flight attendant

dispatcher

pilot

first officer

parts clerk

Endeavor Air

Cons: 
The pay is low. Only way to make decent $ is to pick up on all the days off that you can.
You only get paid once the aircraft door is closed and per diem (at hotel). Anything else? You are working for free
Training: very little pay.
FA's are ALWAYS trying to get free stuff. It can be embarrassing.
Scheduling can be impossible to talk to but they'll ask you for favors.
You are alone a lot.
No buddy passes.
Flying benefits: Other than your parents/children, you get ONE "flying buddy" everyone else pays full price, no discounts for them.
Commuting is another job on its own. Have to find a flight to your base and back home on your own. Rare sympathy for commuters if you are having trouble making it where you need to be.
Checking your paychecks to make sure they're correct is another job on its own.
Have bills? Need to eat? You'll likely spend more then you make.
On the CRJ200, you are the only FA working, up to 6 flights in one day with (probably) no break in between.
Your minimum rest starts when you land, not when you get to the hotel. (Just getting to the hotel can take over an hour).
You get sick a lot. Flying sick is extremely painful and dangerous. No sympathy from management. 
You can never make plans with anyone because you never know when you'll be off/ find a flight home.
In the middle of your trip, if your day ends at your base they will not give you a hotel to stay. (If you do not live where your base is and do not have a place to stay/no $ for a hotel, you sleep in the airport. Not allowed to sleep in crew room either, have to sleep in terminal until the next day).
Reserved: There have been times where I had 6 days on reserved and they didn't call me until the last day to work, then I'd missed all the flights to go home. 
Crash pads are illegal but commuters are advised to get one?
High turnover rate 


Pros:
Free flights in the US.
Discounted flights to other countries.
Who can be on your flying benefits: Parents. Children. One flying buddy:you can change once a year.
Training: learned a lot about flying safety


All FA's advice I received: "Know your manual word for word" 
Why? Because you will get asked to do things that you're not obligated to do but once you say "yes" you said "yes" and there's no turning back.
People will take advantage of you if you are new.
Did not seem like a team to me.

My opinion, the actual job of a flight attendant..on the plane..in the air...not being in an emergency situation....is not difficult but it was all the things around the job that ruined flying for me personally. 

Just giving my own review, experiences and facts that I wish I would have known beforehand. Not everyone will have the same opinion/experiences. Things may have changed by the time you've read this.

This could be a great company. They are experiencing a lot of growth. The base in Atlanta needs some work to be done in the STORES department. Some of the clerks are EXTREMELY LAZY. AOG/COMAT is binned in the wrong location. Then when a mechanic needs it you have to go through hoops to find it. 

The stores manager shows favoritism to the group that is mainly at the line. He does not communicate with people at the hangar much. There are 2 leads at 1 location WHICH DOES NOT MAKE ANY SENSE.  There should be a lead at the line and at the hangar. 

Leadership is really the only problem. The pay is not that good considering the responsibilities we as stores clerks have.  I think everyone should be split up and forced to work with each other instead of the same people being in the same place EVERY SINGLE DAY.

Receiving of parts should be split between the line and hangar or 60% at the hangar and 40% at the line not 110% at the hangar. That only slows us down and ends up leaving work for 3rd shift. They really need a training regimen instead of showing people the bare minimum on how to do their job then throwing them in the fire.

The turnover rate is high due to the fact that people are lazy and the work environment is stressful because other coworkers try to pick up the work leftover. And it will be simple things left undone like putting gas in the vehicle before you leave. Its not like you even have to pay for the gas. The other thing is they don't take care of the vehicles or performance any type of regular maintenance they just let them break then that puts  a strain on the whole team because we're down a vehicle. 

There is no profit sharing. More overtime would be nice as pilots get paid $37 and are allowed to get overtime yet stores clerks make more than twice as less as them. I'd work do this part time instead of full time because of the laziness and nonsense that goes on. The worst part about it all is that nothing is being done about it. I am already looking for another job and we just had a stores clerk leave in late January because she could not stand the unacceptable behavior that goes on. She was 1 of our hardest and best working people we had but they ran her off.

Work and communicate with crew members in flying from Minneapolis, to jfk, or to florida , or salt lake city, Utah for example.  Preflight jet and enter route, fuel, passengers, crew members, etc  into planes flight computer. Navigate around weather and monitor fuel consumption.  Constant communication between crew and ground control.  
I learned that communication between crew members is essential in conducting a safe and effective operation.  We are all human beings and thus we will make mistakes, but learning from our mistakes makes us better, which is only attained through experience.  
The management at Endeavor had run Pinnacle airlines into bankruptcy.  Which is why we have a name change.  Management at this regional airline is I have to say lacking in proper leadership.  
Most co-workers are incredibly professional and wonderful to work with.  It is because of their awesome dedication and professionalism that the airline didn't go out of business.  
The hardest part of the job is the training, because if you fail it means your job.  This can lead to a stressful situation every year you have recurrent training, but after training is over one can relax and enjoy the sure excitement of operating a piece of equipment that can go the speed of sound at tremendously high altitudes; but not a trip goes by that you don't learn something new. The challenges you face from time to time give one a sense of accomplishment.

