Originally Posted by
crustacean
Listen, when you signed up for this job, nothing was hidden from you...You knew exactly what you were getting into, probably long before you even showed up for an interview. I honestly fail to see why the burden of your bad decision making should be placed on someone else's shoulders.
The airline you're working for told you up front how much you'd be making per hour (and, like I said, you probably did research before you went to the interview). They told you their monthly guarantee, training contract, per diem, etc. If you couldn't afford to live off of that, you should not have taken the job. It's as simple as that.
I'm sure your airline keeps their promises, but when I came to Comair in 2003 I didn't know that Mesa, Pinnacle, Shuttle, Chautauqua, etc. were going to be doing 80% of the flying in CVG.
I didn't know that Delta was going to give half our planes away or park them in the desert.
I didn't know that my pay was going to be cut $14,000 a year by a bankruptcy judge.
I didn't know that I would be a reserve FO going into my 7th year.
I didn't know that Delta was going to move most of our operation to JFK.
I must have not been paying attention during the interview.
When I came to Comair in 2003...
There was only one hub - CVG.
There was only one pilot domicile - CVG.
There was only one headquarters - CVG.
So I moved to CVG.
Now Delta wants me in JFnK but they cut our pass priority and flights. I will not devote $400 of my $2800 monthly salary to setting up a second residence in New York City.
Please tell me where my "bad decision making" came into play here?