Am I happy now??? Yes, things are pretty good for ME right now buuuuuttt.. That's because I am a senior First Officer that hasn't upgraded yet. As soon as I pull the trigger on that (if I do), I will join the ranks of the disgruntled pilots who get used and abused with TDY.

I am a huge advocate for the union and was a yes vote. I am one of the few that hope to God I can make a career out of this place. I really don't want to go anywhere. Even I will leave this place if things don't change in the next few years. We will have to wait and see. I'm also probably one of the few who figured out how to work merlot (our scheduling software). You have to be in the top 5% in base to avoid a jacked up schedule.

Yeah, I'm pretty happy now but there are very few of us that have good schedules. I would have left yesterday if I was a junior captain or junior first officer. I know what you are thinking....... everyone has to start at the bottom and work up. The only thing is most other airlines the bottom 20% are junior. At allegiant 80% of our pilot group is junior. You have to be at the very top to have a somewhat decent schedule. PBS does not work at allegiant.

~Clipped