Originally Posted by
Pervis
I don’t get it. The job is as hard as one allows it to be. Iron clad fatigue policy makes it easy, unless that FDP is so appealing one chooses to fly fatigued.
This and an extreme shortage of “give a flock” are the ways to navigate a 2023 NetJets career.
No pax catering? General message.
Release issue? General message.
Delay? General message.
Tired after dealing with no pax catering, a release issue and a delay? Fatigue.
The only reason I pick up a phone anymore is to *tell them* (not ask) that we’re shutting it down for an hour to get food when our crew food doesn’t show up, or to ask MCC what words they want typed in for the discrepancy.
It’s not my problem if the owners beat us back from grabbing something quick, nor my problem if we miss a slot, or now have to deice, or the plane breaks on the next start.
If they want to defer my squawk that’s fine. They can tell me where it’s at in the MEL.
My job has become infinitely easier since management stopped caring. I’m just following their example.