Originally Posted by
MXDUDE
The junior pilots at CAL are basically working under FAR's. CAL flight ops has prefected the art of maximum productivity. At the same time they protect the kool aid drinkers. Example: I show up for a trip say a red eye turn. Scheduling has to call out two FO's because they are so close to 30 and 7 they must take turns flying/DH. Example: Coming up on a 30 and 7 and you think I'm good. Wrong. You DH to MEX to fly the trip back. Researves get 12 days off at CAL and 8 days are moveable.
So here's the question -- why is anyone working there?
This crap either exceeds your personal limits or it doesn't. Pay, work rules, benefits, etc. either meet your personal minimums or they don't.
Four unmoveable days off each month -- no way I'd take that job, no way I'd stay at that job. Thousands do though, so for all the big talk on here, I don't expect to see any substantive change in the industry. This is proof of what people will take to fly jets.
Not as a personal attack MXDUDE, but did you stand there and smile, and get dressed up, and interview, and act grateful and excited when you signed on to this crap? Yes, you did. Why? All of the information was out there. What makes you any different than the RJ guy? You will do a schedule with 12 off, 8 moveable, deadheads to skirt legality, etc. Then, guess what my company wants? Exactly. They hold CAL and MXDUDE up as an example of what's competitive and what must be done. They want these rules on the UA guys too. Instant 500 furlough - bonus for Jeffie. Bottom feeding is still bottom feeding, even if you are in the bigger pond. You guys need to stand up NOW!
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