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August 2017 Aero Crew News Your Source for Pilot Hiring Information and More... Exclusive Hiring Briefing SKY HIGH PAY. FLOW TO AA. There’s never been a better time to join the largest provider of regional service for American Airlines. • Up to $22,100 sign-on bonus • Make nearly $60,000 your first year ($37.90/hour + bonuses) • $20,000 retention bonus after one year of service • Convenient bases in Chicago (ORD) and Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW), with LaGuardia (LGA) base opening in 2017 • Flow to American Airlines in about six years -- no additional interview Find out more on envoyair.com www.envoyair.com | [email protected] | +1 972-374-5607 contents August 2017 Letter From the Publisher 8 Photographing an Airline Aviator Bulletins 10 Latest Industry News Our Photo Editor 15 Introducing Our New Photo Editor 24 Pilot Perspectives 16 Keys to Success: Mentorship, Networking, Professionalism MILLION-AIR 20 Three Things The Most Financially Successful People Do Fitness Corner 24 28 Fitness Accountability! Contract Talks 28 Money Money Money! Exclusive Hiring Feature 30 Southwest Airlines 30 Cockpit 2 Cockpit 42 Skeletons in the Closet Jump to each section above by clicking on the title or photo. the grids Sections Airlines in the Grid Updated Legacy FedEx Express The Mainline Grid 46 Alaska Airlines Kalitta Air Legacy, Major, Cargo & FA American Airlines UPS International Airlines Delta Air Lines General Information Hawaiian Airlines Regional US Airways Work Rules Air Wisconsin United Airlines Additional Compensation Details Cape Air Virgin America Compass Airlines Airline Base Map Corvus Airways Major CommutAir FA Allegiant Air Endeavor Air The Regional Grid 54 Frontier Airlines Envoy General Information JetBlue Airways FA ExpressJet Airlines GoJet Airlines Work Rules Southwest Airlines Spirit Airlines Great Lakes Airlines Additional Compensation Details Sun Country Airlines Horizon Air Airline Base Map Island Air International Mesa Airlines Republic Airways Qatar Airways The Flight Attendant Grid 62 Seaborne Airlines General Information Skywest Airlines Cargo Silver Airways Work Rules ABX Air Trans States Airlines Additional Compensation Details Ameriflight FA PSA Airlines Atlas Air Piedmont Airlines If the airline you are interested in or work for is not shown on this list please let us know. Email all contracts and updates to [email protected] August 2017 | 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 18 month upgrade to New long-term partnership with United Airlines commencing this Fall Captain Compensation and Benefits* $272,500 over three years! $5,000 $10,000 $4,500 First Month Anniversary Referral Bonus Bonus Bonus $8,000 Type Rating $75,600 $95,100 IOE Bonus Compensation Compensation & Benefits* & Benefits* $26,000 IOE Bonus Year Two Year Three $48,300 Compensation $85,600 $99,600 & Benefits* Apply now on Airline Apps Year One or at www.airwis.com $87,300 *Insurance benefits based on single coverage Letter From the Publisher Photography by: Melody Hood Dear Readers, This month Aero Crew News went on location in Atlanta to photograph Southwest Airlines in action. Melody, our photo editor, and I met in Atlanta with Dan Mix, Atlanta Chief Pilot, John Cowart, Atlanta Assistant Chief Pilot, Derek Matthews, Robbie Robinson and Nolen Mannerly. We started the morning with a tour of the Southwest Airlines maintenance hanger and Melody went to work moving people, ladders, cherry pickers and 737s for that perfect shot. After about two hours of shooting we ventured over to the terminal, with a short wait at TSA despite 25 college girls cutting the line, Melody was in and the photo shooting continued. Dan escorted us to the Southwest crew lounge, which was just recently renovated to the tune of $14 million. The crew lounge is equipped with chairs, tables, massage chairs, big screen TVs, a popcorn machine, and a foosball table. There is also a quiet room with lazy boy chairs separated by curtains for pilots to rest between flights. We were able to grab a few shots of crewmembers between flights. We were lucky enough to find a 737 that was doing a quick turn from FLL to TPA and Melody was able to pop on and take a few pictures of the pilots and the