Originally Posted by
Thunderpig
There are a lot of people optimistic here, but honest about how things could improve and how painful stuff has been...it's a tradeoff and coming here, you need to have your eyes wide open. If a reasonable contract is signed and they improve some of the mx issues, this could be one of the best jobs around. We will never, ever make Delta money...and this isn't a dumping ground of sketchy pilots. Talked to an APD today and he was wicked impressed with the product that had gotten to him by the oral/type. Good stuff (some) is happening...it just doesn't effect lots of the senior guys/gals much...and the rumor mongering is ridiculous.
Originally Posted by
Jetpipe30
G4 FO here. First time posting. Just wanted to chime in and say this place is not nearly as bad as what these full time keyboard commandos are saying. Yes we need a contract. We will get one. I have a couple kids, can't imagine being anywhere else being gone for multiple days in a row. The pay scale gets better after year one. They pay for your hotel during training now, Pure reserve is not that bad if you live in base. It's September, a slow month by Allegiant standards. I haven't flown since Sept 2nd. Quality of life is something that cannot be measured. We are expanding and growing. All of the horror stories of being TDY'd for months at a time are non existent. When you are an initial newnhire you might have to worry about that for a bit, or if you are a new captain. It has its problems. If you come here thinking they don't have issues you will be disappointed. Cue the "that guy must be management" responses.
Originally Posted by
Shiek Yiboudi
I'll back up what he's saying. I don't really see much of what these trolls are saying. I like my job. 99.99% of the time I show up to work in the morning, fly out/back and I'm home before my kids get home from school. Our MX guys are good and skilled guys who fix things and I've never had to declare min fuel because dispatch supposedly shorts us. I've had the opposite experience, plenty of good, aware and in the loop dispatchers who take care of us.
Life is good and getting better (contract will happen).
If anyone wants any information on the real life of allegiant pilots then send me a message.
I will also agree with the above. First time posting about my experience here as a relatively new hire. I came here to move to base after commuting for half a decade. This airline is so different from any other airline I've worked for in many ways both good and bad. The day trips are great and I've had multiple groups of 4 consecutive days off in the same month but only in the slow months. Bidding reserve and living in base has been too easy since I've average 2-3 calls a month. In the busy months everybody works and it's hard to get a lot of days off if you aren't in the top 20% of your base since there are lots of low time day trips but I live close to the airport and I don't mind an easy 6 hour duty day when I'm use to busting out 11-12 hr work days daily on 4 day trips. I can't speak for the MD80 or 757 but I had a good experience with training on the airbus and felt well prepared for the oral and checkride (nobody from my class busted).
Some of the work rules here are just straight laughable but I did my homework before I came here and I knew what I was getting into. The TDY is exaggerated on the forums but there really is no excuse for it and yes a few people have been hit hard with it for multiple months. With all the movement new hires don't have to worry about it more than a month or two but you have to be careful about planning your upgrade so you aren't the bottom CA or two in base to avoid it.
Overall I am very pleased with my decision and haven't looked back for a second. All of the captains I have flown with are great and optimistic about a new contract. I am young and will let management decide if this will be a career stay for me by whether we have a new contract or not in a reasonable amount of time. If you want to fly a triple 7 and make 300k this isn't the place for you. As long as you don't try to commute, coming here can pay off big if a new contract arrives and you like being home every night.