Originally Posted by
PassportPlump
Well I have a wife, kids, a family, and friends I enjoy being around from time to time. So yeah, short staffing kind of stinks for me and people like me. If I was married to Delta and the jet I fly, I guess your perspective makes sense.
I’m perfectly fine living on the $160,000 I make a year just flying my bid award. Not a huge fan of 80+ hour ALV’s either.
My reroutes have mostly benefited me this summer. The delays caused waiting for a captain to show up for a greenslip on a split rotation have cost me some commutes home.
In my previous life this is how the operation went on, and then sick and fatigue calls start rolling into an already under staffed operation. Short staffing an airline costs a lot to pilots in terms of QOL, upgrades, etc.
I agree 100 percent but unfortunately if you are in the QOL camp you are in the minority here. It will continue to deteriorate as more qol items will be sold for pay rates in the next contract. And Alpa national only cares about their dues $ and qol items in our contract dont pay their bills. The company will push hard for max efficiencies out of us and the majority here are a very predictable group.