Originally Posted by
SmoothLanderJ
You aren't missing anything. I've been here going on 4 years and our scheduling flexibility is some of the worst. I'm almost embarrassed to compare my schedules with my buddies at the "Big 3" including SWA's. Especially when it comes to block vs credit. Trip trading and trip dropping are virtually non existent. Other than day for day vacation trading, the flexibility pretty much ends there unless the trip you want to trade matches EXACTLY like the trip in open time. There are a few exceptions here and there but its definitely not the norm. Along with industry standard compensation and scope, scheduling flexibility and work rules are equally important. We'll see in two years how the next contract goes!
Every group has a few of "that guy". I would just tune out anybody who makes inflammatory blanket statements about the other group. AS ate a big poop sandwich when everybody else was going BK, and VX started an airline when other airlines were being shut down and senior dudes had no place else to go. Both AS and VX were profitable lately, so there shouldn't be much excuse to lose money after the merger dust settles.