Originally Posted by
BenderRodriguez
I think "woefully" is overly dramatic. But if the per day increases, that is undoubtedly a good thing. I am curious as to what you mean by "do away with knowing when we will have time off".
If you bid reserve, you get a higher paying month and work a lot less. Yeah you are on the short call hook for some days, but if you are in some of these categories, you are also short staffed, and creative bidding will pay off like a drunk slot machine. (I am not in one of those btw)
Do you know what a Short Call day means for a Commuter? It means you have to fly to your base, if you can find a ride, since all the jumpseats were booked a week ago, and when you get there, you have to buy a motel room, and then you have to sit there for 12-24 hours, waiting... in a motel room, with no beer, then you have to get home.
Now, multiply that times 6 days a month.
Vs. flying a scheduled trip or two, working maybe 8-12 days a month, where Delta is paying for your motel rooms, you have a beer in your hand, and you're getting 100+hr.s pay.
