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Aero Crew NewsSeptember 2015 Your Source for Pilot Hiring Information and More... Contract Talks Exclusive Hiring Briefings Upgrade time UPS Metropolitan College September Grid Updates Virgin America Updated Great Lakes Updated Skywest Agreement Added Regional Airline Sick Time Accrual Added & 401(K) Broken Down by YOS THE SMART CHOICE FOR YOUR FUTURE ExpressJet offers industry-leading training, work rules and quality of life. More ExpressJet pilots are hired by the majors than any other airline, and those seeking to make ExpressJet a long-term career enjoy a family atmosphere and confidence in the stability of our company. Make the smart choice and fly with the best at ExpressJet. Visit expressjet.com/aerocrew to learn more. expressjet.com /ExpressJetPilotRecruiting @expressjet @expressjetpilots September 2015 C o n t e n t s Sections Airlines in the Grid Aviator Bulletins 6 Updated Latest Industry News Legacy Kalitta Air Alaska Airlines UPS Envoy Air 10 American Airlines Delta Air Lines Regional Exclusive Hiring Briefing Hawaiian Airlines Air Wisconsin US Airways Cape Air UPS 18 United Airlines Compass Airlines Virgin America CommutAir Metropolitan College Endeavor Air Major Envoy Kalitta Air 20 Allegiant Air ExpressJet Airlines Frontier Airlines GoJet Airlines Exclusive Hiring Briefing JetBlue Airways Great Lakes Airlines Southwest Airlines Horizon Air Contract Talks 27 Spirit Airlines Island Air Sun Country Airlines Mesa Airlines Upgrade Time Republic Airways International Skywest Airlines The Mainline Grid 28 Qatar Airways Silver Airways Trans States Airlines Legacy, Major, Cargo & Cargo PSA Airlines International Airlines Atlas Air Piedmont Airlines General Information FedEx Express Work Rules Coming Soon... Additional Compensation Details Major IBEX Airlines Captain Pay Comparison Eastern Air Lines First Officer Pay Comparison Miami Air Canadian Air Canada The Regional Grid 36 Cargo Air Transat ABX Air Bearskin General Information Air Inuit Calm Air Work Rules Air Transport, Int. Can Jet Additional Compensation Details Evergreen Canadian North World Airways First Air Captain Pay Comparison Jazz Aviation First Officer Pay Comparison Regional Kelowna Flightcraft Jump to each section above Corvus Airways Morningstar Air Express Peninsula Airways Sunwing by clicking on the section title. Seaborne Airlines Wasaya To subscribe to our email list and receive a notification WestJet when our free magazine is available, please visit our International website, AeroCrewNews.com. Emirates If the airline you are interested in or work for is not shown 4 | Aero Crew News on this list please let us know. Email all contracts and updates to [email protected] Editor in Chief Craig Pieper Aero Crew Solutions, CEO Scott Rehn Letter from the Editor Contributing Authors Dear Readers, Scott Stahl , Sandy Hartz This month marks 14 years since our country was attacked on September 11th, Layout Design By 2001. I am sure we can all remember exactly what we were doing and where Craig Pieper we were when the attacks started that day. Exactly four days prior, my first son, Carson, was born. While I’m sure he doesn’t remember the events of that day, the dangers that this world could bring to my newborn son frightened me and Additional Contributors that I will never forget. The fear of the uncertainty, the feelings of grief and the Sean Horton, Nicolas Brice, thoughts of anger overwhelmed all of us the following weeks and months after Nancy Kalin, Ric Wilson & that day. That day changed our lives, our profession and our careers. We will Envoy pilot recruitment department never forget that day nor will we forget those that lost their lives; the passengers in the air, the people on the ground and the heroes that responded to save them. Photographs By Envoy Air Corporation I encourage all of you to wear your full uniform during the week of September Corporate Communications 11th. Show everyone that you will Never Forget, stand tall and wear your Photographs used with permission uniform with Pride. From all of us at Aero Crew News and Aero Crew Solutions, from Envoy Air Corporation fly safe! Kalitta Air Corporate Craig D. Pieper Scott Rehn Communications Department Editor in Chief Aero Crew Solutions, CEO Photographs used with permission from Kalitta Air We gladly accept and encourage letters to the editor. These letters will be reviewed and pub- lished at the sole discretion of the Editor. Please limit your letters to the Editor to a maximum of 200 words. You can email you letters to [email protected]. Please Craig Pieper include a city and state. All questions emailed may or may not be published. Aero Crew News assumes no liability for the information contained in letters to us that are published. Here’s what you missed last month. United Airlines and Air Wisconsin were featured. Plus articles from Contract If you wish to advertise with us please email Talks, 401K Matching by Scott Stahl. [email protected] To view this and previous issue visit Don’t have an ad? We