johnnysnow

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Kenny Powers

Hey Johnny,

Does CASW typically advertise for positions publicly or do they just come up by word of mouth?

How hard would it be to hold MEM or LUK as a base? Is there a lot of TDY stuff? What are the schedules like? Is it the typical leave out of the base around 10:00pm, do some turns and then return back by early dawn?

Appreciate it!

johnnysnow

CASW is very informal. There really isn't a seniority system per say. Typically you get hired into a route, and that's your route until you leave or the route goes away. That being said, if a route becomes available for whatever reason, they will let you switch to that route and hire someone else into your old route. You will never push someone off a route or be pushed off a route because of seniority.

As for job opportunities, they do hire publicly but also by word of mouth.

I flew the MEM route for 22 months. That route started at 2200 and went to about 0500 five nights a week. That and the Minneapolis route are the two longest with just shy of 5 hours of flying a night. I don't really know anything about Cinci. Most of the routes fly early evening into late evening. As for MEM, I just left and the guy who replaced me is a furloughed Comair guy, so I don't see him going anywhere anytime soon. The Cinci guy just left as well, so same boat there.

No real TDY stuff. The concept of reserve pilots is something they are just getting warmed up to.

Hope that answers your question

Kenny Powers

Thanks for the info!

I'm guessing the schedule was something like Monday night through Saturday morning? Is there a lot of down time while on duty or are you pretty much pushing it all through the night and sleep when you get back home to base?

johnnysnow

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