Commuteair/xjt merge.
02-11-2020 | 08:11 AM
#91
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That’s an industry myth. People who are healthy and take care of themselves do just fine as WB pilots. The grossly overweight regional CA standing in line for Whataburger and Bullritos is limiting his life expectancy also.
02-11-2020 | 09:20 AM
#92
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It's not a myth. WB sit for 12 plus hours, crossing multiple time zones each week. This reduces your life expectancy, ask any doctor.
02-11-2020 | 09:49 AM
#93
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From: It's a plane and it's a seat
ps-I have talked with my docs at Northwestern and they agree with Read
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02-11-2020 | 10:21 AM
#94
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what you are saying is true of SOME people. Those guys are great. They will vacate the seniority list a little sooner for the rest of us.
Last edited by tomgoodman; 02-11-2020 at 10:43 AM. Reason: Don’t add personal remarks about other members
02-11-2020 | 10:34 AM
#95
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You don’t just sit there for 12 plus hours. You sit for 6 hours, and then you’re horizontal for the duration in a very quiet and fairly comfortable bed. When I get to the layover I usually take a nap, exercise, and go have a healthy meal. After that it’s a good night sleep, a nice quiet breakfast, and then repeat. I feel much better doing this than when I was up and down multiple times a day, airport appreciation breaks, multiple bag drags to short layovers, etc. The difference in health stats is how people take care of themselves, not what type of flying they do.
02-11-2020 | 04:46 PM
#96
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It's no myth.
It's a proven fact.
Not sure how long you've been in the business.
Do some home work before you speak of what you do not know.
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02-11-2020 | 06:09 PM
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20+ years in a rj doesn’t exactly give one much room to say what long haul flying is like. For those that don’t take care of themselves it can put some hard miles on the body. I never see those guys in the gym. Once you learn what works for you, WB flying is what you make of it. I fly productive trips, get a bunch of sleep, and I’m in pretty good shape for a older guy. My trips involve a 12 hr duty day going out, and a 14 hour day heading home with a 3-3.5 hour break in the bunks. I don’t go bar hopping with the guys, but I’m much more healthy than those who do.
02-11-2020 | 07:08 PM
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The NDA-limited poster has put their name and reputation on the line with the revelation that upcoming news is so bad that they are planning their exit from the company, and feels disloyal for not "spilling the beans" to the entire pilot group.
If nothing materializes, they will have lost credibility for "behind the scenes information". If something does materialize, I'll be surprised that it was not leaked. For now I maintain my belief that this is all standard rumor-mill / psychological warfare.
If nothing materializes, they will have lost credibility for "behind the scenes information". If something does materialize, I'll be surprised that it was not leaked. For now I maintain my belief that this is all standard rumor-mill / psychological warfare.
Last edited by UnitedExpress; 02-11-2020 at 07:19 PM.
02-11-2020 | 07:29 PM
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JB resigned today from his ALPA position after he basically yelled, “FIRE!” in the theatre. Apparently that was a violation of his NDA with what he said. This revelation he discovered could not be withheld from his coworkers because it supposedly directly effected their lives but he never shared what the news actually was in any detail. He just said, “Horrible things are coming soon! Get your logbooks up to date!” He got everybody all worked up and ALPA asked for his resignation. He should have went ahead and spilled the beans since he was asked to resign over it.
Does that mean he'll resurface here under his 4-5th username and go back to flaming people?
02-11-2020 | 08:34 PM
#100
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We are finally starting to see these mis-managed regionals that don't care about their pilot groups start to implode (Compass, now TSA). These companies won't be around much longer if they don't offer a flow to a LLC or start paying REAL wages. The USA has never seen a supply and demand job market this lopsided in (favor of the pilots) as what is about to happen in 2020 and beyond.
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