Corporate Regrets?
01-08-2015, 03:06 PM
#101
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Joined APC: Jul 2009
Position: Lefty
Posts: 53
Originally Posted by cgtpilot
That's the best part of 121 majors, just being a seniority number.
Show up, fly, go home, pay me.
No BS, no politics, no b$tt kissing required.
Show up, fly, go home, pay me.
No BS, no politics, no b$tt kissing required.
That, and I can't seem to convince the principals in this non-aviation company that there is no such thing as a "part-time" pilot. In particular, there is no "part-time" pilot who is on call 24/7/365 and flies (and manages) a single-pilot jet 300 hours a year. When I show them the comps during salary negotiations, they toss them over their shoulder and say "yeah, but what does a private, part-time pilot make?"
Last edited by Stickshaker; 01-08-2015 at 03:07 PM. Reason: selling myself short
01-08-2015, 03:08 PM
#102
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Joined APC: Dec 2010
Position: DaBus
Posts: 79
Best thing I ever did was to walk away from flying a gulfstream 28 days a month for 100k a year, to skywest for 18 months to build my TT, then onto virgin america. I have zero regrets, and I am so stoked I made the jump.
01-08-2015, 03:56 PM
#103
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Joined APC: Jan 2006
Position: Engines Turn Or People Swim
Posts: 39,293
Originally Posted by galaxy flyer
KA,
I do likewise, doing so moments ago, but I'm a pilot, I like flying and don't relish getting paid and not flying. If the recommendation for airline work (I've been there, EA) is based on not flying, why even be a pilot?
I work about 12-15 days a month, not always gone that many; enjoy flying a Global and the trips are like a vacation--mostly several days off not usually in at 9pm, out 12 hours later.
GF
I do likewise, doing so moments ago, but I'm a pilot, I like flying and don't relish getting paid and not flying. If the recommendation for airline work (I've been there, EA) is based on not flying, why even be a pilot?
I work about 12-15 days a month, not always gone that many; enjoy flying a Global and the trips are like a vacation--mostly several days off not usually in at 9pm, out 12 hours later.
GF
If you can get over six figures to do 12 sim bounces/year, that would be the sensible thing to do. Buy an airplane and fly it as much as you want in all your spare time.
Personally I'd like to fly a little more than six times a year, but that schedule would enable a lot of other things.
01-08-2015, 06:39 PM
#105
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Jan 2008
Position: A320
Posts: 321
Originally Posted by galaxy flyer
6 times a year's is not moderate! If you don't want to fly, go places, see things, why did you become a pilot?
GF
GF
01-08-2015, 09:26 PM
#107
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Jan 2008
Position: A320
Posts: 321
Originally Posted by galaxy flyer
I guess 40 years on, I still like flying.
GF
GF
01-09-2015, 12:24 PM
#108
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Joined APC: Feb 2013
Position: BD-700A
Posts: 210
^I hear you. That being said, I can work 12 days a month moving laterally should a issue arise within my company. That cannot be said in the 121 environment. If we have learned anything from this thread, it should emphasize the 2 very different paths this industry provides to rate success. That's a good thing in my humble opinion
01-10-2015, 06:25 AM
#109
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Joined APC: Jan 2008
Position: A320
Posts: 321
Originally Posted by BPWI
^I hear you. That being said, I can work 12 days a month moving laterally should a issue arise within my company. That cannot be said in the 121 environment. If we have learned anything from this thread, it should emphasize the 2 very different paths this industry provides to rate success. That's a good thing in my humble opinion
01-20-2015, 09:17 AM
#110
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Joined APC: Mar 2014
Posts: 473
Originally Posted by BPWI
^I hear you. That being said, I can work 12 days a month moving laterally should a issue arise within my company. That cannot be said in the 121 environment. If we have learned anything from this thread, it should emphasize the 2 very different paths this industry provides to rate success. That's a good thing in my humble opinion
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