Originally Posted by
golfandflows
im coming from a regional that gave me 11 days off as a LINEHOLDER. So much complaining on this board like SW doesn’t pay well even BEFORE the new contract. Yes it can and should improve with the new contract , but let’s not act like the sky is falling. More chaos = more $. It just might require one to put that internet surfing sesh on the iPad on hold at midnight and get some sleep.
with that said I will be bidding AM reserve to avoid doing a post flight walk around after 14 hrs at 4 am.
The days off are good. That is one plus for SWA. 15 Day off reserve lines are awesome.
I guarantee the fatigue is not from surfing the internet at midnight however. My next trip has a 4:25 show in domicile. That’s about a 2:30 wake up to make that happen bc of the drive in. 4-5 am shows are more the rule than the exception in my domicile. It gets worse as time progresses. That particular day is a duty of 9:30 after a 4:25 show. The operation is always pushed until failure. This is reality.
My buddy just switched back to AMs after his schedule last month. He told me every night he arrived at the hotel past 3 am…..no way I’m touching PM.
also let’s talk about trip mix. 3 day lines were plentiful when I first started here 7 years ago. No our lines are extremely dense bc 20% reserves. So many lines have 4 days thrown in there or random turns. That has definitely gotten worse YOY. They complain sick calls and fatigue are up…well you run things so thin…….