REX or Easterns?
 

For someone looking at a job with either of these two good opperators what would be some more pro's and con's on either?

* NO Endosement payment for the SAAB (bond?) v $18000 for a Dash 8 good or bad?
* More or Less progression with Rex or Easterns?
* Pay about the same give or take?
* Sydney Living? v country living?

etc etc. If you have some good info please tell.

Thx

Rex pay you form the day you start training, therefore treat you like a professional not a commodity. I don’t know about you but I don’t have that sort of cash lying around to support Dixon’s bottom line during my training whilst not being paid.

Both companies will provide you with excellent training and most of the time with both companies, despite initial postings will end up in Sydney if thats what you wish.

Eastern boys/girls are on more to start off with 45k ish and the rex boys and girls are on roughly 40k but have increase of 2k a year plus profit sharing. Neither of these figures takes into account allowances. So after 3 years they would be on the same pay but the Rex pilot has forked out nothing.


Dash has APU and that provides aircon whilst on the ground without the fans turning. Some country ports in summer are stinking hot and stepping into a nice cool cockpit cannot be underestimated instead of sweating like a r@pist doing checks etc:yuk:

Both awesome opportunities if you get a shot at either. Good luck

(I fly for neither and have applications with neither but have plenty of mates at both)

I have heard recently that QANTASLINK now only charge 10k for endorsement training and this is returned to you over the first 12months of employment. Can anyone confirm or deny this.

Also, do Eastern aircraft have glass cockpit.

Thanks,

Supercala.

Rex do pay you from day 1 - about $25k for the first 3 months while you are training and prior to be checked to line. Good luck living in Syd on that.... if that's where you are based. Training is excellant and exceptionally thorough done in ML. Last I heard bonded $9000 for 2 years, reducable every 3 months I think after checked to line. Looking at a min of 4 years till command. Check out the award for Salary as an FO on SAAB340. You pay $250 for the privelidge of the interview / sim ride. So, too bad if JQ, VB, PB etc call you for an interview after 6 months with Rex. That $30k endorsement just cost you about $38k due Rex bond.... oh yeah and they'll ask you that in the interview. If you tell the truth and say you are ambitious and want to fly jets for QF, CX, JQ, VB, etc and you would take the interview if offered then "you're not really a company man then are you". (And their shirts are blue...)

Sunnies / Easterns... $10k for the Dash training. Very good and thorough as well. You will get cut and lose your $$ if you don't pass your sims and check to line. You also fly an a/c with a red rat on tha tail, if that excites you. Know your stuff for the interview and treat it just like a QF mainline interview. If you didn't get through the psych and skills with QF then it doesn't mean you won't be accepted by any means. A bit of low moral at present with a lot of Capts reminicing about the old days, poor management, poor aircraft, etc - basically what you'll find at nearly every airline.

Anyway, I hope above helps. Am more than happy to corrected by others in the know as what I've written comes from mates working at both and whom have come from both. Again, if anything needs correcting, jump in, but don't go down the usual Pprune thing of getting petty and nasty, eh?

I'm guessing there are more EAA pilots trying to move to REX than the other way.

EAA time to command is about 6 years at the moment.

:)

Dash vs saab

I'd prefer the saab, Dash8-100, no efis/slow/old, Dash8-200 not many of, dash8-300 nice machine, efis, 2 hosties,

saab340a/b pretty good machine, efis, most have good fms (apart from some a models), time to command now around 3 years, looks like further expansion shortly, take home FO wage in melb or syd around 800+ depending on number of overnights per week. good rosters, sometimes and all petty good people to work with.

most EA people i have spoken with don't like their company very much and despise their management.

hope it helps......:D