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The worst thing about Omni is, Omni. The people you work with, you'll form a relationship with; the maintenance people, the flight attendants, the other crew members, the handlers, even the passengers. As it's been said on here before the company as an operation stand-point is great. You just have to deal with the company. We work with a lot of people on the other side of the airplane back in Tulsa that have no clue what's really going on with the real operation. They don't know how to schedule, they don't know how to book decent travel, they don't know what minimums are, they look for the easy out because they are scared of their bosses, dispatchers will try to screw you and do a lot of cut and paste.

Yes, not every airline has to deal with a boat load of what we have to here at the Big O but we all get the job done. It's a lot of front end crews working together to get the flight or flights done. We back each other up, we work well with each other, we double check not only dispatch but also scheduling and travel. That's Omni. If you're looking for a really, really, really good\easy company to fly to the ends of the earth with your information being sent to you via ACARS, CDPLC or Data Link, well that's not here. Be prepared to work, hard. Know your stuff and come to plane prepared. More than prepared.

I stand by my pervious comments of it's still not a bad place to work. You'll learn the 767 or 777 probably better than any company. (I can't say that for sure cause this is my first type in either plane.) But you'll fly to places you'd never thought you'd go and to destinations you'll never go again. You'll operate in airports that 767 or 777 don't usually land. And you'll do all that with little to no help from the company. You'll get more experience here in six months that you ever will flying for any regional.

You can come get a job at Omni and in six month or six years you'll go to in an interview at your next airline or dream job, and those looking through your logbook will say: "where in the world is XXXX airport?" And even if you're an FO in that position sitting across from a hiring board, to me, the fact that some judging captain on if you get hired or not is asking you that means you have a little bit of a leg up in the hiring process.