Stay away. It's a beatin'.


I think I'm the only pilot on furlough from NAL. I was hired to screw with the current Checkers. I was hired as a B757 check, demoted after my PC, then furloughed less than 3 months later in the middle of IOE. No offer of even a B747 FO position. Called back several times asking when I could expect a recall. I was told the first of this year, "don't expect to be called back anytime soon." I left Chinese abuse for that?

I'm on training pay right now, outside the US, making 1.6 times what NAL pays, on smaller equipment, after the LCA downgrade, even still more than LCA base pay, with 1/3 the effort. 17% pay raise at the end of training. Housing, commute, health, retirement (if I want it), per diem and schedules far outpace anything they will ever be.

You're better off driving a truck. Check your local programming.