ExpressJet Reviews

Pros

The time off and the flixibility of schedule are the best part of the job. Its like going on vacation when you go to work. The pay isnt bad compared to everyone else in the industry and management does seem to acutally care and are for the most part very accomadating.

Cons

When you are working you are always alway from home. That gets old sometimes but you have to realize that it is just part of the job. Another downside is the volatility of the airline industry as a whole. With furloughs always one day away you are always looking in the paper to see what the latest news is.

Advice to Senior Management

They should quit asking employees for pay vuts and take respnsibility for their mistakes.

Pros

Fun and exciting environment to work in, travel benefits, diverse and interesting group of people to work with.

Cons

Low employee morale, overworked/underpaid/understaffed consistently, always reducing benefits while increasing our costs, bends to every whim of continental/united, senior agents are simply taken for granted.

Pros

Company has great equipment, training department, and routes. I believe that Expressjet is a great place to start out in the airline industry. The EMB-145 is a great airplane to start out on as a regional pilot, easy to fly, easy to learn and very forgiving. The training department does a very good job at instructing and preparing new hires on the systems and policies of the FAA and company. ExpressJet also has a great network of routes that are provided by Continental Airlines to areas in Canada and several destinations in Mexico. The flying in Mexico is a great way for new airline pilots to learn the ins and outs of international flying and can be very challenging at times.

Cons

Expressjet is completely at the mercy of Continental Airlines management. The company was willing and able to take huge cuts from Continental just to stay in business with them. The company then turns to the labor unions to make up the difference they lost from contracts with Continental Airlines, ie Expressjet want a 6% concession from it employees. It is one thing to ask for consessions from employees that are already living above average salaries, but to ask for concessions from employees that are below poverty level is ludicris! It seems that management is more worried about Expressjet stock price rather than its employees.

Advice to Senior Management

DON'T SELL OUT and don't look to your already low paid employees to pay for the mistakes of the company and decisions made by management.