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Kristie · 12-06-2007, 11:04 AM

Welcome Lauren!

I'm Kristie, my hubby is an FO on the 767-300 for Delta...flies international consistently now but hasn't yet flown the Ireland/England/Scotland routes... they pulled most of those flights back to 2 man flights and he's not wanting to be doing those types of long flights for the same pay as 3 man flights. He flies relief quite a bit too but doesn't mind it since the pay/scope requirements are exactly the same as the flying pilot...as long as he meets quals of 3 landings in 90 days...Most of his flights are 3 man groups down into France, Germany, Russia, Italy, Turkey...this month, he's going to Madrid and Athens (I'm going to attempt to tag along for Athens over xmas...Madrid is already oversold

)...he's already talking about upgrading to CA...keeps watching the bids as he doesn't want to have to sit reserve or have crap schedule. He's getting closer to where he'd have about the same type of schedule bids as he does now.

We've been hearing some *icky things* about CAL's contract (esp ER flying) and are seeing quite a few guys going for interviews over at Delta...Jetblue & SWA guys too! DAL is still going to be hiring about 1000 more pilots up through next year and believe it or not, ER flying is on the initial bid for a lot of the new hires...I'm not sure how long reserve would be though or if there even is one... but i know doug's jumped up 60 in seniority in just the past month.

We just got back from a 48 hr layover in Frankfurt (for the xmas markets). he wasn't working the trip so he actually had a more difficult time of just sitting still and "enjoying" the flight. I have a feeling he'll have the same reaction going to HK this weekend....HAHA

my hubby also went to ERAU... but over in Prescott back in the day...has an Aviation Science degree which he figured out a few years ago is no type of "backup career".. haha

I also lived in Tampa/St. Pete for a time for college and then moved up to o-town to finish my engineering degree at UCF...so i have a lot of Orlando familiarity.. my sister still lives in the area since her hubby works at Disney. You couldn't pay me to go and live there again....I love Arizona soooo much better (less mickey mouse/bad hospitality)...

St. Augustine is beautiful!! I love the beach right around there... and the shopping!!

Welcome again...glad to have you here!

Chi829 · 12-06-2007, 01:36 PM

Hi! and WELCOME! My hubby flies for ASA out of ATL. He is in upgrade training now and should be done by the begining of Jan or shortly after. We will be married for three years in March and boy has the time flown by!! I remember being on here planning my wedding!

We moved here to Panama City from Orlando in 2005 and hubby pretty much grew up in St. Augustine. His dad and brother still live there. He actually proposed to me at Old City House downtown. very romantic!

I still love going there to visit and we are actially there quite a bit. Anyhow,, welcome and nice to meet ya!

ccbegay · 12-06-2007, 01:52 PM

Hello and WELCOME...

I am Cassie from Charlotte, NC...and well, we are just starting out at American Eagle...I am graduating next week from UNC-Charlotte with my BS in Microbiology, and well after that, I am not too sure what to do! hahaha...

We have a maltese, Kenzie, that I adore and is my BFF when the 'man' is out of the house...

I love it here, and great to have a connection to all these wise women!

Welcome!

Cassie

devin · 12-06-2007, 06:07 PM

Welcome! I think I'm one of the few people here that *doesn't* have any connection to Florida other than vacationing there a few times!

My SO and I are both from the Seattle area, and have lived here almost all of our lives. We both spent a couple years (at different times!) in Cambridge, MA but otherwise we've been at home here in Washington. He currently flies for a freight company out of Seattle. I work for a private consulting firm as a geologist.

Glad to have you!

Desiree

Amanda · 12-06-2007, 07:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Kristie

We've been hearing some *icky things* about CAL's contract (esp ER flying) and are seeing quite a few guys going for interviews over at Delta...Jetblue & SWA guys too! DAL is still going to be hiring about 1000 more pilots up through next year and believe it or not, ER flying is on the initial bid for a lot of the new hires...I'm not sure how long reserve would be though or if there even is one... but i know doug's jumped up 60 in seniority in just the past month.

Kristie- I don't know who is saying the "icky things" or what the "icky things" are, but from our perspective we are VERY happy with CAL! I guess those complainers are those who haven't really suffered at companies such as Mesa where you are treated like dirt.

