Pros: pay, great area to do things, plenty of nature..
Cons: management, supervision, training..
This airline is located in beautiful country side, has great access to cheese, beer and good times. However; the work environment is less than accomodating.
I moved to Wisconsin over 1200 miles to do this job. Was conditionally promised overtime, and was told I would be accomodated due to my long travel.
I came from another airline, which posed problems
– more... with the trainer. "Express Jet is the enemy" I was told.
People here are all out for themselves, and are just happy to be in a position to have a job, are not passionate about the industry and dont care about anything except when their paycheck is coming, whether or not Mitt Romney will send them back to the kitchen, and when they can get a raise.
There is NO overtime, they over staff, and your hours are not garaunteed. The schedule is not set, it varies shift during the work week, you cannot plan anything on a regular basis like most airlines will allow you to do.
The compensation is decent, yet the hours again are inconsistent, variable, and not garaunteed according to the department supervisor, WHICH is not located on the floor, works a 9-5 m-f and rarely makes an appearance on the floor, which is why in my opinion the training is insufficient, and knowledge of airline business, and FARs is scarce. In fact "the oldest crew scheduler in America" works there, and I had to challenge her on whether or not an FA could fly on a part 91 repositioning flight. She argued that FAR wouldnt let you, for 30 minutes! I finally had to have a dispatcher tell her differently.
This is PODUNK airline, it is not a career stepping stone.. just keep that in mind. Unless you plan on moving up with this company, and no other, I wouldnt consider this as a viable move.
happy applying! – less