Ever since I started, I’ve always been one to ignore a lot of the rumblings about Piedmont. I stay positive and that along with a lot of great coworkers is what makes this job great. With regard to the new reserve schedules though, enough is enough. I understand the desire to get as much as you can out of employees when they are getting paid 75 hours for reserve schedules, but to continue only giving 11 days off is a total D**k move. It costs the company nothing to give line holders or reserve line holders anywhere from 12-15 days off, but instead management chooses to stick it to their pilots yet again. Apparently they are either to stupid or too stubborn to see that it would help morale during these tough times and it would come at no extra cost. Hopefully everyone negotiating for us will remember this when they come asking for concessions down the road.

I never thought that I would be one on APC saying this, but if anybody eligible is considering Piedmont whenever hiring starts up again, DON’T DO IT!!!! Go somewhere else with the flow or without. Stay away from this place. The only thing it has going for it is the many people who are good and fun pilots and FA’s who happen to all make the same bad decision.