Originally Posted by
Paqui57
You want QOL go work for mother Theresa . Your an airline pilot , you sit reserve for year or 2 then pass on.
Welcome to the discussion and thank you for your measured and thoughtful post. I also appreciate the career advice. Forgive me Obi-Wan, I am just a newbie to this wonderful career and have much to learn.
With regard to your suggestions,
1. Mother
Teresa (no 'h') is dead and no longer hiring. She had but one set of wings.
2. I only want some semblance of what our reserve rules USED to look like, before freebie FSB and scattershot SC assignments appeared (pre-merger). And perhaps maybe the ability for line holders to actually to pick up or drop a trip as long as there are 25 guys ON reserve on any given day. "Sorry, no coverage" is purely punitive. I'd like to see us fix relatively cheap stuff like that.
3. I'm actually not on reserve, but would like the flexibility to pick up a reserve line now and again. As of right now, its just too heinous to contemplate.
4. I want QOL for all pilots across the spectrum, not just those on reserve. I chose to key on that because it was one of the items specifically addressed in Jay's missive in which he announced the quickie extension of our industry trailing (in nearly all areas outside of pay and LTD) contract. Its also one area of the contract which seems to generate a ton of PDR's.
5. It's a 2.5 hour call out, not 4.
Not sure about your use of
your though....so I looked it up.
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Your is the possessive form of
you. It functions as an adjective, usually going before the noun it modifies. For example, in the phrase
your books,
your is an adjective modifying the noun books.
You'
re is a contraction of
you are.
Your vs. you're - Grammarist
grammarist.com/spelling/
your-
youre/
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I think that "you're an airline pilot" looks better. Don't you?
And lastly, before I go F myself, I've been here since before 9-11 and in the industry a lot longer than that. Of my time at UA, I've probably spent at least 8 years on reserve as a result of bumps and furloughs. So much my two year stint! The airline guys who got me into flying are now laughing at us and at how little we have come to expect from this "profession". I'd like to see us regain some lost ground. Sorry if that rankles your feathers so much.
