But seriously

You were right. That is an unpopular position with me. I couldn’t care less how much the guy who created it is making. QT was a useful service that I found to be worth my money. It’s not essential or life changing, but it was worth the $5.99 (or whatever it was). I’m certain there are trips I managed to trade or pickup who’s value far exceeded any money I’ve ever paid to QT.

I don’t think the company has any contractual obligation to make CCI useful for schedule changes (I don’t think CCI is contractually required at all, but I could be wrong about that).

pitchattitude

[QUOTE=UncreativeUser;3091050]I agree that everything that QT does IS company business and should be provided by the company. They have DECS and CCI which is horrible. Improving the way it is done would benefit the pilot and FA group, NOT the company and those improvements would have to be done by the company and paid for by the company. ENY doesn’t do ANYTHING to make employee life better, even if completely cost neutral. They sure won’t PAY to make DECS and CCI better for pilots an FAs because it won’t benefit the COMPANY.

But seriously

[QUOTE=pitchattitude;3091075]MobileCCI and MobileFOS ARE improvements that the company made at their own expense. MobileCCI certainly has some benefits to the company, but there are plenty of functions on there that are purely for our benefit and do make life easier.

Eclipse

You never had to pay. You never had to use the app. When asked how much I made, I said she didn't have to work right now. It was nice that she could stay home with the kids. Not that she'd never have to work again. I agree that the company should make it work through CCI. Since they never did, I made it work.

This is not true. Though my refund policy has always said I'm not responsible if the company shuts it down, I have still been doing refunds if asked.

SomePilotDude

[QUOTE=But seriously;3091086]Yes, but they didn’t improve them out of the kindness of their hearts for us. They did it because they wanted to “harmonize” with AA and to help the operations and that happened to include a few useful things for us. The guys *****ing about QT costing a few bucks are ridiculous. You don’t have to use it. Quit your *****ing and move on. QT provided a service that proved very useful for the people that used it. The fact that the company killed it out of spite is what should **** everyone off. We didn’t do what they want us to and they went after us for it. What happens now that QT and such are pretty much dead? What else can they take away from us as punishment for not making changes they want? They already took away our ability to get Uber’s or taxis at airports after waiting 15 minutes. I personally know of several crews who had long waits while trying to call scheduling for a plan B. And guess what, that’s contractual and they still took it away. So it’s big picture. I’m mad and annoyed these things got taken away, but I’m even more ****ed why they got taken away.

dera

Why has no-one complained about this then?

highfarfast

[QUOTE=shinydiscoballs;3091046]For one, you never HAD to pay for QT. It was always purely optional. So I don't understand the negative attitude toward QT. That said, I do agree that what QT does should be done through the company. But given the quality, or rather lack of quality, of the company apps, I have a feeling that a LOT of pilots would still pay for QT for $5 per month even if something like Mobile CCI did mostly the same functions.

FWIW, one of the biggest things I miss from QT was the email notifications (like when a new trip hits OT). I bet even if the company came up with their own version some day, it will never have that. The quick notification lets you grab the trip before someone else does. You do that once and you've paid for several years of the app with the one trip.

dera

99% of the time, by the time you see the notification, someone else had already taken that trip. The good 6-7 hour day trips used to go in seconds, and with the way QT cached things, it was not real time anyway.

Picking up OT has been much easier lately without QT.

SomePilotDude

I know several who have said they submitted crew cares. GSO was one. They sent a single cab for 2 crews. They came back for the second crew, but not before they waited 30+ minutes.

MqWhistleblower

this may be an unpopular opinion but you’re jealous at mh. Why do you care if his wife has to work or not? Good for him, too bad you probably can’t do that with your wife. If you’re really concerned about saving the company’s dime, you should probably be taking an unpaid leave of absence.