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February 2018 Aero Crew News Your Source for Pilot Hiring and More.. Air and Marine Operations Pilot-in-Command of your Career There has never been a better time to join the largest provider of regional service for American Airlines. • Up to $22,100 sign-on bonus • $60,000 first year pay($37.90/hour) • $20,000 retention bonus • Convenient bases in Chicago, Dallas/Fort Worth, New York LaGuardia and Miami • Free personal travel on the world’s largest network Find out more on envoyair.com/pilots envoyair.com | [email protected] | 972-374-5607 AEROCREW NEWS (SEPT 2017).indd 1 9/26/17 3:30 PM Jump to each section Below contents by clicking on the title or photo. February 2018 20 32 22 34 Also Featuring: Letter from the Publisher 8 Aviator Bulletins 10 Air and Marine 36 26 Almost Famous 40 Jump to each section Below by clicking on the title or photo. the grid New Airline Updated Flight Attendant Legacy Regional Alaska Airlines Air Wisconsin The Mainline Grid 50 American Airlines Cape Air Delta Air Lines Compass Airlines Legacy, Major, Cargo & International Airlines Hawaiian Airlines Corvus Airways United Airlines CommutAir General Information Endeavor Air Work Rules Envoy Additional Compensation Details Major ExpressJet Airlines Allegiant Air GoJet Airlines Airline Base Map Frontier Airlines Great Lakes Airlines JetBlue Airways Horizon Air Southwest Airlines Island Air Spirit Airlines Mesa Airlines The Regional Grid 58 Sun Country Airlines Republic Airways Virgin America Seaborne Airlines General Information Skywest Airlines Silver Airways Work Rules Trans States Airlines Additional Compensation Details Cargo PSA Airlines ABX Air Airline Base Map Piedmont Airlines Ameriflight Atlas Air FedEx Express Kalitta Air The Flight Attendant Grid 66 UPS General Information Work Rules Additional Compensation Details February 2018 | 5 THE WORLD’S LARGEST NETWORK OF LGBT AVIATORS AND ENTHUSIASTS There’s still a lot of progress to make, and we’re ready for the challenge. The NGPA is a leader in helping aviators, whether it’s through career enhancement, advocating for civil rights, or having killer networking and social events. We’ve given away over $255,000 to aspiring aviators to further their education. We welcome everyone, gay or straight, to join us and SEE WHAT WE CAN ACHIEVE TOGETHER. JOIN THE GLOBAL LGBT AVIATION COMMUNITY AT NGPA.ORG UPCOMING EVENTS NGPA CAPE COD CLASSIC / PROVINCETOWN, MA 9.18-20/2015 NGPA WINTER WARM-UP & INDUSTRY EXPO / PALM SPRINGS, CA 01.21-24/2016 REACH AN AFFLUENT COMMUNITY OF LGBT AVIATORS AT THE NGPA INDUSTRY EXPO. E: [email protected] NGPA_Advertisement-FullPage.indd 1 7/16/15 11:59 PM THE WORLD’S Your Quality of Life Matters LARGEST NETWORK OF LGBT AVIATORS Land the Best Benefits AND ENTHUSIASTS There’s still a lot of progress to make, and we’re ready for the challenge. The NGPA is a leader in helping aviators, whether it’s through career enhancement, advocating for civil rights, or having killer networking and social events. We’ve given away over $255,000 to aspiring aviators to further their education. We welcome everyone, gay or straight, to join us and SEE WHAT WE CAN ACHIEVE TOGETHER. 401k $ Company $ 100% match up to Cancellation 8% with 3% Up to Referral and guaranteed $57,000 in Bonus regardless of sign-on Minimum up to Deadhead contribution Bonuses 12 days off $4,500 Pay JOIN THE GLOBAL LGBT AVIATION COMMUNITY AT NGPA.ORG UPCOMING EVENTS NGPA CAPE COD CLASSIC / PROVINCETOWN, MA 9.18-20/2015 NGPA WINTER WARM-UP & INDUSTRY EXPO / PALM SPRINGS, CA 01.21-24/2016 Join our Team REACH AN AFFLUENT COMMUNITY OF LGBT AVIATORS AT THE NGPA INDUSTRY EXPO. E: [email protected] www.airwis.com/pilots NGPA_Advertisement-FullPage.indd 1 7/16/15 11:59 PM Dear readers, I recently received a letter from Brian who questioned the value of The Grids, citing that they are largely out-of-date. Brian’s much welcomed feedback prompts me to address how The Grids are developed. While it may not be evident (and maybe we should see how we can fix that), the data in The Grids are about 90% user-generated. We rely primarily on readers (users) to provide what is published. Anyone with a contract from the airlines is encouraged to send a copy to us so that we can verify and include the information in The Grids. To identify the updated items, we shade monthly updates in blue. To address the issues of the bonuses, our contract analysts will investigate and update as we can. We have been working on a positive change for The Grids so I will encourage everyone to stand-by. Improvements are on the horizon. We are an advertiser-supported publication, without paid subscription fees to our readers. Compared with other publications, our ad-to-content per page is calculated at 40% below the typical subscription magazines and 50% below subscription-free magazines. We are proud of