Silver Airways
03-22-2019, 07:59 PM
#6502
On Reserve
Joined APC: Jan 2018
Posts: 11
03-28-2019, 11:39 AM
#6503
On Reserve
Joined APC: Dec 2018
Posts: 20
81 to 87 credit without making any swaps or adds. 12 to 13 days off. A mix of 2 day trips and one 4 day trip with a couple of weekends off and working the others. That’s for an Orlando base captain. Tampa and Fort Lauderdale have more day trips and the few occasional overnights.
04-02-2019, 09:00 AM
#6505
New Hire
Joined APC: Dec 2018
Posts: 2
As far as I know as soon as the airplane is a approved, which it is in the “final steps” as of last week, they will be transitioning as fast as they can. Seaborne doesn’t have too many pilots and are not unioned. I’ve heard that they would be required to be “rehired” by Silver and even go through our training at one point. I believe the biggest obstacle to the new contract is these new airplanes and the scope. We entered mediation this month and hopefully we can reach an agreement. They agreed on new pay rates last year but those are now open for renegotiation. I believe once these airplanes are approved by the FAA, things will rapidly change for the better. Hopefully they will come to an agreement with a new contract in order to attract more pilots. The quality of life is good here, however the pay is suffering and not bringing in enough pilots.
I live in FL, fly for a regional, have my 1000 121 and all that stuff. Want to not have to commute much and fly around FL and the caribbean. I have been looking into Swift Air from MIA, but decided to check out this forum to see what people are saying. It's a 600+ page thread so sorry if I'm asking stuff that was already posted 300 pages ago, but do you think Silver with realistically raise the pay to be more aligned with that others are offering? Are they really planning on dumping the Saab as quickly as possible, or is that what they say to try to fill classes? Also, assuming you guys transition to the ATR pretty quick, do you still expect fairly fast upgrades, and by fast I mean by a year or so if you have the legal hour requirements. Do they try to force people that have the legal requirements to the left seat right away, or can you sit right seat, learn the plane a bit and then move over when you feel ready? Seems like QOL is good over all, with mostly day trips once you get out of MCO?
04-02-2019, 11:33 PM
#6506
Line Holder
Joined APC: May 2017
Posts: 59
I live in FL, fly for a regional, have my 1000 121 and all that stuff. Want to not have to commute much and fly around FL and the caribbean. I have been looking into Swift Air from MIA, but decided to check out this forum to see what people are saying. It's a 600+ page thread so sorry if I'm asking stuff that was already posted 300 pages ago, but do you think Silver with realistically raise the pay to be more aligned with that others are offering? Are they really planning on dumping the Saab as quickly as possible, or is that what they say to try to fill classes? Also, assuming you guys transition to the ATR pretty quick, do you still expect fairly fast upgrades, and by fast I mean by a year or so if you have the legal hour requirements. Do they try to force people that have the legal requirements to the left seat right away, or can you sit right seat, learn the plane a bit and then move over when you feel ready? Seems like QOL is good over all, with mostly day trips once you get out of MCO?
Overall if you don’t like commuting is not a bad place to get the experience enjoy your time in Florida and move to a major. Pilot group it’s awesome at Silver.
04-03-2019, 04:59 AM
#6507
New Hire
Joined APC: Dec 2018
Posts: 2
Silver is really short staffed right now. So you will be flying a lot. They don’t force people to upgrade, you put the upgrade whenever you feel ready. Quality of life is not that bad here but right now they have a pilot shortage so they’re extending and calling people on days off offering flts so you don’t really have control of your schedule as a line holder. Rsv pilots make more money when there’s a shortage you credit 70.5 and after that is 1.5 time. They’re doing SJU helping seaborne with the operation so jr people are sent to SJU company pay your hotel and DH you back and forth between Puerto Rico and your base. ATR it’s almost ready for certification after almost 2 years on that process. They are doing proving runs now then IOE the initial pilots group and it will start revenue flts. That’s one of the big issue with the pilots now they’re sending people to the ATR by seniority plus flying in PR and seasonal summer flying in Bar Harbor starting in may, It’s gonna be interesting how they gonna run the show! Pilot contract right now union filed mediation. Eventually contract will come whenever management and the union gets into an agreement on the scope section. Also they’re renegotiating the pay again. Rumors above 23% just rumors. Their plan with the saab apparently they want to fly cargo operations with them, that’s why Union and management are stuck with no agreement with the scope section that’s very important. Eventually it should be all ATR fleet 42 and 72 and may be some saabs flying cargo for fedex in the caribbean.
Overall if you don’t like commuting is not a bad place to get the experience enjoy your time in Florida and move to a major. Pilot group it’s awesome at Silver.
Overall if you don’t like commuting is not a bad place to get the experience enjoy your time in Florida and move to a major. Pilot group it’s awesome at Silver.
Cool thanks for the info! If they call you on your day off and you don't answer do they try to discipline you? I'm not at a bad spot now, so I'm just evaluating options. Seems like you guys are going through a lot of transitions right now. The biggest issue would be the pay scale I guess, hopefully they go up with the ATR, that's probably a big reason for the shortage.
04-03-2019, 01:40 PM
#6510
Porco Rosso
Joined APC: Apr 2018
Posts: 2,522
The only carrier that seems to care about glass experience is Kalitta. That's already been joked about in a different regional thread.
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