Originally Posted by
av8or
Anyway, if you get here and decide to stay, for the first year, till you’re off probation, KEEP YOUR HEAD DOWN! There is ZERO contractual protection for you and the company can absolutely fire you for whatever reason they decide. After that, get involved in being part of the solution, while at the same time, demonstrating daily through your professionalism that we deserve better.
That's true anywhere, and it's happening surprisingly often at all the big six...
If you're a stereotypical millennial, it's not like the slacker culture at the regionals, it's old-skool and it's that way for a reason. Turn your phone off in the sim and in the cockpit. Do what you're told, without asking why or giving any pushback unless it's a safety concern. Shave, iron your shirt, be on time, even if it's a really sucky early show. No soul patch or mutton chops. Study hard for recurrent.
If you're an older ex-RJ CA, take the GD fourth stripe off and leave it off. Try not to talk too much about how you did it at the last airline unless it's a really funny story. Same thing for Colonels, although being new to airlines they tend to adapt to the learning mode better.
Sound hard? Suck it up for one year and you'll still have a job.