Im an Alaskan Airways pilot and I am not on reserve but do commute...the phrase "if you live in base, its not a bad gig" needs to be taken out to pasture and shot dead, and a couple extra bullets for good measure. The possibility of only having 7 complete calendar day off in a month is "that bad." You are on the hook for 23 days of the month. No thank you. It is time to wake up and make this terrible place to work an actual good place to be a pilot.
Originally Posted by
av8or
Well like I said.... if you live in base, it’s not a bad gig. It’s pretty tough if you don’t. But, everybody has to make their decisions. Hopefully we’ll get some changes next contract cause we’re starting to run shy of qualified applicants in the PNW etc.