Originally Posted by
Lewbronski
Sheesh. What do you want us to say?
"Gosh, it sure is fun flying multiple legs per day the older I get."?
or
"Gosh E6bpilot, you're right! Ima gonna pick up and move over to United after I've been here for X years and start over at the bottom of the seniority list because the non-victim, empowered-individual thing to do if things don't perfectly suit me is to pick up and leave, making sure the door doesn't hit me on the a$$ on my way out."?
or
"Jeez! You certainly are right E6bpilot. We all should just quit our whinin' and complainin', put a smile on our faces and tell everyone everything is great even though I don't feel like it is. 'Sides, there are people who are much worse off in the world than we are, so until we're the worst off, we need to keep our mouths shut!"?
or
"Man, if I had Nostradamus-like powers of future-tellin’ like E6bilot, I’d have waited 7 or 8 years for airlines like United and Delta to start hiring in droves because that was definitely gonna happen.”?
You, E6bpilot are the paragon of picking’ urself up by yur bootstraps and rising above adversity. Please let me know when your autobiography is published so I can take notes and learn how to not be a victim. You should go on tour with Jordan Peterson and Jocko Willink.
I got here by pure dumb luck, certainly not by being smart, looking good, or flying well. I had a brief but notable career in the adult film industry that made me some valuable contacts in the flying world. The rest is history.
I am just poking fun at you guys. Pilots like to complain, and I do it in spades, but come on. This company is what it is and we all took the job here knowing that. Complaining about 4 leg days in the 737 (those still exist, right? I don't fly them so I don't know) is like complaining that my wife orders too much off of Amazon. I can get stressed about it, make a federal case, stomp my feet, and jump up and down, but my Ring app still alerts me 7 times a day that someone is dropping a package off on my porch. In the end, I am not going to ditch my wife for her Amazon habit and she knows it and I know it. She is still a hell of a partner and a super dependable house manager and puts up with my antics.
Here is something we can all get behind:
SWA can afford to pay us what we are worth. We generate more revenue for our company with our hard work and dedication than any other pilot group. We are also unique in that we will start and end our careers here flying the same aircraft with no opportunity to move to higher paying equipment. We need to be recognized for that uniqueness and our contribution. I will accept nothing less than a contract that values me as a professional pilot at my career destination airline. No more making excuses for the company. No more paying for the company's cheapness out of my own pocket. I plan on doing whatever it takes to make that happen.
My retirement flight will be in a 737, though. It is what it is.