Originally Posted by Bucking Bar

Johno29,

There are many of us who have NEVER called in sick, who pick up flying and who don't fight the system (even when the system makes an error). Those of us who can be at the jet 45 minutes after the phone call and willing to push back 15 minutes later if everything is done. Management might not be able to put a dollar value on that, but it certainly exists.

Do you want a Gold Star Whenever I hear "I've never called in sick" I think that means someone has been to work when they probably shouldn't have. Many of us on reserve live longer than 45 min from the airport, still have a bag packed, and live a life on reserve and take a full 2 hrs to get to check-in with an honest best effort. Are we less dedicated and professional pilots?


With a forced commute that will change. Statistically, I would think it takes more unhappy pilots to staff an airline than it does happy ones.

That could change with better commuter policies like call-in honest, a wider JS window, and the ability to double book JS and NR on the same flight


The example of all the short staffing and junior manning that goes on at United and US Air during furloughs.

Then there are some of us that will simply quit if there is a better opportunity out there.

If you think there is a better opportunity than DAL go for it, but please be senior to me

ACL65 said they expected with all this upheaval that some would do just that. Management will do their best to minimize that upheaval, but at the end of the day they have a business to run.