Originally Posted by
Jay5150
Calm down buddy. I'm responding to you. I didn't come on here bashing Allegiant. YOU are the one that lit into 777 flying like it was the worst thing imaginable. My food comment was in direct response to you saying we eat airport food all the time, when that's rarely, if ever the case.
If my question about nights in one's own bed was incoherent, I apologize. My meaning is that with the huge efficiency on the 777 or 747 and things like that, it's very easy to get 18,19,20 days off. I like my overnights. It's like a free mini-vacation. But I do know guys like you seem to be, who don't want any part of it. They bid nothing but day trips, which, by-the-way, you can do here too if you've got the seniority.
And no, having crash pad mates doesn't mean you know what it's like. You have to actually do it to know. Some guys hate it. They are the small minority, but they exist. It's not for everybody, for sure. The beauty is, you can always bid to domestic, no problem.
How many years did it take to hold that? Well new hires are getting the ER and our most junior narrowbody captain is a 2014 hire, so....for now....not long at all.
Hey Jay, I'm taking it you work for Delta...? Curious to see that because there is a long standing rumor here that Delta doesn't typically hire our pilots. Some claim we've had no one go to Delta, and others claim there have been a scant few (I think its just a few pages back on this forum). Are you one of those few, or did you get there from another job? I'm not entirely surprised I should say... Allegiant ops are like the antithesis of Delta ops; not to say the crews are, but I could see how it would paint a bad picture to the perceived triple breasted sky gods (meant to be playfully insulting, not serious!).
For those curious... I have heard (personally) of plenty of people going to United, and guys leaving in droves to Southwest. Haven't heard of any AA or Delta personally yet. I think there has been a jet blue or two in there as well.
-Alex-