Blackwing

Depends on where you're based.

ScottyDo

Do you know if it will be both the CRJs and E jets and DFW? If the CRJ just the 900s?

deltajuliet

In DFW? Tentatively just CRJ-700's.

Can someone clarify what this Golden Day is? Someone described it as a guaranteed day off, but aren't our days off already figured out for October? I don't exactly follow but want to figure it out before bidding ends.

ScottyDo

Yea I keep hoping for that DFW base, but honestly I'll take anything just get me out that damn 172 lol.

ClarenceOver

"When will you all realize that every Regional suck. You douchebags that compare them saying mine is better than yours is like comparing two terds in the same toilet. Get a life."


Compass vs. Great Lakes.

flapshalfspeed

1) No DFW is all CRJ-900s--no CRJ-700s on the Airways/AA side at this time, and all of the ones we (currently) have are devoted solely to United Express in IAD.

2) Golden days are "inviolate" meaning they can't (or aren't supposed to) JRA/junior assign you or schedule anything on those days. For example, let's say you have a wedding on the 10th of a month, and you work the 5th-9th. Let's say there's a meltdown/snowstorm and they're junior assigning an overnight that'd take you into the 10th (your day off). Per contract, they're supposed to go from the most junior available pilot up the list in inverese seniority order when trying to pin the JRA on someone. If you bid and were awarded a golden day on the 10th, they have to skip you and keep going up the list.

I never bid golden days on reserve b/c I was living out of a suitcase/hotel, and I actually wanted them to junior assign me for the $$$ and the comp day off later in the month. And it also messed with my ability to rapidly swap around reserve days as the numbers in flica shifted, since you can't swap into a GLD/golden day unless you call crew line and have it removed.

Anyways hope that clarifies things a bit. You can always just scan your contract pdf for "golden day" it's defined in there fairly well.

Auzzie

Not strictly the 900. My class letter says the CRJ-700/900.

Bumbaclot

If you're assigned CRJ you will be eligible to fly both for the company.
You will be trained primarily on the 900 however flying a 900 and flying a 700 is like flying the same aircraft and requires no extra training. The only place a pilot will ever touch a 700 at mesa is if the pilot is assigned to the Washington Dulles (IAD) domicile. New hires nowadays tend to do a short stint there before their seniority allows them to be able to transfer out to another base.

If a pilot is on reserve and flies the CRJ he could virtually fly both variations in a day. A reserve pilot is utilized wherever the company needs are and if a Dulles reserve is needed in Dallas then he could end up flying both 700/900 easily.

In October/November I'm assuming CRJ pilots will be able to bid to Dallas Fort Worth(DFW). This base will be all under the American Eagle Banner and will be solely CRJ900s.

Mesa Bases
IAD - CRJ700 (United)
CLT - CRJ900 (US/AA)
PHX - CRJ900 (US/AA)
IAH - E175 (United)
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DFW- Starting NOV. CRJ900 (US/AA) flying transferred from CLT
LAX - Current CRJ900 operation (US/AA) staffed out of PHX.

8ballfreight

How is the progress on the 175 program coming? How many 175s are out flying routes and what is the acquisition rate?

121again

We are a bit fat on crews at the moment but things are about to start spooling up in the next couple of months.