Originally Posted by
Spooled
Only reason your quality of life is good is because you've been here for years, and you probably didn't have to sit reserve long. Anyone coming in now will be on reserve for a long time. 6 Months? Probably longer in MSP or MEM. You know as well as I that you get ABUSED on reserve at Pinnacle.
I get more days off with pref bid. But this month I finally got the shaft.
I had yet to been screwed over except this month. Normally I average 15-17 days off with weekends. Well this month I manage to get HORRIBLE schedule. 1000 points towards weekends off gave me only 2 weekends in March off.
Why are you guys trying to make Pinnacle sound like a good place to work? Its a dump. Memphis is a dump. Maybe ya'll just don't know any better. Only thing that will make Pinnacle better is when we STFD!
i have only been here for 2.5 years. i wouldn't consider that a long time. when i first started i couldn't hold memphis so i sat reserve in detroit for 3 months, then i got to come to memphis and sit reserver for 5. and during those 5 months do you know where i was at?? you got it, getting sent up to detroit to sit reserve up there. at least the hotel was on the companies dime those times. and yes you do get abused and yes you will sit reserver for around 6 months. there is nothing new to that. everyone has to pay their dues here, and when you work for pinnacle, they really make you pay them.
if you are using the points system and you got screwed by prefbid then it is because you don't know what you are doing. i use the automatic bidding. i have 2 prefrences in my bid. max days off high, and weekends off high. that is how i get 3 day trips and 18 days off with 4 day weekends. no points, no other crazy requests, just days off and weekends. i have yet to get screwed by pref bid. for christmas i asked for what i knew i could for sure get. i traded a few days off so i could get the entire week of christams and new years off. and guess what, i got it. not because i am the most senior person in mem, because i am not, but because i know and prioritize what i am asking for.
if you have ever read any of my posts then you would know that i know there is a lot that needs changing around here. i have never said this is a great place to work or tell people to come and work here because its the best! i have never said any of that. what i say is the truth. i don't let the fluff or hate of the people on here or the company get in the way of saying the truth. the truth is yeah, pay sucks. management likes to kick us while were down. we have a contract that is 8 years old. you will make more at other regionals. will i say your qol will be better. probably not. my qol is great. i am at work 1/3 of the month, and at home the rest. so coming on here and saying that your qol at pinnacle sucks just isn't true for me. it may be for you but that is why i am letting people know that yeah if you are new it sucks. but like higney said he has been here just 1.5 years and has great qol.
Originally Posted by
won'tfly4free
I wouldn't consider myself a lucky one, I was a 7 year fo, and it's true any one with a red tail has *******y management. I hope that everyone that was furloughed is happy at there new place (skywest). But It just seems that there are more people that hate 9E then like it, I again hope you get a good contract. All that being said there is still the steroetype that is stamped on you if you work for 9E just like the one I have at MESABA.
not all your guys went to skywest, like i said we have a lot of mesaba guys over here when they started sending a lot of you home. several came over as street captains. and of course right now there are more people that hate 9e than like it. we are going through the same things you guys went through 3 years ago. management threats, bad work conditions, etc. etc. i wont say i hate 9e but i am not pleased with the way they are running things. i do what i can to help the union and nothing to help the company. i take my days off, turn off the phone, and don't pick trips up. sure they call a lot but i dont help them because just like everyone else here i want to see a fair contract that is good for the pilots.