Cape Air
06-10-2012, 05:00 PM
#772
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Joined APC: Oct 2008
Position: yes
Posts: 319
^This. Although I believe there is a training contract now, history has shown that low time FO's tend to get burned out and look for employment elsewhere. If you go to Cape Air and leave with no PIC, then you have truly wasted your time. I'm not implying that you would do the same, but that is the reason the company is wary of low timers.
06-12-2012, 10:33 PM
#774
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Joined APC: Oct 2006
Position: 777, sofa
Posts: 1,183
Slats,
I went from the left seat of a 402 to the right seat of a 747, a couple guys who left 9K at the same time I did ended up on Boeing light twins at Omni, a couple fly buses out of BOS and FLL. Now, we all had RJ or turbine time to go along with the 402 PIC. I doubt anyone will go to a legacy directly from 9K, but every knowledgeable pilot I've ever talked to has the utmost respect for 9Kers. 402 PIC won't fill the check box on the HR evaluation form, but when you get to the interview, and especially the sim ride, it will open eyes and doors.
And in the meantime you won't have to eat Ramen noodles 3 meals a day.
PS - Bentley, you are soft.
I went from the left seat of a 402 to the right seat of a 747, a couple guys who left 9K at the same time I did ended up on Boeing light twins at Omni, a couple fly buses out of BOS and FLL. Now, we all had RJ or turbine time to go along with the 402 PIC. I doubt anyone will go to a legacy directly from 9K, but every knowledgeable pilot I've ever talked to has the utmost respect for 9Kers. 402 PIC won't fill the check box on the HR evaluation form, but when you get to the interview, and especially the sim ride, it will open eyes and doors.
And in the meantime you won't have to eat Ramen noodles 3 meals a day.
PS - Bentley, you are soft.
06-16-2012, 07:52 AM
#775
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Joined APC: Dec 2010
Position: A320 Left
Posts: 155
I was wondering if any current Cape Air guys/girls care to comment about how the new contract has affected pay and quality of life. I'm especially curious about the Caribbean stuff. Miss all you people at 9K.
06-16-2012, 10:31 AM
#776
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Joined APC: Jan 2008
Posts: 253
Some pilots are still frustrated about the changes in the Caribbean. But the senior guys got pay protected at their current level of compensation until the pay scale catches up with them. I would've liked to see everyone get pay protected down there, but I think the union is still working on that. There's been a lot of bumps in the road as they try to iron out the details of the CBA as far as interpretation goes, but so far the union has won just about everything they've asked for at the implementation meetings. Overall, I appreciate the value of working under the protection of a CBA, so I'm pretty happy. Personally the QOL has gotten better for me because they've increased the min guarantee, and starting doing things like Sick Call shifts, so I can spend them at home instead of in the crew room.
06-16-2012, 03:46 PM
#777
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Joined APC: May 2012
Posts: 1,071
Slats,
I went from the left seat of a 402 to the right seat of a 747, a couple guys who left 9K at the same time I did ended up on Boeing light twins at Omni, a couple fly buses out of BOS and FLL. Now, we all had RJ or turbine time to go along with the 402 PIC. I doubt anyone will go to a legacy directly from 9K, but every knowledgeable pilot I've ever talked to has the utmost respect for 9Kers. 402 PIC won't fill the check box on the HR evaluation form, but when you get to the interview, and especially the sim ride, it will open eyes and doors.
And in the meantime you won't have to eat Ramen noodles 3 meals a day.
PS - Bentley, you are soft.
I went from the left seat of a 402 to the right seat of a 747, a couple guys who left 9K at the same time I did ended up on Boeing light twins at Omni, a couple fly buses out of BOS and FLL. Now, we all had RJ or turbine time to go along with the 402 PIC. I doubt anyone will go to a legacy directly from 9K, but every knowledgeable pilot I've ever talked to has the utmost respect for 9Kers. 402 PIC won't fill the check box on the HR evaluation form, but when you get to the interview, and especially the sim ride, it will open eyes and doors.
And in the meantime you won't have to eat Ramen noodles 3 meals a day.
PS - Bentley, you are soft.
But JetBlue, Virgin and Spirit don't have sim evals.
06-22-2012, 01:24 AM
#778
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Joined APC: Oct 2006
Position: 777, sofa
Posts: 1,183
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