Originally Posted by
livetofly2123
Hey guys,
Hopefully I can get a few of you to take the time to read my questions. I was fortunate to meet one of your guys yesterday jumpseating (seat in the back) and he had pretty good things to say about the company. I will be honest I have never considered coming here, but things in my life are changing. I have a 5 year old son with twins on the way and would love to stay home more often. I have read previous replies and possibly know some of the answers already, but if you could kindly take some time to answer it would be appreciated.
What base or bases can I get out of training?
What is the average experience of the individuals getting hired currently?
I'm supposed to upgrade in May of this year should I wait and get some PIC time or try to come there?
I'm happy to move to base, but if i ended up in a different base and needed to commute is it basically the same? Grab a crash pad?
What is most disliked about the current contract?
Anything else you can tell me?
If I made the statement that Allegiant is the best airline in the world to work at, probably 90% of the people who read it would laugh at me.
But I can tell you this. I live in sunny Florida, enjoy the beach and Disney regularly, I don't commute, I'm home every night, my family knows me, I work 10 days per month and make ok money. I fully concede I will probably never make what Fedex drivers make or have the retirement pension of say Delta. But topping out at $230 an hour is an ok dollar amount for a first contract in my opinion (that doesn't mean I won't fight for more). If I wanted a regular airline life I would have pursued it. In my book, if Allegiant ever closes their doors or significantly changes their business model, I'll probably just leave flying. One nice thing is with all the time off I have, there is opportunities to have a lot of other things going on with alternate revenue streams. For me working here after working at the regionals is like waking up from a really long and bad dream.
I would offer this recommendation to you though. Don't commute here, you probably won't be happy. If you have to commute though until say you get the base of your choice, that's a different story. In my opinion people come here for a quality of life, something different than the regular airlines. In order to enjoy it, its best (in my opinion) to live in base.
In the airlines, it always seems you are chasing something, the next level up etc.. Here I kind of feel like I have arrived. I'm not chasing upgrade either in a more junior city, just staying in my base until I can hold it.
I'm still in the honeymoon period I guess, but just my 2 cents.