small amount of people means one thing...not a lot of opporutnity to trade for instance


i was based in ALB on the Beech...a MX base

there was 6 FO's

3 Hard Lines
3 RSV Lines

and a few months

4 Hard Lines
2 RSV Lines

Now imagine trying to find someone with the day of you need and being able to swap with them...Most guys get shafted on days off...and when you request days off...Dot Chaplin almost always laughs...She is a coniving one sometimes...

So what I used to do when i couldn't get a day off...Like my college graduation...wasn't go to miss..

I knew i wasn't going to be there and got home revenue with freq flyer miles...

i called in sick 1 hour before just so it would be hell on them...go figure they had to cancel a round trip....HAHAHAHA

i don't like screwing my fellow pilots...i screw the company and i will positon myself and know what they are doing to keep from them getting a call


ALSO there were times where you didn't have RSV's in a MX base because those guys were on TDY

so who does the RSV flying for the MX base...the Line guys...the most senior guys that bid the short day to spend time with their kids in the summer and work their other job because of what they get paid...so a 5 hour duty day turns into 15h 45m at least twice a week the rest will fall aroudn 10 and 12...when you expect it...it is fine...when it happens occasionally...it is fine

but everyday is ridiculous