this fact and consider our venture a service to our readers. We gather the information that the airlines, regional and major, are willing to have published. And, we take great care to vet data the we receive from other sources. But, our greatest source for this data is our readers. I’d like to thank Brian for bringing this to our attention and allowing me to encourage everyone to submit updates to [email protected]. Tailwinds, Craig D. Pieper About the Publisher Craig Pieper is the Publisher and Founder of Aero Crew News. Craig obtained his Bachelors of Science in Aeronautical Science, along with a minor in Aviation Weather, from Embry- Riddle Aeronautical University in 2001. Craig is also a Captain for a regional airline with a type rating in the Embraer 145 and has logged over 6,000 hours of flying time since his introductory flight on November 14th, 1992. 8 | Aero Crew News BACK TO CONTENTS January 2018 Here’s what you missed last month, Aero CREDITS Crew News traveled to Hawaii to feature Mokulele Airlines. Fitness Corner reaffirms your commitment to yourself in New Publisher / Founder Year, New You. Million-Air sticks with the Craig Pieper resolution theme in Make A Commitment This Year, Not A Resolution, To Financial Success. Pilot Perspectives shares Carrie’s Aero Crew Solutions, CEO success story, A Circuitous Route to Scott Rehn Success. Safety Matters explains Threat and Error Management. Cockpit2Cockpit and Skylaw have taken a short winter Editor break. And of course, there’s always more Deborah Bandy aviation news with Radar (previously Aviator Bulletins) from Ameriflight, CommutAir, DeerJet, Envoy, Mesa and PSA. Photo Editor Melody Hood Layout Design Charlotte Dameron Additional Contributors Andy Garrison, Scott Stahl, John Hackworth, Max Wettstein, Mike Davis Aviator Bulletins Provided by the companies listed Photographs By Melody Hood © 2018 Aero Crew News LLC, All Rights Reserved. Aero Crew News reserves the right to all the data, articles and information contained in this magazine. Unauthorized use is strictly prohibited Additional photographs as noted. and prosecutors will be persecuted to the fullest extent of the law. February 2018 | 9 RADARAVIATOR BULLETINS Mesa Airlines is Soaring Through 2018 With only one their wings to expand all across the nation to help month into students access the necessities for those dreams. 2018, Mesa Your future is clear for takeoff with Mesa Airlines. Airlines has already signed partnerships What are you waiting for? Apply today! with four Universities If you’d like to find out more information about their to their CFI Cadet Pipeline University Program. These CFI Cadet Program, make sure to check out their four Universities include; California Baptist University, Cadet page specifically for helping students out with the University of Alaska Anchorage, U.S. Flight Academy, their questions. (www.mesa-air.com/CFICadet .) and Baylor University. With the inclusion of these Universities, they now have a total of 16 Universities in their program in just under six months. But they show no plans of stopping, with future partnerships planned with other universities, as well as attending Job fairs at Universities, by the looks of it, their goal has never been so clear; to help aviation students follow their dreams. By the end of the year, Mesa Airlines wants 10 | Aero Crew News BACK TO CONTENTS Envoy Offer Up to $45,000 Signing Bonus for Experienced Pilots Seeking High Value Aviators to Fuel Growth “I started off at another airline, but my goal has always been to fly for American Airlines,” said Wil Hehman, a newly minted Envoy pilot who took advantage of the HVA program. “You can certainly apply to AA ‘off the street’ and hope to get an inter- view, but flying for Envoy is the best insurance policy in the industry...a guaranteed spot at American, with no additional interview required. And that’s on top of Envoy’s HVA bonus, generous benefits and leading travel privileges. For me, it was a no-brainer.” Those candidates with Part 121 commercial airline experience IRVING, Texas, Envoy Air Inc., the largest wholly owned region- should apply online or contact Envoy Pilot Recruitment at al airline subsidiary of American Airlines Group (AAG) recently [email protected] or launched the High Value Aviator (HVA) program, geared to new 972-374-5607 for more information. pilots who join the team with a solid record of Part 121 com- mercial airline experience. The program provides a unique bonus offer of up to $45,000 at date of hire. About Envoy Envoy Air Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of American Air- Envoy has a growing fleet and expanding network and is lines Group, operates more than 150 aircraft on over 800 hiring pilots at a rapid pace, with more than 900 new pilots daily flights to more than 150 destinations throughout the expected to be added in 2018.