work with a company our archive at AeroCrewNews.com/ that can produce an ad to your specifications. Archive. © 2015 Aero Crew News, 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 and prosecutors will be persecuted to the fullest extent of the law. September 2015 | 5 Aviator Bulletins The latest aviation industry hiring news and more. Recently, United launched United Ground Express, a wholly station operations, ramp, baggage handling and cargo service. owned subsidiary of United Airlines, that will provide cost The company will launch service later this year in select effective ground handling services at traditionally outsourced stations and will also provide ground handling for United’s new locations. With approximately 150 outsourced stations within service to and from AZO (Kalamazoo, Michigan) starting Dec. the U.S., this will provide an opportunity to take on some 9, 2015. It will expand to more locations in 2016. United will work that was previously handled by business partners. continue to use ground handling business partners in markets While being a separate company from United Airlines, it will where it makes financial and logistical sense to do so. allow United to mirror their flyer friendly service philosophy, United Ground Express began recruiting to place qualified providing customers with a seamless travel experience. applicants in available positions and launched a new website United Ground Express will provide customer service, with additional information, UnitedGroundExpress.com. We are excited to announce that Air Wisconsin has entered by providing charts to more than 100 carriers. Their charts into a commitment to provide electronic flight bags (EFBs) to customer base includes carriers of all sizes and business our cockpit crewmembers, which will replace our paper flight models such as Flybe Finland, Cathay Pacific, and Ryan manuals and navigational charts. This commitment represents Air. By partnering with Navtech, we will become their launch yet another investment into technology and tools necessary customer in the United States and we look forward to working to enhance and build upon our great operating performance with them and their dedicated commitment to ensuring the while providing our pilots with the ease of accessing volumes success of this important project. of data in electronic format. Beginning in November, pilots will begin transitioning away from paper to an EFB contained This initiative is the result of tremendous coordination on an iPad, which will enable pilots to reference their flight and effort across virtually every department of the company manuals and navigational charts with ease. This technology including, but not limited to, Flight, IT, Maintenance, Finance will assist crewmembers and allow them to be more efficient in and Strategic Sourcing. Over the next several weeks, there the cockpit, as well as lighten their load during trips. will be a lot of communication, coordination and training to ensure a successful rollout of the EFB. Please take the time In conjunction with this new technology, we have entered to stay informed as this exciting project continues to move into a three-year partnership with Navtech to provide the us forward while becoming an integral part of our daily flight navigational charts for the EFBs. Navtech’s reputation for operations. great service and quality has earned them business worldwide 6 | Aero Crew News Ameriflight is excited to announce the addition of two EMB- Ameriflight operates a fleet of over 200 aircraft including 120 Brasilias to our fleet; increasing our EMB-120 fleet size to the Embraer EMB-110 and EMB-120, Beechcraft Be99 ten. The first of the two Brasilias is currently undergoing cargo and Be1900, Fairchild Sa227, and Cessna C208, providing conversion at Worldwide Aircraft Services in Springfield, MO daily service for the largest international integrators and and is scheduled for delivery in early September; at which time manufacturers throughout North America and the Caribbean. it will go through the FAA conformity process and be on-line by mid-month. The second aircraft will follow approximately 60 days later. Republic is reaching out to universities and the top flight schools across the country to establish partnerships. Earlier this year, Republic and Purdue University announced an innovative new partnership that will match students from one of the nation’s top aviation programs with a career track at the world’s largest operator of Embraer aircraft – an educational first in the state of Indiana and a first for the regional airline industry. Called the Industry–Purdue Opportunity Pipeline (iPOP), the collaborative initiative concentrates on enhancing a clear university/industry education pathway for students in Purdue’s Department of Aviation Technology, which work on real-world scenarios and projects with Republic. Upon graduation, iPOP participants will receive a guaranteed employment interview with Republic for positions such as pilots, engineers, mechanics and other corporate functions.