Originally Posted by
OhSnapAF
You keep saying "working 6 months out of the year" like you have found the only secret flying job that has a schedule. Hate to break it to you but there are so many 8/6 135 jobs, Flex pilots can work the same amount you do, oh and every major will work less than that if they bid min guarantee.
What major has a reserve schedule with two days off in between? I want the name.
It's all perspective. I will take the commute at an airline having worked at NetJets. I will move before I fly a transcon commute but if I had to commute tomorrow to work, I can't tell you how much I won't beat down NJAs door to work there again.
Look at American's DCA 320 schedule, junior guy get 5R/2off/4R and then 4 off to turn into a 6 day reserve block, United international is pretty much all 6 day reserve on the 6-400, 77 is 6-7 day blocks for some at EWR for ASIA, wide bodies don't get used much though I'm told, I get all this from guys I fly with in the reserves, seems your a hater, lighten up and enjoy your major job, we are all happy to be here, ticket to my house is worth unlimited amount of money a year for me not to sit in a crash pad, wait on some commuter to cancel my commute home, my wife makes 3X what I make so moving is not an option for us. What I see here and what I didn't see at CAL before I was furloughed is that these people generally get making the face of the company employees happy will be reflected to the owners. CAL and that fat slob Kellner gave two sh!ts about the employees and I was happy to look at a customer and say "not my job or my problem, good luck"! Sounds like the last CEO here was like that, but the guys here, most have been here since late 1990's and 2000's think its getting better? This works for me.