Originally Posted by
MarineGrunt
Man, didn't realize I typed so much...
Tldr/ADHD version:
If you're an AA prospective, do yourself and your family a favor... go someplace with a decent contract, because we don't have one even close and I don't know how we possibly ever get there.
You are spot on. I’m on the 757 in Philly and most of the Captains I fly with have no clue how much better it could be. They get all excited when they pick up a premium trip. Big deal. You could be making a lot more on that Shannon 14 hour 3 day. A DL/UA guy gets 15:30 at 200% when the pick up a premium 3day trip. And then we have so many just picking everything up at 100%. I think a big part of that is most are retiring soon anyway so they don’t care. As the older generation retires, I hope the newer generation has a fight in them to bring our pay and work rules to at least on par with DL or UA.