Originally Posted by
captnate702
Glad to see you are so happy at AA that you’ve still got time to come slum it with us.
You are right, you were never gonna get the good Allegiant schedule sticking in Florida and I have been adamant to anyone who will listen that FL is the worst place to be based if you’re not very senior (see any of my posts about FL reserves and the abuse they get). It seems most on here have been very clear, repeatedly, that to get the good Allegiant qol you have to be willing to move to where the opportunities are.
I know several people that are below 50% seniority that love their life at Allegiant and are living in smaller bases. DSM, TYS, GRR, ATW, even ABE and FNT are not for everybody, but some people believe it or not are not dying to live in FL or the LAS/IWA desert. For those people, they come they fly and they go home and forget about work.
If you have your sights set on FL then this place is gonna very different than if you want to live in a smaller Midwest area.
I hope you do get that 320 CA seat back, though AA certainly has their obstacles over the next few years. No airline is insulated from a topsy-turvy economy (though WN and DL are positioned better than the rest imo) so hopefully you have some profitable years before retirement. I’ll miss busting your chops Marg, I hope you’ll come back and slum it with us on APC in the future.
Everyone talks about how we have two airlines here at Allegiant, we do. We have Allegiant over here in Florida and then the remainder of allegiant. Junior work rules need a serious overhaul here and I truly believe that it's coming, the company has no choice. In Florida, all they nay sayers on here are correct (who all happened to be relatively junior Florida guys btw), it is a horrible time. But the remainder of the network? It's the easiest flying job you will ever have.
If you're on the outside looking in and speculating a career here, know that the truth lies somewhere in the middle between the extremes on here and the extremes the company will sell. Seek out some allegiant drivers on FB, we're a friendly group.