December 2018 Aero Crew News Your Source for Pilot Hiring and More... Aviation History The Greatest Generation ExpressJet is taking off with a new Pilot Contract Top-Tier Compensation and Work Rules $40/hour first-year pay $10,000 annual override for First Officers, $8,000 for Captains New-hire bonus 100% cancellation and deadhead pay $1.95/hour per-diem Generous 401(k) match Friendly commuter and reserve programs ARE YOU READY FOR EXPRESSJET? FLEET DOMICILES UNITED CPP 126 - Embraer ERJ145 Chicago • Cleveland Spend your ExpressJet career 20 - Bombardier CRJ200 Houston • Knoxville knowing United is in Newark your future with the United Pilot Career Path Program Apply today at expressjet.com/apply. Questions? [email protected] expressjet.com /ExpressJetPilotRecruiting @expressjetpilots Jump to each section Below contents by clicking on the title or photo. December 2018 16 28 22 36 26 Also Featuring: Letter from the Publisher 8 Aviator Bulletins 10 Stepping Back In Time 32 Remembering one from our nation’s “Greatest Generation” 4 | Aero Crew News BACK TO CONTENTS the grid New Airline Updated Flight Attendant Legacy Regional Alaska Airlines Air Wisconsin The Mainline Grid 48 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 Horizon Air JetBlue Airways Island Air Southwest Airlines Mesa Airlines Spirit Airlines Republic Airways The Regional Grid 56 Sun Country Airlines Seaborne Airlines Virgin America Skywest Airlines General Information Silver Airways Trans States Airlines Work Rules PSA Airlines Additional Compensation Details Cargo Piedmont Airlines ABX Air Airline Base Map Ameriflight Atlas Air FedEx Express Kalitta Air The Flight Attendant Grid 64 UPS General Information Work Rules Additional Compensation Details December 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. 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E: [email protected] NGPA_Advertisement-FullPage.indd 1 7/16/15 11:59 PM UPGRADE WITH PREVIOUS AS SOON AS ONE YEAR QUALIFYING EXPERIENCE $ $ Up to $57,000 Excellent Commuter in bonuses Health Benefits Friendly Policy Our pilots have only paid $15 out of pocket after having a baby Operating as Apply today at www.airwis.com/pilots Questions? Email: [email protected] Dear readers, I’d like to wish each of you a happy and memorable holiday season. May it be all that you hope and bring a few pleasant surprises, as well. If you are working, away from your loved ones on holidays, your col- leagues, your company and the traveling public thank you, though they may not have the opportunity to say it to you personally. Our editor recently told me the story of a time she was flying back from Paris on Christmas Day. Days before, at a holiday dinner party, she had been given a delicate yet inexpensive ornament as a re- membrance, but she doubted it would ever make it home in one piece. When she arrived at the gate, she gave the ornament to a young woman assigned to the flight along with her expressed appreciation for the sacrifice the young woman was surely making working on Christmas Day. The gate agent seemed touched by the token and offered her thanks with a smile, a tiny tear and then an appreciative hug. As she boarded, our editor re- ceived another expression of thanks – a wink and an upgrade to first class for the long flight from CDG to JFK. On the flight deck, I think we miss a lot of the human moments that touch our customer service colleagues every day. But, we do always try to gift our passengers with a safe, pleasant flight and a smooth landing. We have some history for you this month, as we observe 115 years of aviation. (Thank you Messrs. Wright!) I sincerely hope you’ll enjoy the nostalgia and good advice in these pages. Of course, the Grids are awaiting your attention if you’re looking for a career move. Until next year, I wish you joy in all you do and always … Fly safe, Craig D. Pieper Craig 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 7,000 hours of flying time since his introductory flight on November 14th, 1992. 8 | Aero Crew News BACK TO CONTENTS November 2018 The November issue of Aero Crew News is full of valuable and interesting information, especially relevant to you. Featured last month is Trans States Airlines, one of the original regional airlines that was founded in the early 1980s. Read about its company culture and its CREDITS flow program into Frontier. In her second installment of Self-Defense for Flight Crews, Valerie Walker points to the importance of situational awareness and gives pointers on honing yours. Returning this month in Cockpit to Cockpit, Marc Himelhoch explains the various Publisher / Founder “rigs” to examine when you’re comparing contracts and Craig Pieper considering their impact on your quality of life. Joshua Dils provides some excellent suggestions for smartphone Aero Crew Solutions, CEO applications to improve your health and fitness in his Scott Rehn Pilot Fitness article. We also include a couple of good reads related to weather. Meet Anthony C. Lorenti in his Editor new column, Squall Line and read how weather played Deborah Bandy into Joel Gibbons’ first day off of high minimums as a captain. Being prepared is what flight crews live every Layout Design day and it should be no different when considering your Charlotte Dameron financial life. This month, Steve Anglin’s Money column illuminates the paths and plans you need to consider Additional Contributors should your career by rerouted. Continuing with the Valerie Walker, Deborah Bandy all-important topic of money, Jonathan Kulak addresses mortgage interest rate facts and fictions in his Mortgage Tracy DuCharme, Jonathan Kulak, Matters piece. And of course mortgage matters when Glenn Nevola, Joshua Dils, you’re buying a property which is a good tactic for Mike Davis, Jose Vega wealth building, and Tracy DuCharme outlines 16 Meredith Edwards reasons to support owning over renting in her piece this month. As always, the Grids are available for you. We Aviator Bulletins welcome your feedback on any topic. Write us at info@ Provided by the companies listed aerocrewnews.com. Photographs By Photographs as noted. Grid Updates By Brandon Pieper [email protected] Social Media Marketing By Modern Aviation Marketing & Public Relations ModernAviationMarketing.com © 2018 Aero Crew News, All Rights Reserved. December 2018 | 9 AVIATOR BULLETINS Dedication Event Showed Strength Of Support For Desert Jet Center’s New Upscale Terminal And Hangar Facility At The Jacqueline Cochran Regional Airport Images Courtesy of Desert Jet esert Jet Center, the desert’s newest and highest Desert Jet Center, now operating in its second year, rated Fixed Base Operator (FBO) held a dedica- continues to be instrumental to the growth of the tion event this month in celebration of the sup- Jacqueline Cochran Regional Airport. As the “Preferred Dport it has received from valued customers and local CAA” (Corporate Aviation Association) FBO at KTRM, communities in building its new aviation facility at the Desert Jet Center remains the highest rated FBO in Jacqueline Cochran Regional Airport (KTRM) in Thermal, customer service (receiving 27 “five-star” reviews on California. industry sites Local dignitaries which included Riverside County 4 th such as Airnav.com) and in safety, as the only FBO in District Supervisor V. Manuel Perez, Coachella Mayor the desert southwest to achieve IS-BAH stage 2 regis- Steven Hernandez, La Quinta Mayor Linda Evans, and tration and meet NATA Safety 1 st standards. staff representatives from the offices of Congressman Raul Ruiz, MD. and Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia Desert Jet Center’s new upscale 32,500-square-foot were among the speakers and presenters during the general aviation terminal and hangar facility is sched- event recognizing Desert Jet Center for its part in the uled to open in Spring 2019. development of the airport and local communities it serves. For more information, visit the Desert Jet Center web- site at www.desertjetcenter.com, email info@desertjet. com or call at (800) 338-KTRM. ACN 10 | Aero Crew News BACK TO CONTENTS Image Courtesy of Desert Jet Desert Jet Adds Third Citation CJ3 to its Growing Charter Fleet eading business aviation services company to serve its clientele.