Originally Posted by
jtf560
Did you not read what Minrest wrote as to why he continues to post here? Your cheerleading for NJA and slamming the airlines is just not where reality lives. He has almost for sure done much better almost every year at Alaska than he ever would or could have here. I guess if he got the upgrade this year and decided to do the 76 day schedule and extend all the time he could make more money than just doing a regular work line without playing any games at the airline, but that would require getting awarded all the soft pay that we have no control over. The airlines are simply better for most and the more you slam it and don't acknowledge reality, the more he will continue to post. I have no problems with his posts when he gets the facts right.
I really try not to get into the ****ing contest between NJA and AS but I know that my buddy on the 350, hired when I was hired, flying the 7/7, will not clear 200k this year. I made significantly more than that on the old contract on Year 3 FO pay without picking up open time. Arguing pay AND QOL differences between major airlines and NJA is absolutely silly. NJA has had an identity crisis for closing in on two decades now. All I heard in 2015 was how NJA was like an airline, and deserved pay and QOL like an airline. Clearly that didn't happen but the yardstick NJA pilots continue to make is how it compares to the airlines. Because JL had a crappy airline career, he wants everyone else to have a crappy airline career thus oversells the fantasy world he lives in because he is an A teamer. It is a reality few people experience at NJA and he still falls short significantly in pay to his pears with similar YOS at a major airline. QOL? Forget it, he works 22 days a month eating mystery meat crew meals (when they show up)...
I have said time and time again that NJA is a great company overall, no company is perfect. It is absolutely a great fit for the right person. But I refuse to watch JL and others type unrealistic BS to try and sell NJA to prospective new hires. The pathetic thing is, he isn't even a recruiter for the company but he has a complete inability to give a realistic outlook on what a typical new hire can expect. Then again he hasn't been in touch with reality in decades, and only thinks about himself, which is why he takes every extended day he can, and has pathetic meltdowns on NJASAP that keep getting him temporary bans.