CAL is working on a new contract and hopefully it will be better (I can complain about 1st year pay!). But again, we are very happy. Nick was only on reserve 2 months (when he thought it would be 9 months) and he has a decent 401k and loves the Int'l flying on a 757 of course!

DaytonaBeachGal · 12-06-2007, 09:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Amanda

Kristie- I don't know who is saying the "icky things" or what the "icky things" are, but from our perspective we are VERY happy with CAL! I guess those complainers are those who haven't really suffered at companies such as Mesa where you are treated like dirt.

CAL is working on a new contract and hopefully it will be better (I can complain about 1st year pay!). But again, we are very happy. Nick was only on reserve 2 months (when he thought it would be 9 months) and he has a decent 401k and loves the Int'l flying on a 757 of course!

Thank you Kristie for the welcome! But yes Amanda you took the words right out of my mouth. Steve and I often comment on the good opportunities. New hires are coming off the street basically -- brand new guys/gals..in a few months and on the 75/767 flying international!? Its cake! And I am happy for them! It is an umpredictable industry, and contracts are always needing improvement for sure, but when its good you are grateful, and things are decent at CAL, in fact I think besides SWA, the most promising

DaytonaBeachGal · 12-06-2007, 09:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Chi829

Hi! and WELCOME! My hubby flies for ASA out of ATL. He is in upgrade training now and should be done by the begining of Jan or shortly after. We will be married for three years in March and boy has the time flown by!! I remember being on here planning my wedding!

We moved here to Panama City from Orlando in 2005 and hubby pretty much grew up in St. Augustine. His dad and brother still live there. He actually proposed to me at Old City House downtown. very romantic!

I still love going there to visit and we are actially there quite a bit. Anyhow,, welcome and nice to meet ya!

Thanks Jo for the welcome! You two are such a cute couple! That's so exciting about St. Augustine! Have you been to Casa Monica Hotel? It is such a beautiful little city this time of year..all decorated and lit up!

Chi829 · 12-07-2007, 01:39 PM

That's so sweet. Thanks!

YES! We were actually going to get married at the cathedral in St. Augustine and have our reception right across the way there at the Casa Monica. Then we decided to just stay in Orlando and do it there. The Casa Monica is beautiful!!!! All of downtown is so pretty right now with all the lights,,,, I love it!

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Originally Posted by DaytonaBeachGal

Thanks Jo for the welcome! You two are such a cute couple! That's so exciting about St. Augustine! Have you been to Casa Monica Hotel? It is such a beautiful little city this time of year..all decorated and lit up!

DaytonaBeachGal · 12-08-2007, 11:03 AM

Jo,
What a small world...Steve and I are having our belated wedding recpetion this month at the Casa Monica! ( we married destination style in naples in Sept. ) We can't wait because it IS decorated so beautiful. WE are just having 25 people but we can't wait to celebrate there..I'll try to post a photo here afterwards to show you.

DaytonaBeachGal · 12-08-2007, 11:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Hokuspocus

The destination weddings are a great way to go thats what we did too! Then we came back to Chicago and had a huge reception for everyone else! I actually got my wedding dress online...I found it in a store and they wanted 1200 for it and I found the same one online and got it for 400!

Hey! I love this pitcure? Did you have that posted before? What a cool wedding photo! where did you two marry? It looks beautiful.

