Originally Posted by
Bluedriver
Give me a break. The percentage of NK pilots working Christmas or New Year's, or your wife's anniversary is the same at JB and NK, and directly proportional to the amount of flying each airline does on that day of the year. SOMEONE has to fly Christmas. SOMEONE has to fly New Year's. SOMEONE has to fly weekends. SOMEONE has to fly Oct 11th.
Of course, but with some seniority, you can play the game and to get those days off. Not even that much seniority either to be able to play said game.
I spoke to a retired UA guy and he said that in his 20+ years at UA, he never got Christmas off. Since only 4 lines had the 25th off, the top 4 pilots in base would get it. At Spirit, I’ve spoken to pilots who are sub 10 years on property holding the major holidays off.
I know how QOL is hard to see with all those Benjamins in the way, but it’s there, Bluedriver.