Originally Posted by
Drums4life
Sitting ready reserve for 20 hours in the past two days has got me thinking a lot about cutting my losses now and pursuing other opportunities. It'll definitely be a tough decision, but I'm about to be in my third base in the past 5 months. I have some interviews with some other regionals out there which I will probably do, but within the next couple weeks I'll have to decide whether it'll be worth staying in for in the long run.
I would venture to guess if you are still sitting reserve, or ready reserve you have not been online too long.
I would hang out there and give it a few months. I am not sure where you work and I guess for the discussion it does not matter much, but when I started at TSA it took me a good little while to realize that I had not ****ed my life away. I still have days that I wish I did something else, but most days once I get to work I am just fine being there. For me, the last day in a sting of days is when I hate my job the most. But you suck it up and go in anyway, more days off will come again.
I suggest that you hang out on reserve and give a honest six months to form your decision. There are things that just take time to expreince when you are on reserve, and if you are new to the line there are alot things left to see and do. But for the days that I just could not stand my job and wanted to give it up I would express my concerns to my wife or a good friend. Just getting the chance to ***** about to someone else was often enough to get my over the hump.
I have found there is alot of value in venting your frustrations and complaints with either memebers of you family or your spouse. I call my dad and tell him how bad I feel, and to this day he still spends his time on the phone to bring back to reality. I am almost 29 years old, and complaining about that airlines to my dad has made us closer than we have ever been in the past growing up. So it has been an overall good experince for me..
Then the day you become a line holder will be your jumping off point on a whole new set of expreinces with an airline job. I think you find your life and mood improving.
With all of that, it might do you well to think about our predecessors. Think about some of the past rj drives that sat reserve for years, not months, weeks, sometimes never. In the past 5 to 10 years this was never the norm. I was always greatful for my short reserve time, but again never ment to throw that into the face of someone that sat reserve for years and years
With that all that said, there is nothing wrong for looking for other options. I still do it to this day. Always looking for that opputunity that might present itself and I leave the industry. Postive attitude and no expectations has left me not being too bitter.
Best of luck
Reeves