Originally Posted by
PCLCREW
Yep 100%. You have no idea until you get to class. I was told at 37 I would be one of the oldest in my class. Ha not even by a long shot.
I'm not trying to be a downer, but did you get on the E190 it's gonna be a long road of doing nothing but sitting in a crash pad away from home, but doing nothing.
I've been at a bunch of other airlines and never sat on resv doing nothing for months on end. I'm sure there are people here that can say I've been there, but I haven't.
In the busiest season for the airlines in the last 3 months I've flown a total of about 20 hours, which is awesome if you live in NY, if you don't it just sucks. Crash pad people getting mad because you basically live there (and I don't blame them) and try want you out. 2 hour call out so if your in queens your gonna need the whorl 2 hours during certain times of the day that is if you ever get called.
Line holders are at about 70 guys so if any open time comes up they take it and then you have 25 people on resv for maybe one trip a week. You get the picture.
The E190 and the A320 are like two totally different airlines (right now) at JetBlue.
I commute to NY knowing full well I'll do nothing for 5 days. It's not a whole lot of fun.
I think a lot of that has to do with how backed up training has been on the 190. I sat at home for 8 weeks before doing IOE because of lack of check airmen. Then they had to buy me trips to get me my hundred hours before I dequal'd. Since then it's been radio silence as far as getting used on rsv. Only plus side is I've been getting LCR on day 1 and 2 so it's been an extra 2 days at home.
E190 guys are going back go MCO. because they didn't get the 100 hours and that's no kidding talked go a couple the other day.
It's getting that bad, not even buying people off trips.
There is clearly a staffing problem here and it's not a short one.
They way over staffed this airplane b