bender

I made around $1100 through the pilot profit sharing program for the first six months of 2015 which was on top of the $3600 I made through the company wide profit sharing program. While our payrates could be higher, that's still an extra $4700 (minus taxes) that hit my bank account with which I can waste on hookers and blow. I'd recommend unplugging from the forums for about 3 months and focusing more on your family and friends because you're living up to your screen name too well. And yes, that's Dr. bender talking.

slough

It's not far from a E-190?

Terantious

Why are you even asking when your previous post in regards to the E175 answers your own question?

"It is a regional jet, and not something the Majors want to waste their time with....It will continue to be flown by the regional airlines, even though the "majors" are going to push the limits of its range...."

fastback

If it doesn't have a middle seat and three FAs, it's an RJ. Sadly, that's where the line is now.

N1234

There is no magic definition of what an RJ is.

It is plain and simple. Everything not flown by mainline but by regional lift providers is an RJ. It is entirely a function of scope clause and nothing else .....

amcnd

So when Air Canada flew the CRJ200. That was mainline???

N1234

Sure - if they had mainline pilot fly it under the Air Canada brand ...

The same for Lufthansa. They were actually the launch customer for the CRJ 100/200 and had some major influence on the design and specifications.

disillusioned

Thanks for the advice. My comment had nothing to do with payrates and everything to do with getting time to spend with my family and friends. The point, which I guess was made poorly, was that SW is grabbing as much flying as they can from all the partners while other airlines struggle to staff it. Since we have no contract that will protect us, the company can just take all this flying and force it on our pilot group. They get premium pay from our partners to cover the lift for them and they force it on us at straight pay. And our student association just tells us "Sorry we would like to make the pairings better, but since we are adding all the flying last minute, we just have to take what they can give us."

It is absolute ridiculous that we are getting forced to fly 90+ hours for the past 18-24 months. It is even more asinine that we don't have enough staff so I can drop a min credit RT that was added to my schedule to get me to 92 hours and would give me an extra day at home. Oh and if I try to call in sick, then I get to have a special meeting with my CP. Nevermind the fact that CS tells us if we need time off to call in sick.

I would log off the forums, but what the hell else am I supposed to do on all my 3 and 4 hour sits in SLC, SFO, IAH and SEA? And you are right, I am disillusioned because it is bull$hit that someone who bids in the top 30% of their base cannot fly the trips their seniority holds because the company would rather have 60% reserve coverage for the E175 flying and doesn't give a crap about any of the RJ pilots.

So my point was I don't give a crap how much money we make in profit sharing, because we take 6% of that and split it among 3800 pilots. I would rather have the time at home with my kids. I appreciate the concern and I wish our management or association gave a crap about fixing some of these problems.

bender

What base/equipment are you on, and do you live in base? There are ways to get more days off and/or get specific days off to spend with your family. I spent 14 days on reserve over the past 1.5 months without getting called which meant I got to put my infant daughter to bed at night. That's huge and obviously something you want as well.

Is offline

Well in the base I am in they are putting us at 90+ hours. If you do the math that is 5 hours per duty period working 19 duty periods. I bid 7 hour trips and half are not awarded/replaced with crap trips so I have to work the full 19 days while they give my good paying trips to junior guys. It doesn't matter if you commute, live in base, or strip on the side. The company needs to follow senority period. I don't see why our pilots are so ignorant to the fact that the company doesn't want the bids published.