12-06-2007, 11:04 AM	#21 (permalink)
Kristie Admin/Owner Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Scottsdale, Arizona Posts: 6,651 Recipes: Thanks: 7 Thanked 17 Times in 17 Posts	Re: Hi Everyone - I'm new too! Welcome Lauren! I'm Kristie, my hubby is an FO on the 767-300 for Delta...flies international consistently now but hasn't yet flown the Ireland/England/Scotland routes... they pulled most of those flights back to 2 man flights and he's not wanting to be doing those types of long flights for the same pay as 3 man flights. He flies relief quite a bit too but doesn't mind it since the pay/scope requirements are exactly the same as the flying pilot...as long as he meets quals of 3 landings in 90 days...Most of his flights are 3 man groups down into France, Germany, Russia, Italy, Turkey...this month, he's going to Madrid and Athens (I'm going to attempt to tag along for Athens over xmas...Madrid is already oversold )...he's already talking about upgrading to CA...keeps watching the bids as he doesn't want to have to sit reserve or have crap schedule. He's getting closer to where he'd have about the same type of schedule bids as he does now. We've been hearing some icky things about CAL's contract (esp ER flying) and are seeing quite a few guys going for interviews over at Delta...Jetblue & SWA guys too! DAL is still going to be hiring about 1000 more pilots up through next year and believe it or not, ER flying is on the initial bid for a lot of the new hires...I'm not sure how long reserve would be though or if there even is one... but i know doug's jumped up 60 in seniority in just the past month. We just got back from a 48 hr layover in Frankfurt (for the xmas markets). he wasn't working the trip so he actually had a more difficult time of just sitting still and "enjoying" the flight. I have a feeling he'll have the same reaction going to HK this weekend....HAHA my hubby also went to ERAU... but over in Prescott back in the day...has an Aviation Science degree which he figured out a few years ago is no type of "backup career".. haha I also lived in Tampa/St. Pete for a time for college and then moved up to o-town to finish my engineering degree at UCF...so i have a lot of Orlando familiarity.. my sister still lives in the area since her hubby works at Disney. You couldn't pay me to go and live there again....I love Arizona soooo much better (less mickey mouse/bad hospitality)... St. Augustine is beautiful!! I love the beach right around there... and the shopping!! Welcome again...glad to have you here! __________________ www.jetcareers.com Last edited by Kristie; 12-06-2007 at 11:30 AM.

12-06-2007, 01:36 PM	#22 (permalink)
Chi829 Jetgirls Ol' School Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Panama City, FL Posts: 1,402 Recipes: Thanks: 0 Thanked 7 Times in 7 Posts	Re: Hi Everyone - I'm new too! Hi! and WELCOME! My hubby flies for ASA out of ATL. He is in upgrade training now and should be done by the begining of Jan or shortly after. We will be married for three years in March and boy has the time flown by!! I remember being on here planning my wedding! We moved here to Panama City from Orlando in 2005 and hubby pretty much grew up in St. Augustine. His dad and brother still live there. He actually proposed to me at Old City House downtown. very romantic! I still love going there to visit and we are actially there quite a bit. Anyhow,, welcome and nice to meet ya! __________________ Jo Happily Mrs. Adams and Mommy to Liam www.joandbillsblog.blogspot.com

12-06-2007, 01:52 PM	#23 (permalink)
ccbegay Jetgirls Ol' School Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Concord, NC Posts: 1,660 Recipes: Thanks: 5 Thanked 7 Times in 7 Posts	Re: Hi Everyone - I'm new too! Hello and WELCOME... I am Cassie from Charlotte, NC...and well, we are just starting out at American Eagle...I am graduating next week from UNC-Charlotte with my BS in Microbiology, and well after that, I am not too sure what to do! hahaha... We have a maltese, Kenzie, that I adore and is my BFF when the 'man' is out of the house... I love it here, and great to have a connection to all these wise women! Welcome! Cassie __________________ <-------Halloween fun for LadyBug Kenzie... ~Great Love and Great Achievements involves Great Risks~ CASSIE

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devin Jetgirls Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Renton, Wa, USA Posts: 166 Recipes: Thanks: 3 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: Hi Everyone - I'm new too! Welcome! I think I'm one of the few people here that doesn't have any connection to Florida other than vacationing there a few times! My SO and I are both from the Seattle area, and have lived here almost all of our lives. We both spent a couple years (at different times!) in Cambridge, MA but otherwise we've been at home here in Washington. He currently flies for a freight company out of Seattle. I work for a private consulting firm as a geologist. Glad to have you! Desiree __________________ Desiree

12-08-2007, 11:03 AM	#29 (permalink)
DaytonaBeachGal Jetgirls Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Daytona Beach, Florida USA Posts: 217 Recipes: Thanks: 5 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: Hi Everyone - I'm new too! Jo, What a small world...Steve and I are having our belated wedding recpetion this month at the Casa Monica! ( we married destination style in naples in Sept. ) We can't wait because it IS decorated so beautiful. WE are just having 25 people but we can't wait to celebrate there..I'll try to post a photo here afterwards to show you.

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