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09-22-2017, 10:38 AM
#1341
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Joined APC: Jul 2017
Posts: 5
Hello everyone. I'm somewhat new to the forum and this is my first posting but I've been reading the threads for a bit now. I'm getting ready to retire out of the Army soon as a helo pilot and I'm very interested in PSA. My wife and I would like to stay in the northeast if possible. I know this may be a tough question to answer but I've been reading about the rumors of a base opening in Philly. I guess I'm trying to see how likely this is to come true or not. Do you all think it is a pretty solid chance or no? Any idea on when this could be confirmed or squashed? Thanks.
09-22-2017, 11:35 AM
#1343
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Joined APC: Mar 2017
Posts: 566
Hello everyone. I'm somewhat new to the forum and this is my first posting but I've been reading the threads for a bit now. I'm getting ready to retire out of the Army soon as a helo pilot and I'm very interested in PSA. My wife and I would like to stay in the northeast if possible. I know this may be a tough question to answer but I've been reading about the rumors of a base opening in Philly. I guess I'm trying to see how likely this is to come true or not. Do you all think it is a pretty solid chance or no? Any idea on when this could be confirmed or squashed? Thanks.
If you need to use the RTP to get your fixed wing ratings, I'd recommend that you just make a decision and do it ASAP.
09-22-2017, 01:23 PM
#1346
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Joined APC: Mar 2016
Posts: 193
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THISSSSSS!!!! The reserve here could be such much better but they insist on making it extremely difficult. This is why people bypass upgrade. This place has the potential to improve a lot, its just that the wrong people are in charge.
Most people that complain about the reserve rules here have never been on reserve anywhere else. So, they complain.
Schedulers are inefficient, but that is about it. The company is working to make it better, as was described at the company meeting with the pilot group today. No details, but they know it could be better.
Being able to call and request a trip that is in open time when you are on reserve would be great. We should be able to look at the open time and call in and request a specific trip if it is open. As long as we don't break guarantee, who cares if I fly a particular 4 day or another. They are going to make me work, I might as well work something that I want if given the choice. It isn't hurting anyone. If someone more senior wants the same trip, then he/she should get it instead of me. Simple.
Also, being able to commute in during your call out time would be great as well. For instance, if I am on reserve starting at 11am, the earliest that I could actually fly would be 1pm after a 2 hour call out. I could fly in at noon and be ready to fly at 1pm, except I would not be available to answer the phone at 11am when they called me. So, if scheduling allowed me to call them at 9am and say "hey...I'm getting on an airplane to commute to my base, if you are going to assign me a trip that starts at 1pm, I will be ready and will call you back when I land at 12:10".
Scheduling requires us to call them the night before a reserve assignment starts to get our reserve start time. They should be able to look forward a few days and be able to assign it when we check out on the previous reserve assignment, but they can't. So, we have to call the night before. That means that we are required to call on a day off, which makes it a work day in the eyes of FAR117.
But, if those things are fixed, it is like most anywhere else.
Schedulers are inefficient, but that is about it. The company is working to make it better, as was described at the company meeting with the pilot group today. No details, but they know it could be better.
Being able to call and request a trip that is in open time when you are on reserve would be great. We should be able to look at the open time and call in and request a specific trip if it is open. As long as we don't break guarantee, who cares if I fly a particular 4 day or another. They are going to make me work, I might as well work something that I want if given the choice. It isn't hurting anyone. If someone more senior wants the same trip, then he/she should get it instead of me. Simple.
Also, being able to commute in during your call out time would be great as well. For instance, if I am on reserve starting at 11am, the earliest that I could actually fly would be 1pm after a 2 hour call out. I could fly in at noon and be ready to fly at 1pm, except I would not be available to answer the phone at 11am when they called me. So, if scheduling allowed me to call them at 9am and say "hey...I'm getting on an airplane to commute to my base, if you are going to assign me a trip that starts at 1pm, I will be ready and will call you back when I land at 12:10".
Scheduling requires us to call them the night before a reserve assignment starts to get our reserve start time. They should be able to look forward a few days and be able to assign it when we check out on the previous reserve assignment, but they can't. So, we have to call the night before. That means that we are required to call on a day off, which makes it a work day in the eyes of FAR117.
But, if those things are fixed, it is like most anywhere else.
THISSSSSS!!!! The reserve here could be such much better but they insist on making it extremely difficult. This is why people bypass upgrade. This place has the potential to improve a lot, its just that the wrong people are in charge.
09-22-2017, 02:00 PM
#1347
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Joined APC: Feb 2014
Posts: 745
Attrition was only 8?!?!?!?!
* Six Captains, (please tell me that we didn't flow anyone last month).
* One F/O.
* One F/O, (in training).
How can the recruiters tell new hires that they'll flow in 6-7 years, given that kind of attrition?
* Six Captains, (please tell me that we didn't flow anyone last month).
* One F/O.
* One F/O, (in training).
How can the recruiters tell new hires that they'll flow in 6-7 years, given that kind of attrition?
09-22-2017, 04:38 PM
#1348
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Joined APC: Jun 2017
Posts: 967
I thought 6 a month was your flow rate?
09-22-2017, 06:53 PM
#1349
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Joined APC: Feb 2014
Posts: 745
09-23-2017, 04:24 AM
#1350
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Joined APC: Aug 2014
Posts: 448
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