Vacancy 23-01V
09-22-2022, 10:00 AM
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09-22-2022, 10:19 AM
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09-22-2022, 12:55 PM
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yeah you could live in base if you wanted as a junior ca on reserve. just pay $3500/mo for a 600sqft apartment with shared laundry. Step over homeless people as you make your way to your off street parking spot and put a fresh roll of duct tape over your smashed car windows.
09-22-2022, 01:04 PM
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Jr bases for CA are PHX and DEN. OAK and LAX have gone more sr as it incurs a 6 mo ETOPS lock and people don’t want to get stuck commuting to CA for half a year. QOL > $ here unless you got alimony payments to make.
09-22-2022, 01:06 PM
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09-22-2022, 02:58 PM
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Yup. I’m 45% in the company and I’m going to WB FO training soon. Been a 737 CA for 4 years. I need a break, and super senior WB FO is the way to do it.
09-22-2022, 03:03 PM
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Reserve not much better. AM/PM , no long call, hardly ever commutable. Utilization negates seniority. Constant extension. Yes you get paid for flexibility at swa, but don’t pretend the reserve rules are all that. Upgrade has come down from 10 but will probably trend up when premium goes down when staffing levels stabilize.
Guaranteed days off at swa on reserve would be great here.
My point is, no one’s reserve rules have it all figured out
09-22-2022, 06:16 PM
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While I agree reserve needs improving, Swas
Reserve not much better. AM/PM , no long call, hardly ever commutable. Utilization negates seniority. Constant extension. Yes you get paid for flexibility at swa, but don’t pretend the reserve rules are all that. Upgrade has come down from 10 but will probably trend up when premium goes down when staffing levels stabilize.
Guaranteed days off at swa on reserve would be great here.
My point is, no one’s reserve rules have it all figured out
Reserve not much better. AM/PM , no long call, hardly ever commutable. Utilization negates seniority. Constant extension. Yes you get paid for flexibility at swa, but don’t pretend the reserve rules are all that. Upgrade has come down from 10 but will probably trend up when premium goes down when staffing levels stabilize.
Guaranteed days off at swa on reserve would be great here.
My point is, no one’s reserve rules have it all figured out
Our rsv is always 1 side commutable. Once given a trip, your monthly credit goes up. Allowed to pick up on days off if you want. A longer callout would be nice and the ability to trade rsv with company, but for those who live in base it’s not a bad gig.
If we had long call I’d never bid a line. Lol
09-22-2022, 09:55 PM
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We’ve hired almost 3,000 since May 2021. That’s barely over a year. Current projection is 60-70 a week for the rest of the year. We have 55 unfilled 737 Captains just in LAX. With 500 airplanes being delivered in 5 years (each plane requires 8 crews or 16 pilots) that’s 8,000 pilots. That also doesn’t cover the current shortfall of about 1,500 vacancies we have now. We just put a guy with 13 months on the property into the 756 as a Captain.
This doesn’t include the WB order (100+ planes) that will be announced soon. Kirby said he needs to get hiring up to 150 a week, but we can’t do that until 2024 because they need to finish the new building at the training center.
Not really crackpipe, its just what’s happening.
This doesn’t include the WB order (100+ planes) that will be announced soon. Kirby said he needs to get hiring up to 150 a week, but we can’t do that until 2024 because they need to finish the new building at the training center.
Not really crackpipe, its just what’s happening.
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