrade and hire. The CRJ will stagnate and languish as always but the 70 seat or greater aircraft will be safe. Longer term, the ERJ side will start to lose 50 seat aircraft, Who knows what the plan is for aircraft replacement. One thing is for sure, The company will shrink massively.

It should be understood by future new hires that they will lose significant seniority with the ISL, this is due to the large amount of ERJ hiring. Many of the CRJ FO's will be above them on the combined list and even above some captains on the ERJ side. Not trying to get people excited or start anything, I just want the new hires to know what they are getting into.

Originally Posted by 2010EEG

Can someone comment on the degree of difficulty of the oral exam at the conclusion of ground school. Is it mostly aimed toward memory items/limitations or more heavily on systems?
Also....what happens if you are unsuccessful on the oral? Thanks.

Originally Posted by mking84

Orals are very straight forward here. You always have the panel in front of you, the QRH and so on. Most guys will do memory items and limitations then start on the panel, as you hit each system youll have questions on each, limitations mixed in, walk through an ice test, how are you testing the system on the recv flow and so on. If you pay attention in GS, study what you are told to study, youll be just fine. I would not get yourself worked up too much, if you dont know you dont know, but you have the resources in the room to find the answer.

Originally Posted by Trip7

If you want to fix XJT COO pay work your way up from FO to COO just like BH did and then present your paycut to the board. Until then complaining about it will do nothing.

Just vote no to concessions, keep updating the app, and jump ship at the first opportunity. Floodgates are about to open. Move along, nothing more to see here....

Originally Posted by MoarAlpha

Check out the 2q13 finances transcript.

Both Xjet and Skyw made money, although Skyw was the majority of the $20 mil.