gate agent as he was boarding the TPA flight. Lastly, Dan took us to the Southwest Operations Command Center for ATL, a dark room full of computers, screens and ops personal. Everyone had two seconds to say hello and then the room came alive with chatter as calls came in. Everyone with whom we came in contact during our day visit was incredibly friendly, kind and happy. You can tell that Southwest Airlines is a place where the employees feel at home and truly enjoy working! Regards, Craig D. Pieper D. Pieper Publsiher, Aero Crew News We gladly accept and encourage letters to the publisher. These letters will be reviewed and published at the sole discretion of the publisher. Please limit your letters to the publisher to a maximum of 200 words. You can email you letters to Craig.Pieper@AeroCrewSolutions. com. Please 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. 8 | Aero Crew News Back to Contents July 2017 Here’s what you missed last month. Aero Crew News featured Ravn Alaska. Contract Talks helps Credits your Maximize Pay. Fitness Corner goes green with Hydration, Plastic and the Fit Flyer. Food Bites relaxes Publisher / Founder on The Deck! Million-Air helps Creating a Financial Craig Pieper Plan That Delivers. Cockpit2Cockpit addresses the question, Is The Grass Greener? Pilot Perspectives Aero Crew Solutions, CEO continues with Hard Work Pays Off. Lastly, there’s Scott Rehn always more aviation news with Aviator Bulletins from Ameriflight, Alaska Airlines, Envoy and Jet Linx. Editor Deborah Bandy To view this and previous issues, visit our archive at aerocrewnews.com/category/issues/ Photo Editor Melody Hood Layout Design By Craig Pieper, Melody Hood Additional Contributors Max Wettstein, Andy Garrison, Marc Cervantes, Marc Himelhoch Aviator Bulletins Provided by the companies listed Southwest Airlines Feature Contributors Rocky Calkins, Steph Logue, Kristian Brandstetter, Photographs By Melody Hood Additional photographs as noted. © 2017 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. August 2017 | 9 Aviator Bulletins The latest aviation industry hiring news and more. Mesa Airlines Reaches New Pilot Collective Bargaining Agreement Image provided by Mesa Airlines esa Airlines announced Wednesday that its pilots, ALPA negotiating committee, the members of the Master represented by the Air Line Pilots Association, Executive Council, Chairman and Captain Andy Hughes, International (ALPA), ratified a new four-year as well as the professionals at ALPA for their critical role Mcollective bargaining agreement. The agreement will be in achieving this landmark agreement. Most of all, I’d like implemented in coordination with ALPA. to thank our pilots not only for passing this new collective “We are delighted to come to a long term collective bargaining agreement, but for the tremendous work they bargaining agreement with our pilot group,” said Jonathan do every day providing safe and reliable transportation Ornstein, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of to millions of passengers every month and their much Mesa Airlines. “The agreement is the result of a truly appreciated support of Mesa Airlines.” cooperative effort by both parties to achieve a fair and Over the last four years, Mesa has doubled in size and equitable contract while protecting the long term future of has hired over 1,000 pilots, more than any other regional the company and its ability to effectively compete in the airline. The new agreement will solidify the Company’s marketplace. We are especially pleased that throughout ability to support the expansion of its partnership with the process, all parties maintained a professional, open, United Airlines, which is scheduled to add 12 new Embraer and friendly relationship. The new agreement provides 175 aircraft in 2017 bringing the total number of aircraft Mesa the tools to both attract and retain qualified and operated as United Express to 80. Mesa also operates widely sought after professional pilots that we will need to 64 aircraft under the American Eagle brand in partnership remain one of the top performing and fastest expanding with American Airlines. regional airlines in the country. It is our strong belief that The delivery of the additional aircraft will create more there are a number