Sitting in the crew room. Seems as though the great news about recalls isn’t so great.
The recalls at Trans States was predicated on that airline getting additional flying from United. Yesterday it was announced that Expressjet (who currently flies for Continental) will get the flying. All of the recalls Trans States sent out were all cancelled. I feel bad for those guys. Crazy emotional roller coaster. Hired, Furloughed, Recalled and Re-Furloughed. Ouch.
There is a sign that Delta Airlines is thinking about hiring. Yeah the REAL Delta Airlines.
For a long time they weren’t allowing updates via the application site (airlineapps.com). Within the last few days they are allowing updates again. The mins are crazy low….even I qualify! Of course mins are just that….mins. Competitive qualifications will be much higher. It’s a good sign though.
Bidding is up for next month as well as next year. The results for next months schedule should post on Friday while I am in the simulator. I also bid for next years vacation. All seniority based.
I should be working Thanksgiving. No big deal as it’s just the wife and I here anyway.
A pilot friendof mine recently took a cross country that even makes me jealous. He is still working on building time (currently around 215 TT) . He was able to build multi-engine time with the following flight:
Little Rock to OK City, Denver, Fremont, Leadville, Aspen, Telluride, Salt Lake City, Lake Tahoe, Arcata, Oakland, San Francisco, Las Vegas, Grand Canyon, Phoenix, Sedona, Winslow, Santa Fe, Stephenville , Durant, and then back to Little Rock. He logged 39 hours of multi-engine time including several hours of IMC. He flew real SIDS and STARS. Truly amazing. Getting that kind of exposure prior to hitting an airline is a great asset.
Beyond that everything is status quo. Which in this industry is a great thing.
November 17th, 2009 → 5:03 pm @ Geek Pilot