Originally Posted by
atpcliff
How about this?
I have a freind at NWA, who said, a while back, obviously, that while NWA was OK, I should go somewhere better like DAL.
Then, a DAL friend told me I should not apply there, as it was terrible, and I should go somewhere good like CAL.
One of my friends at CAL told me he wishes he had stayed at NetJets.
One of my friends at NetJets is leaving for another flying job.
Another guy said Allegiant was awful.
Another that Cathay was terrible.
On the web I have read numerous guys saying that Emirates is horrible, and then a bunch of Qatar guys saying that their airline is terrible, and Emirates is way better.
So, where do we go to find a great "Career" place again?
Cliff,
Good post! I recently became fortunate to have a job. Not just a pilot job, but a paycheck every 2 weeks. It took me 2 months after being displaced to put it into perspective...
I took a lot of criticism to come to American Eagle. AE was my very LAST choice. I had 4-5 other preferred choices: Pinnacle, Republic, Skywest, Horizon, Mesaba, Comair...
If I went to any of those listed (exp SKW) I would be furloughed!
What helped me put it into perspective was jumpseating on a UAL A320 to EWR and having the FO tell his CA that he was hired in May 1999 and was getting furloughed for the 2nd time. I don't have it bad.
As bad as my QOL is at Eagle, and it is horrible as I got displaced having to move out of my condo in ORD and have my $5000 furniture parked in a $140/mo storage unit and stay in a crashpad in Kew Gardens, I am happy to still be able to say "V1, Rotate!" Too many people at Eagle are concerned about "Upgrade Time".