Originally Posted by
Huck
Even with my mind virus, I can still remember sitting beside the pool at the Amerisuites off 36th Street in Miami in 1999. I was at Gemini.
I was emoting over my career choices. None of them were all that good.
A wise old captain - Vietnam vet, had flown for three other cargo carriers, another nasty Boomer - took a sip of his gin and tonic and said, "You know, someday you'll realize, what matters is this: your friends and your family. That's it."
I'm guessing that if you're unhappy doing night hubturns, you'll be unhappy flying 4-leg days in a 717. But what do I know.
4 legs in the sunshine with no redeyes on the 717 actually sounds much better than 4 legs through the night on the 757. I don't think you can even compare them objectively because they're that much different.
I agree about the friends and family comment. That's all that matters.
Originally Posted by
Maineseaplane
My two cents.
the United Tumi TA almost made that place a joke and then a year later they turned it around.
The same could happen here or not.
if you live in a legacy base then I definitely think it’s a tougher choice, I don’t.
I have friends at every airline and they all have infighting and issues. Deltas MEC was just as bad during their negotiations with the reps sending out mass emails bashing one another.
the thing that makes the job the easiest is driving to work. So if you can drive to work, do it and if it’s for pax, spend your money wisely for when the next down turn happens.
im 300 from the bottom FWIW
The Tumi TA wasn't as bad as ours and still got shot down by 96%. Only 57% of our eligible voting pilots voted no, but that was with over 10% of our crew force being ineligible to vote due to our silly probation rules.