Originally Posted by TQ Nola

I have to smile at this one!

For 99% of (AA) schedulers, you are a widget that either fits in the next hole or doesn't. They will be nice if that helps to fit you in the hole, or try to intimidate you if that helps. They have ZERO memory of what you did or did not do for them last time; if it is necessary to screw you over, they will do so without a qualm. That's their job.

I imagine the schedulers are *crying* for newbie pilots they can browbeat into going the extra mile, it's been so long since they've seen them here. They've had nothing but grouchy contract-savvy lumps to work with for so long now!

No matter what I say, you'll think "surely he's wrong; surely schedulers are caring humans" when you get hired. That's just loveable, naive human nature. I did it, too. But that first time you get screwed sideways (after you've bent over backwards several times to help out) will cure you. There IS no other cure.

Remember this, too: if you assign a particular ringtone to Scheduling, do NOT assign them, for instance, a snippet of a song you like! I'm telling you you'll learn to fear and despise whatever tone you give them. Personally, I've assigned a WWII British air raid siren to their number. I imagine that English persons during the Blitz feared and despised that noise more than I do... but not by much!

All that said, there is ONE scheduler I will help out if I can. Other MIA 76 FO's probably know who I'm talking about. She's the exception that proves the rule.