PSC Vs Medical Insurance
11-05-2022 | 08:45 AM
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A family of four who is able to make two non-rev domestic trips a year could easily save $5,000 in ticket costs that year. That’s 3.5% of his total take-home pay for the year - just on airfare.
You find it embarrassing that one would be conscious of this expenditure, and lament a degradation of their historic non-rev benefit?
Personally, I periodically shop internet rates, cell phone rates, home and auto insurance rates, pay attention to gas price differences, negotiate large purchases…all for less savings than $5,000/year. Never thought I was an embarrassing cheapskate, but I’ll take it under advisement.
You find it embarrassing that one would be conscious of this expenditure, and lament a degradation of their historic non-rev benefit?
Personally, I periodically shop internet rates, cell phone rates, home and auto insurance rates, pay attention to gas price differences, negotiate large purchases…all for less savings than $5,000/year. Never thought I was an embarrassing cheapskate, but I’ll take it under advisement.
If you want to lament something that’s actually had the biggest degradation on nonrevving, blame overbooking. We sell more tickets than we have seats for, how is that right to do?
Also, ability to go standby on an earlier flight also hurts the odds of successfully nonrevving. Blaming fellow crew for trying to get to work is asinine, and embarrassing.
11-05-2022 | 08:47 AM
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When I was single, way back in the 2000’s, and a lowly regional FO, I nonrevved all over the world. In one year I calculated that my nonrev tickets valued about $40,000. (I went to several international locations in FC, including Australia). That’s more money than I made that year, gross.
It’s a huge benefit. Maybe not to everyone, but definitely to some. I still use nonrev benefits with my family. I don’t nonrev during the middle of summer, I plan accordingly. I just went to the UK for a week, nonrev, for free. There were over 100 seats open. It’s a great benefit. I’m not ashamed of saving $1,000 plus. I paid $12 for a bag of chocolates for the FAs. It was a good trade.
I don’t commute anymore, because commuting sucks. And believe it or not, even commuting is a privilege.
It’s a huge benefit. Maybe not to everyone, but definitely to some. I still use nonrev benefits with my family. I don’t nonrev during the middle of summer, I plan accordingly. I just went to the UK for a week, nonrev, for free. There were over 100 seats open. It’s a great benefit. I’m not ashamed of saving $1,000 plus. I paid $12 for a bag of chocolates for the FAs. It was a good trade.
I don’t commute anymore, because commuting sucks. And believe it or not, even commuting is a privilege.
11-05-2022 | 08:49 AM
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Me too, all the time. Usually, ATL gate agents didn’t care and said they didn’t want to deal with it. I have no problems sitting in a jumpseat to get others on. In fact, if there are standbys I agree it should be (should have been) required. I’ve even done it on a vacation to get a SkyWest pilot home. Those of us that commute know the unwritten rules of courtesy.
11-05-2022 | 08:55 AM
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11-05-2022 | 08:56 AM
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Not exactly apples to apples
Employees traveling to/from work should always have priority over any other nonrev travel, period. (In my opinion)
11-05-2022 | 08:57 AM
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11-05-2022 | 08:59 AM
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When I was single, way back in the 2000’s, and a lowly regional FO, I nonrevved all over the world. In one year I calculated that my nonrev tickets valued about $40,000. (I went to several international locations in FC, including Australia). That’s more money than I made that year, gross.
It’s a huge benefit. Maybe not to everyone, but definitely to some. I still use nonrev benefits with my family. I don’t nonrev during the middle of summer, I plan accordingly. I just went to the UK for a week, nonrev, for free. There were over 100 seats open. It’s a great benefit. I’m not ashamed of saving $1,000 plus. I paid $12 for a bag of chocolates for the FAs. It was a good trade.
I don’t commute anymore, because commuting sucks. And believe it or not, even commuting is a privilege.
It’s a huge benefit. Maybe not to everyone, but definitely to some. I still use nonrev benefits with my family. I don’t nonrev during the middle of summer, I plan accordingly. I just went to the UK for a week, nonrev, for free. There were over 100 seats open. It’s a great benefit. I’m not ashamed of saving $1,000 plus. I paid $12 for a bag of chocolates for the FAs. It was a good trade.
I don’t commute anymore, because commuting sucks. And believe it or not, even commuting is a privilege.
But not the same as someone buying multi thousand dollar tickets to Disney World for specific dates, then skimping on plane tickets and being mad when they don’t make the nonrev cut with their family. Nonrevving has NEVER been a guaranteed seat; plan accordingly.
11-05-2022 | 09:00 AM
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11-05-2022 | 09:03 AM
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It’s more embarrassing to see old people do it because they should have the life experience, wisdom, and grace to understand that it’s a minimum wage employee (often a teenager) making your food. If it’s wrong, it’s not that big of a deal in the grand scheme of things. Certainly nothing worth yelling at someone about.
11-05-2022 | 09:04 AM
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