Originally Posted by
MusicPilot
You're going to find haters at every airline. Regional or mainline. I've even heard UPS/FedEx guys b**ch. We're pilots, there's always something to complain about. You just have to decide which rules you can live with. If you're top 10%, great. If you're in the middle, life's still fair. If you're at the bottom, well, you're going to have good days and bad days. A new hire should never expect a glamorous QOL. That's what getting your foot in the door is all about. As for F9? Who knows what's going to happen. You'll get several pilots on here that like to just duke it out. No one knows how it's going to turn out. It could be good for RAH but bad for either pilot group. We won't know until it all happens.
Remember, pilots are the first to speculate and the last to know, every time.
While I agree with the gist of your statements I as a CHQ 08 hire get to watch people way junior to me enjoy 15 days off and much better credit over at RW or S5 while I get 12 days off a month...(And I'm in the top 1/3 of my base) I think that is the kind of crap that is worth *****ing about.
The people here are great and I love my job but the company can make it hard on you more than they should sometimes. If you do come here just pray you get RW or S5 unless RP has a base you want. I finally just moved to my base as up to 15 nights a month at a hotel was getting too much. If I really tried I could get it down to 9 or so if I were willing to fly home on a two day off period.