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Old 05-05-2015, 05:30 AM
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Originally Posted by AceyCandler
I will buy everyone on this forum a Coke if ASA continues to upgrade 6+ pilots per month the rest of the year.
Why buy when you can just grab them off the airplanes?
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Old 05-05-2015, 06:16 AM
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Lxjt management plan is for tsa to fail and United begs xjt to pick up the slack. Sending the airplanes to tsa is managements solution instead of attracting new FO's. Most carriers are using signing bonuses and full pay with per diem during training while xjt pays little to nothing to those in training. Xjt will NEVER see bigger airplanes than the 145 because the mother ship Skywest bought the cpa, not the pilots of lxjt. Expressjet is being "comair'd" on both sides erj and crj unless the pilot sign a TA similar to what psa did!!!
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Old 05-05-2015, 06:35 AM
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Originally Posted by wmupilot85
Why buy when you can just grab them off the airplanes?
Janice, is that you?
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Old 05-05-2015, 06:35 AM
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Originally Posted by Whatmeworry
Lxjt management plan is for tsa to fail and United begs xjt to pick up the slack. Sending the airplanes to tsa is managements solution instead of attracting new FO's. Most carriers are using signing bonuses and full pay with per diem during training while xjt pays little to nothing to those in training. Xjt will NEVER see bigger airplanes than the 145 because the mother ship Skywest bought the cpa, not the pilots of lxjt. Expressjet is being "comair'd" on both sides erj and crj unless the pilot sign a TA similar to what psa did!!!
Sounds about right but Comair went away because of unprofitability. The erj/crj side is going away because no one is going to be here to fly the planes. A TA or a small order of new planes is pointless when you look at the pilot shortage at the regionals. Asa/xjt will be out of business from pilot attrition before the contract expires which is what all regionals are starting to realize. The entire regional industry is trying to squeeze the last drips of profit out before the whole system implodes.
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Old 05-05-2015, 06:45 AM
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Originally Posted by Delayed again
My comment was made under the assumption that only the most junior captains would fly right seat.
The contract would say "when possible", and when you challenge scheduling they'll say "it's not possible. I was a reserve captain and sat left seat for senior line holding captains. Then I would sit right seat for other junior reserve captains.

Remember who you're dealing with and what thei track record is.
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Old 05-05-2015, 06:46 AM
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Old 05-05-2015, 06:54 AM
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Originally Posted by Whatmeworry
Lxjt management plan is for tsa to fail and United begs xjt to pick up the slack. Sending the airplanes to tsa is managements solution instead of attracting new FO's. Most carriers are using signing bonuses and full pay with per diem during training while xjt pays little to nothing to those in training. Xjt will NEVER see bigger airplanes than the 145 because the mother ship Skywest bought the cpa, not the pilots of lxjt. Expressjet is being "comair'd" on both sides erj and crj unless the pilot sign a TA similar to what psa did!!!
This isn't about a TA, it's about the current economics of the regional industry. I've said that if it comes to us or them, SKWY will let xjt wither on the vine. If they can't spin us off and sell us to cut their losses (which seems they're trying to do) they'll transfer our airplanes to SKYW and let xjt die by attrition, which is happening, so far.

Fragmentation got sold out on the TPA so we have no protection at all.
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Old 05-05-2015, 07:20 AM
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Will SkyWest use XJT group as ther buffer if the can't hire off the street..??..
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Old 05-05-2015, 07:46 AM
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Originally Posted by ysslah
Janice, is that you?
"I got kids to feed."

"Uehh, what cha what?"

"I ain't got time for dat"

"That's buuulllllshiit"
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Old 05-05-2015, 08:13 AM
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Originally Posted by Grumpyaviator
The contract would say "when possible", and when you challenge scheduling they'll say "it's not possible. I was a reserve captain and sat left seat for senior line holding captains. Then I would sit right seat for other junior reserve captains.



Remember who you're dealing with and what thei track record is.

Maybe I'm imagining it but I thought that the more senior pilot decides who is captain of the flight?

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Will SkyWest use XJT group as ther buffer if the can't hire off the street..??..

The last attrition data had one person going to Skywest. So yes.
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