The pay is dismal, especially considering the amount of responsibility and stress a dispatcher takes on and the workload you are given. The union seems weak and uninterested in doing anything of substance outside of helping you in a catastrophe. That said, the company does seem like a great place to work; it's full of friendly, diverse, hard-working, and intelligent people. The culture is great.

Scheduling has some downsides, especially if you're stuck at low seniority, but it's pretty optimized when you look at it reasonably. Besides, you won't be at the low end of the totem pole for long - people tend to outgrow the role fairly quickly and move on to better paying companies. 4 10-hour days/week with some shift-trade flexibility and choice (eventually) over which 10 hours you work. You might start work at 0245. Or 0430. Or 0800. Or 1400. It all depends on what line you get in the quarterly bid. If you're there for the flight benefits (because you're definitely not there for the money), you should have ample opportunity to make use of them if you know how to work it out. NOTE: no buddy passes.

Internal advancement is definitely a thing here, which is great. Unfortunately, unless you have a management degree you still won't be making much money (if you did have a management degree, why did you get a dispatch certificate?). To all managers, here and everywhere else: meaningful raises are made of dollars, not cents.

What is the best part of working at the company?
The best part of working at the company was the flexible schedule, if you are senior enough. Seniority starts to hit after year five, so if you want to wait that long that’s the best part.  Also, you have free flights. Keep in mind, It’s definitely not stress-free in order to get ON the flights. You fly standby. Even the positives have negatives. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The most stressful part about working at the company was everything. The management is horrible, the crew schedulers have no idea what they are doing, they work us so much. 
One day can consist of five flights. 
The pay is incredibly low, you are still below poverty level after 6 years. Your lifestyle changes as a flight attendant, so be prepared to not have a life. They sell young people a dream, run while you can. You can get free flights but when you get to your destination how are you able to even afford anything with the pay that they offer? They say we are delta, and they gave us their old rundown uniforms but even delta treats us so horrible. We don’t get profit sharing or boarding pay like Delta. Delta looks down on us, they will only recruit higher - ups, and pilots. The planes are small CRJ’s so be prepared for body aches. Overall, this is a place to get your foot in the door and go. If you decide you want to be a flight attendant for the rest of your life, go to mainline.

I am the face of Endeavor Air to over 40 aircraft repair vendors that spread throughout the US, Canada, Mexico, and Europe. Our damaged parts are sent to these vendors and upon evaluating them for damage, the vendors send me quotes up to $70,000 to approve in order to continue with the repair. It is my responsibility to know average repair costs per part as well as how long it should take to repair each and every part. I was able to learn these quickly by effectively communicating with each vendor and using that information to compile a master spreadsheet by vendor.

I was also hired to take over the biggest project within the department which deals with landing gears. Every aircraft has a scheduled removal date for these gears and it is my responsibility to know when those dates are and to ensure we have the proper parts in stock. If the parts are not in stock, I need to get a loaned part from our secondary vendor by filing proper documentation and making sure the removed part is returned in order to fulfill the loan agreement.

This job becomes your life. You get scheduled on back to back trips. You never get official breaks. You eat and rest when you have an opportunity, like a short or long rest between flights. Or, if you have to, eat on the airplane. Sometimes, you get really short layovers, and sometimes, you get long layovers. But, you can escape winter! When I worked there, you would have the same crew for a 4 or 5 day trip. Now, because of some poor conduct by crew members, the management changed the rules and now they pull the Flight Deck crew every day to avoid any monkey business. It was much easier to create a good friendship with your crew if they all stayed together. But, it was nice to work with the same Flight Attendant every day. You could become great friends and, on long layovers, go hang out around the city you are staying in.

All announcements are scripted and you are instructed not to deviate.  FAs are not permitted to be funny or deviate from script.  Individualism and personality not a plus or desired.  If you smile a lot and adhere to their specific standards you'll be fine.  Requires being a conformist, not asking questions, and strictly following the manual.   Military background, organized persons, and people with regimented personalities excel.  

There are 5 bases and each has a different work culture.   Investigate bases and management before selecting your base.  Management in Atlanta has an agenda????????????

Commuting difficult do to employers flights always being oversold and not being permitted to jumpseat on Delta or other airlines..

I chose this employer because they made it sound like there was ample opportunity for advancement, and branching out to find where you fit in in the company and the aviation industry as a whole. All of that was untrue, or marginally true. There are no job openings for advancement at the base I'm currently at, as they are all filled by people with high seniority and no thought on retirement in the future, making the job site stagnant with no chance for advancement unless you choose to move to a different base, perhaps somewhere you don't wish to live. Also they make it seem like there is a clear path to advance to Delta. There is not as it is not a priority for delta to impliment such a program at this time. At most working for endeavor air will get your resume looked at, and that's about all. In all I had a lot of expectations for this company, and it fell short of almost every one of them. Their saving grace being the base managers and upper management of the company, which was suprising.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Travel  benefits for you and your family is the sole perk for working for Endeavor Air as a flight attendant. That's really it! If you're looking for more I suggest looking elsewhere. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Extremely low paychecks for the amount of time on duty. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Family like culture, the employee's are great!  As a flight attendant we are all struggling together. Making it happen! 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Being NY based is a bit hectic but overall it comes with the territory, we are all working with what we're given. The thing about Endeavor is stressful day or great day, you don't feel alone. You, your crew, crew scheduling are in it together!

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