BleedAirValve wrote: ↑Thu Sep 19, 2019 6:04 am
Oh - and as far as the “high turnover” - 4 in the last 6 months isn’t high turn over
From Sept 2017 to Sept 2018 CMA had a turnover of 37 pilots. I know this because I kept track based on the drafts. So that is a touch over 50% based on a roster of 60 pilots. You weren't here when they only had 2 dash captains last summer, or the winter before that when all 3 Dornier Capts quit within 10 days of each other. They quit because they had their vacation taken away.
The 704 CP is a great guy, no doubt about it. But he has no control over any of the decisions. I have talked to the people in Smithers and you are right, they will politely listen to everything a person has to say. And absolutely nothing changes.
Look at how we are paid. We aren't paid based on a credit hour. Sit down and figure out how many credits you work and then figure out how many credit hours of overtime you aren't being paid. So not only does CMA pay less than most other companies but the pilots take a double hit because they work far more for less.
Here is a little inside scoop about the past history that has led to the current situation. Years ago CMA leased 2 Dash 8 300's from someone that most people will know. But they didn't do the due diligence when signing the lease. (It would cost money to do that) The lease they had signed was so slanted in favour of the lease holder that by the end of the term they owed an impossible amount of money. No way that CMA was ever going to be able to pay it back. The only reason why the company is still operating is because the person who had leased these aircraft to CMA agreed to for go payment and took a large equity stake in the company. He is going to use the company has a piggy bank and bleed it dry. The reason we moved hangers was because he owns the new one and can make his money renting it to CMA for an enormous amount. All these "new" dash's are his. Again he is making money on those leases. At the expense of the financial stability of CMA.
If you don't believe me. Watch. CJE and DNG are the only DHC-8 that he doesn't own. They are leased from someone else. He will want those gone as soon as possible so he can move more of his airplanes in and milk the company for more money.
As for being stuck at the company and being pissed off, not really accurate. But what does piss me off is when people new to the company and the industry paint a rosy picture instead of telling the truth. Everything I have written on here is what has happened to me and others I know. In this hiring environment there is no reason for most people to sign a two year bond and make this money working under theses conditions.
For those interested
1900 fo start at mid to high 30's
1900 Capt pay scale starts a 55 000 and tops out at 75 000
705 FO's make low 40's
705 Capts fall into two categories based on whether or not the person meets contrails.
Non- contrails pay starts at 65 or 66 000 and goes up by about 3000 a year to just under 100 000
Contrail starts just over 83 000 and tops out the same. Just under 100 000
Per diems are far less than other airlines and amount to about 300 a month. This depends on when you day starts and ends as well as if you overnighted somewhere.
Again we aren't paid by credits so you can easy work a full 18 or 19 day month and get paid no over time. The only way to make overtime is to come in and work on one of your days off. And I just figured out that if you were at the top of the 705 pay scale. You would make (after taxes) $520 for that day of overtime.