Originally Posted by
FrankCobretti
Toga, I hate to disappoint you, but it just isn't like that.
Don't get me wrong: everyone's pleasant and professional, and you'll look forward to some trips when you see a particular name listed as the other pilot. However, there are so many of us, all on different schedules, that we just don't spend enough time together to develop the kind of camaraderie to which you've become accustomed.
I guess I'm saying that unlike in the Guard or Reserve, your fellow airline pilots aren't your family. Your family is your family.
True. And it only seems to affect a very, very small group. But it seems some can have a hard time understanding that this is a J-O-B. The people you spend 6-8 hours a day with for 1-(insert int'l trip here length) days with locked up in a room that's slightly larger than a bathroom stall are simply co-workers. Then you go home to YOUR family and make the most of THAT time.
One of the many many reasons why airline interview selection is more about personality than how many carrier traps one has, how many deployments, which F-teen/C-one super heavy/Stealth maga-hawk they flew, etc etc etc etc.
Originally Posted by
TOGAANG
I guess next time I'll be more careful with my word selection. I feel like this forum is part of the Delta interview the way people hang up on one word or phrase.
In the F2F, when they ask; "So, tell us, why Delta?" Try to not to say something like "cuz all my bros work here, and I NEED to be around all my bros".
To circle back around. There will be times when you finish a trip and you feel like your best friends with the guy you just flew with. Then there will be other times when you simply say "nice flying with you, see ya later. Good luck catching the commute/be safe on the drive out home", etc etc etc.