Originally Posted by
ZenoAir
I for sure have been a outspoken critic of making wise choices when it comes to the regional airline world. I have friends there at F9 and have spoken with them at length. Some of you have forgotten what the regional world is like, I am over it! Moving on and its in motion, as is the train has left the station. I will still need a pad there in DEN when I hit the line. Any recommendations? Need be we can talk about why YOU and I have chosen Frontier when I get on line. I have no problem reminding you UA is currently hiring and China could use your Airbus PIC time. So why is it your not a UA or in China? Probably the same reason I will give right back to you Captain righteous!
Well clearly you are an idiot. I came here about a year ago from a regional and it has been the biggest mistake of my career. I listened to numerous people whom I know that believed a contract was just around the corner. Yet here I sit with second year pay being about 60% of what I used to to earn, once retirement is added in it is even worse. Why anyone would come here now with how things are I can't fathom.
The things that people used to talk about making Frontier worth while have deteriorated while I have been here. The ability to drop trips and adjust your schedule has become much more limited. The company claims this is due to pilots dropping more than they pick up. It is all a matter of how you look at the data. I drop a bunch of inefficient flying that had me at 12 days off and 77 hours hours. In turn I picked up more efficient flying and fly 78 hours with 17 days off. According to the company this is a work action since I worked less days. It doesn't matter that more block hours were covered. The company will manipulate the data to fit the narrative they wish too tell.
I also hope you don't want anytime off. Currently with the vacation cancellations it takes the better part of 3 years on property to hold a week off, worse if you are a captain. Maybe this will get better in the near future but I doubt it as the company has not met their projected hiring numbers recently which once again means we the pilots will end up sacrificing for management shortfalls.
The last thing I will will say is regarding MX, dispatch and operational control. I can't speak for how all other companies do things but I have worked as a CA for 3 previous 121 operations and have never before seen a disaster in the making such as this.