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#4151
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Joined APC: May 2009
Position: Another RJ FO
Posts: 1,272
I wish we had this Brasilia setup when I was hired. I would have begged for the bro! I was grateful for the RJ just because of the pay but now I have been mega junior for over 6 years on the RJ with no upgrade in sight. When it does get in sight it will be on the Brasilia which I have never flown which makes me hesitant.
When I was a new hire we had an upgrade class with us where no one had ever flown the Brasilia before. They all said it was pretty hard but doable. None of the captains even came close to washing out. Most of them beat the new hires on the tests.
#4152
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Joined APC: Oct 2013
Posts: 146
Word from training, they don't want to short change the RJ during the heavy block hour months. So for the next few months I doubt we see many upgrades into the Bro.
rcfd is correct, hired in Jan 2008, you're still at least 12-24 months from upgrading into the Bro. The only catalyst, attrition.
#4153
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Joined APC: Oct 2005
Position: RJ Captain
Posts: 1,181
I thought there was something mentioned about no more EMB upgrades for the next several months.
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Just a thought... how much longer do you think they will be able to sustain the 120 flying?? I guess when they really start having problems hiring then we may see the decision to end some of the pro-rate 120 flying and transition crews over to the RJ.... crews on the jet side are razor thin right now causing delays and cancels daily.
#4155
Just a thought... how much longer do you think they will be able to sustain the 120 flying?? I guess when they really start having problems hiring then we may see the decision to end some of the pro-rate 120 flying and transition crews over to the RJ.... crews on the jet side are razor thin right now causing delays and cancels daily.
I do have to say that I am sick and tired of the 6 year FO lament. That's what happens when you get hired at the tail end of massive & rapid expansion and hiring, followed by five years of stagnation due to A65 and economic collapse. Even if that hadn't happened, we hired almost 1000 pilots in about a year, that's a lot of people ahead of you for what (at the time for people hired a year ahead of you) was a 9 month upgrade. It's a case of expectations vs. reality. And before you jump all over me, I was a 6.5 year FO.
#4159
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Joined APC: May 2009
Position: Another RJ FO
Posts: 1,272
I've always wondered why they don't just ask people what base they ideally want in order to save training costs. I lived 10 minutes from ORD when I was hired but was awarded the Brasilia and had to commute for a year and a half. Had they given me the RJ it would have saved them training costs. I've met a few people who were given the RJ based in ORD and commuted to SFO for years.
It seems like it would save a lot of money and headaches to make an exception and award people who live in ORD, MSP, IAH, DEN the jet.
It seems like it would save a lot of money and headaches to make an exception and award people who live in ORD, MSP, IAH, DEN the jet.
#4160
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Joined APC: Jan 2008
Posts: 208
In the latest awards, there were no bro upgrades.
Word from training, they don't want to short change the RJ during the heavy block hour months. So for the next few months I doubt we see many upgrades into the Bro.
rcfd is correct, hired in Jan 2008, you're still at least 12-24 months from upgrading into the Bro. The only catalyst, attrition.
Word from training, they don't want to short change the RJ during the heavy block hour months. So for the next few months I doubt we see many upgrades into the Bro.
rcfd is correct, hired in Jan 2008, you're still at least 12-24 months from upgrading into the Bro. The only catalyst, attrition.
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