Originally Posted by
dera
If you think 8 hours of airport standby 5 times a month is soul sucking, then I don't know what to say. Everyone can make up their own mind about that.
And yes, bad times do happen but hey, they happen everywhere. Skywest, Republic etc sucked during 2008 too. Endeavor didn't even exist yet. I'm sure a lot pilots went to Comair too thinking they will be fine if they "got stuck" there.
If 2008 or 9/11 happens again, the well paying contracts are flushed down the toilet faster than you can say "concessions" after a C11.
I wish I could love sitting around doing nothing while making 16 dollars of taxable per diem. That just sounds like a great use of my time! I think that's part of the reason people don't see you as credible because any normal human being with a life and family would understand how terrible that is.