Originally Posted by
aviatorshaun
Interesting. When they "send you wherever they want" and you are out on a trip, do they expect you to have a place in every one of the bases? That sounds more like out of base reserve or a displacement than being based anywhere. Furthermore, once displaced to another base (say...if they do close my base), how do you get awarded a new base? Can you choose the next closest? And how long before they expect you to have a place to crash in the new base if that's the case?
You're provided a hotel room when on TDY. Labbats, in his 2 posts above, did an excellent job describing what you can (or cannot?) expect as a new hire.
I understand you're probably at a shrinking regional, etc. Most guys in that situation tend to look at Allegiant and think (or post), "It can't be worse than it is at my regional. Plus I could be home every night!". All we're trying to do is let you know that it IS worse than your regional and you most definitely should NOT come here expecting to be home every night (and thus bond with your daughter - congrats, btw). My former bottom-feeder regional provided me with a better QOL...
Is Allegiant going to shut its doors next week? No, probably not - you won't have to worry about that (although, who knows, with everyone cashing in their stock options lol). Will you get a pay raise from your regional? Yes, if you were an FO. But make no mistake, your QOL will suffer.