lakehouse

Maybe you are not who I thought you are, either its that or you just do not want to admit your Scotty!

lakehouse

Which Jetstream??

CrustyFE

A lot of them are pieces of ****. Then they beat the hell out of you and make you sweat like a pig.

I never flew the ATR but I have about 6000 hrs in various models of C-130's. (Not J models) I suppose the ATR 72's with the six bladed props are smoother than the four bladed versions, but I would just be guessing. I'd have another thousand hours or so in the Herc if it didn't break all the damn time.

Vibrations from the props tend to beat the hell out of everything and maintenance has to stay on the plane all the time to keep it in decent condition. Eagle does okay as far as I know, but it's always a battle.

Jets don't have the same problems simply because the vibrations are not nearly as bad.

love2av8

I know of at least 4 folks that went home during sim (1 was elective the others had gotten 3 unsats). I know 1 that didn't get past the oral. It is very fast paced and challenging, but the feeling you have when you finally get thru it! It's such a feeling of accomplishment. Then IOE starts and you find yourself hanging onto the tail again!

lakehouse

does anyone use any programs to help them know if a trip opens up that they can trade into, I saw some for AA but not for AE, does nothing like this exist?

Machwon

Ya its called manually checking the n4d or n4tl on Sabre every day. Other than that there is no program.

lakehouse

Ya I figured, oh well. For newer guys I just looked at all the union stuff, looks like anyone hired early this year will be holding line everywhere except ORD, LAX and LGA EMJ. JFK EMJ is the most junior base right now, followed by MIA EMJ and ORD CRJ. DFW EMJ is after that. LAX EMJ is the most senior followed by LGA EMJ then ORD EMJ then LGA CRJ.


This would be from the perspective of someone hired earlier this year, and in reference to the time off reserve as of now, and with projected flow/movement. I used the union excel sheet that is red/yellow/green showing if you could hold a base and would have a hard line or reserve, so hopefully this is fairly accurate, I know a FEW people in my class in DFW EMJ got hard lines in AUG, all CRJ ORD got hard lines, all JFK EMJ got hard lines, all MIA EMJ got hard lines, ORD EMJ are on reserve, LGA CRJ are on reserve, LAX EMJ are still flowing to LAX, and LGA EMJ would be S1/S3. SJU ATR would be a hard line, not sure about MIA, I think RSV, and DFW ATR was a composite line. This is FEB 11 DOH.

Hopefully this helps someone.

WolfpackC17

Thanks for the SA, rick, especially since I'll be picking equipment/domicile on 15 Aug.

And I realize the standard "anything can change between now and then" applies...

lakehouse

ya when I got hired it was not like this, so it could change, but at least it gives you an idea of the current trend.

What

Don't pick a base because of how quickly you can be off reserve. Like Rick said things can change and will change quickly, one vacancy bid and things change. Pick what aircraft can get you to the base that you want. Just because someone is holding a line this month doesn't mean you will next month. People are going to continue to come their seat locks in the ATR and will be pushing you to the button.