Doc wrote: BTW, ramp guys are usually a little light on time for a Caravan job.

But are the current F/O's "Tight"?

chewsta wrote:I believe the AC FA training program is somewhere in the neighbourhood of 6 weeks.

Try 3 days. Thats all it took to train the scabs last time they went on strike.

Is it becoming another Air Miskew, where you work the ramp for 2 years and if your still current / still alive , get passed over by someone more qualified?? Watta ya think? That is exactly what it has become. Tons of alive/current rampies watching outsiders glide in ahead. And we keep coming back f...

Kosiw wrote:I'll ask again, why the exodus?

Because of the lovely resort town you live in while employed by Skyward. Thompson!

My company avoids pesky training costs by scabbing PPC'd pilots in from abroad. Sure we screw other outfits in the process, but those are the breaks. In fact we have a job posting here right now. The guys who are the worst off are those who have spent a year or two on the ramp and now see the compan...

Lots of qualified rampies/wannabe-pilots. Lots of qualified F/Os, ready for upgrade. They knew that the mass "Skyward-Exodus" was bound to happen sometime, yet they chose to do nothing until it was too late. I can't imagine too many mentally stable people with serious qualifications wanting to move ...