Originally Posted by
CAirBear
For simplicity sakes 4 days. That will only happen ONCE a month. The reality of this airline is 2 days off, MAYBE 3 in a row. It’s a ton of 3 days on, 2 off, 1 on, 1 off, 4 on 2 off, 5 on 1 off, 2 on 2 off. etc. It’s complete garbage.
Take it from someone who was here for 2.5 years and is now at Spirit. It’s laughable how much less I work and ridiculous how many days off in a row I have. I mean it’s stupid.
Cue the “your not at home every night”
Home boys 🙄 Cool story. I actually have a life again.
It always amazed me how many guys I flew with that would live 45-60 mins from the airport. So your telling me you drive 1.5-2 hours a day in your car (4-5 days a week), you go do a long out and back, and your really enjoying your time at home? I mean really? Really?
To each their own. There is no reason in hell this place can’t have industry standard 4 on 3 off. Cry me a river “well we’re different”.
I had hope for PBS and to see what it would resolve, but after 2 years and 600+ grievances I’m good.
Exhibit A for anyone that thinks they can commute and enjoy this job. It simply doesn’t work. I agree entirely that schedules could be more “normal” here now that the fleet transition is done. This isn’t the same airline as it was 4 years ago when we didn’t fly at all on Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday. There’s flying to be done every single day now. But nonetheless, the schedules remain as is. If you don’t already live in a base or want to move to within a short drive of one, do not consider this as a destination. Your sanity will thank you for it.