STOOGE!!!!!!!!!

How many times have I told you, "if you leave yourself open...."

Seriously...this isn't necessarily a bad place for the discussion. It needs to be repeated because some folks missed it.

This isn't RJ flying...or DAL...UAL...Airways...FedEx...UPS...this IS different. It's not schedule driven, it's customer driven and they can change flights faster than poop through a goose. And they do. Many times a day.

Should the company do a better job of scheduling? Yep. We all know who the biggest headache(s) there is (are). Their goal is to get to the end of the shift, not be efficient. What's new...it happens everywhere.

To the potential newbie...you know the old line, "at my last carrier, we did...?" Well, there's one here too..."this is the life you have chosen..."

A lot has changed for the better since Mikey said that many years ago and more will change. Don't come here for the rating. It's not going to help you land a job anywhere unless you have a bunch of PIC with it. Don't think you have the market cornered on how to fix things. The folks who have been here for awhile have many years of other airline union experience before coming here, so assuming that you have all the answers only means you don't know the questions.

Understand the history of the place. Listen. ASK questions. Plenty of older heads will take the time to explain it so you can understand it.

Understand that for all intents and purposes, this is a first contract. Anyone who expects it to have as much curing as a 40-60 year old legacy contract has no concept of contracts. Give them a wide berth.

Most of all. Despite the headaches, the job is what you make it. You will get to see and do stuff that legacy guys will never do and can only dream of. IF that is what you want, jump in. If what you want is a 3/4 schedule, reserve for 15 or so years...then this isn't where you want to be.

And if you don't want those things, take the honorable course and stay where you are and let someone who needs and truly wants the job to step in.

YMMV