Originally Posted by
SkyWago
You sure? If you showed up in class you are basically saying to yourself, sure, I can work with what's there.
Most people don't go into a job thinking, these are some awful workrules and we need a full rewrite of everything and this place sucks because we are getting screwed this way and that way. No. They go thinking I am cool with this and maybe down the road in a good while maybe we can advance even more on what we are currently doing.
I came for the quick upgrade, I'm owning it. Things have worked out for me because I took advantage of opportunities that presented themselves. PSA was THE place to be at the time. Although I could not predict the future, my timing as it turned out was perfect. The landscape today at PSA doesn't look like what it was when I hired on. There's better places for a new hire today. You really only can see maybe a year into the future in this line of work and have to make decisions with that limited data. If you are not meeting realistic milestones in realistic time frames (a very personal goal), then it is probably time to move on if there are better options that get you to your end goal. I'll remind everyone, getting to a legacy if that's your goal just a year earlier probably means an extra half million dollars in total compensation overall at retirement.
PSA pilots may be facing difficult times ahead with the American furloughs coming back. I think 800 have the option, I doubt more than 200 will come back but even so, that's a huge obstacle. Pilots at all three wholly owned carriers need to pay close attention to what's coming in this regard.