Originally Posted by
captnate702
I don’t know of any current legacy schedules that were 99% day trips like Allegiant. The old United shuttle schedules up and down the west coast or from ORD to NYC were only day trips, but currently I have not seen/heard of any that exist today.
If those still exist please elaborate because I would guess at least a few hundred pilots would be interested in how long it takes to get the qol of an Allegiant, but with legacy rates and bennies.
Forgive me, it’s been a while since I left, but which provision in the CBA guarantees that 99% of your trips will be day trips? The argument that only at Allegiant can you “be home every night” is false, and it’s simply used as a lazy management effort to try to recruit and retain people. Those day trips can also be taken away whenever management decides they no longer fit with the operation.
As for elaborating at which other airlines day trips exist, feel free to do your own research. I’m not here to convince you or the other G4 apologists to leave.
Yes, there were positive points to working at G4, it was not all bad. I liked who I worked with. It was an incredibly easy job, and not having to commute was great. But at times, the abuse and mismanagement was awful and made it the most difficult job. I mostly do day trips now and enjoy my time at home with just over one year of seniority. Working for an airline that actually invests in its operation makes the job easier than it ever was at G4. Yeah, we have problems at the legacies, but those problems pale in comparison to what the pilots at G4 have to put up with.