NYAvi8tor

This company has always intrigued me, If they can get some aircraft upgrades it could be a great place as long as Airways accepts the flow thru. But this Trans States thing seems a little far fetched.

Piedmonster

How many likes of blow do you have to do to be delirious enough to say PDT would be a great place if they got an aircraft upgrade?

I don't care if it's a plastic shell, or a hand carved marble outhouse. A hole in the ground no matter how you surround it is still a hole full of rank smelling $3!^.

Meccathor

We don't have a flow through. It's more of a preferential interview. The company has been telling people that to try and get people to come here.

The process really works like this:
Each month that Airways runs a new hire class, Either 25% of the classes or 3 pilots (Whichever is LESS) must be offered a class date. (That's total for the month, not per class)

Before you can do this, you have to sign a waiver saying that airways has full access to your personnel file and training records. You must then put in an application to USAirways.

If they go through your application, and then go through your records, and there's nothing that they don't like, you will eventually get a call where you will still have to interview for the job just like someone off the street.

2 big caveats with this program is that:
a) The language in the contract mentions specifically that it is an agreement with USAirways only and that it needs to be renegotiated in the event of a merger. (The language is unclear, some would say that it is null and void with the merger, and some will say that it would be status quo and would only need renegotiated if we wanted to change something. Only time will tell on that one.
and
b) The language says that at the "sole discretion" of Usairways, if there are no qualified candidates, then they don't have to take anyone from PDT at all.

As far as I know, no one has gone over there yet through this program, so we see if it is effective or not at getting PDT people hired there.

l1011

You obviously do not know much about PDT!

1. A flow does not exist, never has and never will. Just a ploy to get new hires in the door and/or slow attrition. As many have pointed out, read the contract and you will see that this is not anything close to a flow.
2. Management here has the mentality that there crews are disposable and they have no desire to treat you like a human.

Stay the F away from PDT!

Bozo the pilot

I left PDT for RAH and Its much better. Rah has a garbage contract, but its a better job. Pdt and rah do share yur 2nd point though. Upper management at both are ****bags. Ive never regretted leaving pdt-Its a dead end...

boilerflyer

Also left PDT to come to RAH. Have not regretted it yet.

DASH8AV8R

So what happened down at Piedmont's school house that Sir JK suited up and communicated an apology to the New hire/ upgrade class?
This does not sound like the PDT that I left with its caring environment of " Ask PIedmont" forums and "most on time departures awards".

Bozo the pilot

If he apologized, I hope he plans on apologizing to many that have had to deal with him thru the years.

NYAvi8tor

Very well done. Probably the best explanation I have seen yet. I now would like to ask Meccathor what you think about the future of the planes timing out OR a merger to obtain some RJ's? You seem to have a pretty educated opinion.

I was surprised to see Bozo say RAH is truly greener grass. That says a lot to me. Either way I look up to all you RJ guys!!!!!

Bozo the pilot

Its slightly less yellow grass I know of 6 guys who have come over- 2 of them couldve upgraded at pdt and chose rah- bases and equip was the reason. The jet is just an easier job-Less legs and great a/c. Being based at a hub lends itself to a bettr sked. But everyone is different as there are plenty of angry guys at Rah. Choose wisely for yur situation.