Originally Posted by
SFA320
Glad it worked out for you. Yes we will get a contract, it will happen. Enjoy your 4 days in HNL, just curious what do you do for the other 12-14 days on your trip? Man, I can barely handle a 4 day. Ha ha
Yes right now sucks at F9, but I don’t fault anybody for coming here. If you come please don’t pay for a hotel during training....I’m not sure who in the right mind would do this. Plenty of quality and quiet crashpads close to the training center for 250-450. Yes, manamgent and the pay is rough right now....but those things change. Spirit sucked 3-5 years ago. Those guys who went are now decently senior captains making well over 200k, with great retirement. Who knows what will happen to F9. Is it a risk....somewhat. Will it pay off? I think so.
I’ve flown 1 leg in the past 9 days. Did 4 days in Atlanta, 3 days in Shreveport, and now I’m in HNL for 4 days. Then I go to Denver for 4 days. Just long call in those cities in case they needed me. Last day is commute home.
Honestly, once you get used to blocks of 8 days or even 16 straight you’ll never want to go back to 4 blocks of 4 day trips. Too much time spent on your own time jumpseating to crashpads, and not enough time off at home to really go do anything.
You guys just need to stand strong and stay united. The shortage is on you’re side. The longer it takes the more pressure they’ll end up under to give you a leading contract. I think you guys will end up being a great place to work once your contract is resolved.
The point being, even the ACMI’s have turned into real jobs. You guys are in a good position. F9 will be another Spirit/JetBlue pretty soon I’d say.