Old 07-19-2025 | 08:57 AM
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Originally Posted by Chimpy
listen, I don’t think NK is going anywhere and you’ll end up with F9 but that “Go to a legacy and you’ll end up working every weekend and Holiday” just isnt true and I believed it for a long time and it kept me at NK longer than needed. My wife and I struggled when JB/NK merger was blocked because we both thought the same, gone all the time, working every weekend, every holiday etc and that hasn’t been the case at all. The Paycut Is however SIGNIFICANT and that will hurt for a while, lol but the Schedule isn’t bad and if you want to Stay on RSV, it also is significantly better than NK (significantly). Obviously it helps I’m based in EWR but just wanted to point this out. And you nailed it in one regard, I thought I would have had a clearer view of NKs future before my class date, and clearly that wasn’t the case. Anyway, I don’t fault anyone for staying or going or bailing completely on this BS industry but just wanted to point this out for those maybe facing the decision soon. This I can say with confidence, you will miss the Airbus 😂 and the Crews for sure, but you’ll enjoy the variety in flying, the ability to have much more control of your schedule on RSV and the trip trading is vastly better but that could be just because there is more flying to choose from. Anyway, good luck to everyone having to make the decision, it’s brutal and I feel for ya.
You pretty much hit it on the head. I held weekends almost immediately on reserve (93% at the start), didn’t work a major holiday (Christmas and Thanksgiving included), and the flying is significantly better. Commuting is commuting, but VERY doable with our reserve rules.

For a long time, CAs I flew with at NK thought the above wasn’t possible unless you have 10+ years at the company. Being at a multi fleet airline has its perks and being on a junior fleet in a junior fleet is underrated to say the least
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