20sx

Not sure about the guarantee, but you should get per diem unless you're Phoenix based.

Xdashdriver

Recurrent training events are pre-bid and entered in your schedule before you bid for flying, so whatever your line award is, you're guaranteed that amount. Full per-diem unless the training location is also your base (really only applies to PHX right now).

If for some reason training has to be re-scheduled, then you *should* still be paid your line guarantee as originally awarded.

Bucketofpropwas

Anybody based in IAH have any answers?

Xdashdriver

Unless someone has any better info from recent months, you can probably expect about 3 months on reserve. Parking at IAH is free in the employe parking lot. If there is open time available after you complete IOE you will be built a line. If not then they will assign you to reserve. You will not be able to bid until after IOE is complete.

No idea on public transportation.

PiperPower

Who cares. Fly it when you want to, don't fly it when you don't.

If your skills degrade so quickly where hand flying a constant speed climb for 15 minutes straight is "keeping you sharp," then yeah you should keep doing that.

Personally, I handfly when I'm bored. Some trips I'm more bored than others.

Makanakis

Mesa Airlines expands agreement for more new Embraer 175 aircraft to operate for United

iFlyRC

Yep, confirms my source was right, 18 instead of 15

Darant

ERJ upgrade here I come!

flapshalfspeed

I can't tell you how many times you guys (ppl who like to hand fly) have oversped the flaps, blown through an altitude/airspeed restriction, lost situational awareness, etc.--all because you're still in CFI mode putting around rural Texas... except it's an EJet--in a congested terminal environment--in bad weather--on an RNAV SID.

If we're taking off in hard IMC at night being vectored and speed/altitude restricted a bunch--and there are red cells all around IAH, I need to be looking at radar and talking to ATC. It's a pain in the ass to also have to monitor some new hire's hand-flying practice session.

The 135 guys always push back on this like "oh I've done this in a KingAir a thousand times in worse weather." Guess what? I don't care--this is 121 passenger ops and there are a billion datapoints being recorded in realtime. If ANYthing happens resulting in an ASAP meeting, the first thing the FAA is going to say is "why weren't you using the automation."

There's a reason the Mesa GOM, per guidance from the FAA SAFO, requires all RNAVs to be flown with the AP on as soon as possible.

It's pretty crazy how clueless some of our "new to 121" Captains are--I bet we have guys accepting RNAV arrivals with autopilot-inop aircraft all the time.

Practice your hand-flying at small airports in good weather (or when you get an AP-inop aircraft, which happens often enough to maintain proficiency).

flapshalfspeed

Can't hand-fly an RNAV SID. Can't accept an RNAV SID/STAR with an AP inop. There is no pilot preference--it's clearly stated in the GOM and recommended by the FAA SAFO referenced therein.