Originally Posted by
flynavyj
i don't think we should be comparing ourselves to oil rig operators, infact, we simply enjoy the luxury of being able to commute. in the normal world, if a person wants a job, they have to relocate to where the job is, we on the other hand have this ability to live in one city, and travel to another city.
If the average person was trying to do that with their office job, their quality of life would be just as depressing (and that would be even considering that they have the company buying the tickets). The only thing is, we will stay @ the city that we end up @ overnite, then on to it again.
Just seems odd to think, if i was to find a nice job in chicago, and say..."yeh, i'll commute outta st. louis" cause that good job in chicago would say, your crazy, or, "no...you'll move you and your family to chicago"
In the regional world the instability of domiciles and code-share partnerships, and the eventual need to upgrade, makes it very impractical for many pilots to live in domicile and relocate their families every time the winds change. Also many domiclies are not garden spots.
In the real world, if you want a potential employee to rip his family out of their home, spouse's job, and schools and relocate to some major metropolitan toliet you have to incentivize it...with very large amounts of cash.
The military goes to great effort and expense to take care of the families of servicemembers.
Airlines don't do that any of that, they just assume you will commute. You can't compare it with anything else, cuz it is what it is.
Look at it this way...if the TSA outlawed jumpseating overnight, what would happen? Think pilots would buy their own tickets to work? Not a chance in h*ll...there would be a whole bunch of planes parked the next day. In order to get me to come to work, the company would just have to give me space positive...no way I'm buying my own, or moving, for a regional job.