Originally Posted by dracir1

Ok, so this place sucks. We know it. The passengers know it. Hell, I think even BB knows it. All the way down the line. This is a sh/ty airline.

And there’s not much we can do. File a grievance maybe but that needs to be vs a specific work rule. Perhaps the passengers will revolt - nope, the prices are too cheap and most have short memories (Thank God).

The one reprise we DO possess is that the company must pay you for their incompetence. I will admit, I do get frustrated while standing at the gate with my crew to find out the inbound aircraft is 4-6 hours late - something I should have been informed of while still at the hotel - and I’m probably gonna time out. I can get my own hotel after 90 minutes of waiting but that means I’m doing their job. Going online and looking for a room when most are booked with passengers we just canceled on. So, I’ll wait 6 to 9 hours to get ahold of scheduling and get a hotel room booked for us. Because I remember 5 hours of extra pay after 0200. An additional vacation day after 1600 and midnight the days following.

We’ve all seen premium trips being offered when crews were available (either reserve or sitting because of a cancellation elsewhere). Plenty of times I’ve been short an FA and another (who still has duty day) volunteers to fly only to be denied.

I just smh. And take a screenshot of my updated schedule with the new credit total. This last weekend was about 10 hours of flying but 25+ hours of credit and 2 days of vaca. I don’t whine - i bank…

And always always always remember, just because you work for a sh/ty airline does not make YOU sh/ty as well.

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