Originally Posted by
whooooooocares
As grumpypants said.....
However if you want feed back specifically and broadly;
1) yes
2) single
3) crap
4) no one knows but probably more of the same, i.e. crap
more of a broad picture, this place can be painted very differently depending on who you talk to, and it is simply based on their timing of getting hired with this company and the conjunction of the company's decisions in relation to the industry.
The bonus money is good, it's sh!tty that the money isn't wrapped up into your salary, but take what you can get. I would hope that everyone would talk with their feet and not show up to class so that it would motivate the company to bargain at the table and increase our wages and remove the concessions that are in our current expired contract. That won't happen because individuals on a whole are greedy. Can't blame anyone for that. Upgrades in 18 to 24 months make sense IIIIIFFFFFF we can continue to hire enough people AAAAAANNNNNNDDDDDDD a minimum of 10ish captains leave per month. This attrition along with the "planned growth" and the ever present carrot on the stick bigger planes on the horizon rumor come true, we could be upgrading 15-20 per month to catch up and become, and remain properly staffed. Typically "properly staffed" is a very relative term depending on which seat you occupy, (management, executives, scheduling, fo, capt)
it doesn't seem like a terrible idea to come here but its not the most attractive either. Take the advice from grumble and weigh the things that contribute to qol instead of if we have huds or dual fms installed. You would be more of a fool than you already are if that is how you were to choose and airline to work for. You already made the mistake of choosing to become a pilot.
Good luck
I'm genuinely curious what the better option would be? Is this a grass is always greener comment or are there legitimately better options for someone looking for an ORD base? Envoy comes to mind as an alternative since they have a similar bonus structure but is that really any better than AW?