Originally Posted by
lee_apromise
What are you smoking? Lift their game? Breeze pay rate is much better than those regionals you mentioned. With so many jobless pilots in Aust, who isn't going to apply?
The biggest question is, who's gonna pay for ATP CTP for those without FAA ATPL when it comes to Breeze?
Lee, I agree but when has logic ever entered into the thinking of most pilots when it comes to pay? The flaw in your statement is that Breeze isn’t operating clapped out E145’s or CRJ’s. They going to be operating E190’s and Airbus, so that’s the yard stick with which the pay will be judged and it’ll be compared to US airlines flying those types. The pay is a lot lower than JetBlue or Spirit, especially the CA pay.
Originally Posted by
bafanguy
I don't see Breeze becoming an airline staffed by enough expats to really matter. There are apparently enough US citizens now to run the operation and there's anecdotal info about qualified US citizens applying but getting no response from the Breeze hiring mechanism (and, the same can be said of every airline)
It shouldn’t matter but we live in a world where facts don’t matter anymore. The optics will be new start-up operating Airbus, paying cr@p money and staffed by Aussies who are prepared to work for less. Norwegian was never really a big deal in the grand scheme of things here but your average line guy in the US would froth at the mouth and go bananas at the mere mention of them because of the frenzy that was whipped up.
It’s not going to hurt to apply, just be aware and educate yourself about what you might be getting into, as much as you can.