Originally Posted by
rdneckpilot
Make sure you know the relative seniority of the people you are talking to at Allegiant and have realistic expectations regarding how long it will take you to get the same. Which base also matters a lot. There was a dude in my new hire class just like you. Military retirement, family, Florida resident and valued quality of life over money. Got his Sanford base within the first year. Then reality set in for being junior in Sanford. It was not home every night with lots of time for kids.
he’s at delta now.
I liked allegiant as well but when I started doing the math on seniority progression and realistic schedule expectations the decision to leave for an offer at AA was very easy.
There are a few from my class that have stayed because it’s working out for them. ~20% of the class is still on property.
Nothing I said means allegiant is inherently bad. In fact when I was at allegiant it was the best job to that point in my career but AA has been much better for me.
Good luck and I wish you well. Hopefully whatever you decide works out.
Originally Posted by
Machaca
Actually, the survey situation is excellent, particularly since they sent out the exact same survey to mimic the company one, so will be able to whip it out when the company idiots try to filter what came in.
There's two survey's (three actually). There's the company survey that they put out to pilots, FAs, MX, and several other groups. There's the union version of the same survey so the union has the same data as the company and can help filter out the other groups when the company uses it in negotiations.
Then there is a revised what we want in our contract survey just put out by the union. I wasn't around for the last survey and IMHO it's a smart idea to put this out to reguage what we want based on further developments in the industry and include the newer pilots so we don't feel left out.