Originally Posted by
seafeye
What benefits are you talking about? Travel? thats a joke, you can't go anywhere anymore cause all the seats are taken. It isn't a lot of fun going on vacation....(1 week your first year)...and finding out that you can't make it back because the flight is oversold. Try explain to your spouse that they aren't going back home to feed the cats.
17 days off? Where do you work? Cause we have people here for 22 years not getting a day over 15. If you have been here 5 years you might wiggle 12 a month.
And the pay is crap because people like you think that just doing the job is enough satisifaction and money isn't important. Well other people expect that a doing a good job deserves good money. Money that we use to feed our families. If flying is your hobby then rent a 172 and let the professionals work for income.
I don't have to drag a family around with me and jumpseating allows any airlines so I have never had trouble getting anywhere I need to go. I travel 3 - 4 times a month anywhere I want to go so you will not find me complaining. The company I work for was overstaffed for months so for about 6 or 7 months in a row and I never had less than 17 off and one month was 21. This month I have the lowest number of days off since I started, 15 which still isnt that bad although 17 is better.
Pay....yeah it sucks, but with our growth, I will be able to upgrade when I get ATP mins so another 5 months or so. The whole industry is about timing and luck. Time a company just right its really not that bad. So many of the "good" regionals I heard about a year ago arent doing so hot anymore. I'm sure at some point my company will head back down the toilet, I just hope to time it right to be outta here when it happens.