Originally Posted by
ClearedDirrrect
Just a heads up for anyone thinking of coming here please take whatever they tell you in the interview with a grain of salt, like a tiny, tiny grain of salt....
Here are a few things that were told to us during the interview process last year.
"You can have DAL as a base in 3-4 months from date of hire" Try 7-8 months.... and enjoy that 4 on/3 off weekend reserve forever when you get there.
"Most of our lines are 3 day pairings" Yeah, maybe 5 years ago...
"You will be on reserve for a couple months" True if you're based in BWI or LAS. Good luck anywhere else as bases are adding reserve lines like crazy and reducing blank lines.
"Max7 will be on property 2nd QTR of 2023" I know the Feds and Boeing are responsible for this but why say this in the interview when the damn thing wasn't even certified?
"It's so easy to TTGA/ELITT trips. You can always get the schedule you want" Is it? ELITT opening today was a complete joke and TTGA/ELITT is a part-time job on my days off.
I know new-hires years ago had it way worse than now, and it's not a bad job, glad I'm here(I think) but just don't let the kool-aid sway your decision after the interview. Do your homework and hopefully things turn-around.
Most of our lines are 3 day pairings. BWI has actually turned into the base with the longest reserve because it's the constantly stream of new hires coming in for their consolidation month and then leaving the next month. New hires in other bases are getting lines with half weekends off within 6-7 months of hitting the line. FOs in Dallas have lines with weekends off by the time their classmates in BWI have blank lines with no reserve.
Pretty much every trip in ELITT starts on Friday-Sunday, so I'll give you that, but stuff pops in as the months go on.