Southwest vs. NetJets
#23
weekends off? Nope...
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I've worked both schedules, with 8/6 in transition. My wife much prefers to hear me say "see you tomorrow" than "see you next month."
#24
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Not everyone finishes a 7 day stretch wiped out.
Some people get winded walking uphill in TEX.
It varies.
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#28
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Are you saying that we all fatigue the same? I finish 7 and 8 days regularly. In general, few issues, day trips, normal stuff. I think the schedule never took for you. Too short of a time here. How's Virgin?
I remember doing red eyes to and from the east coast for Brand X.
That sun comes up at 7am and you still have an hour of flight to go. The chest burster scene from Alien and the quote "killlll meeee" comes to mind.
You'll love them. Soon.
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I remember doing red eyes to and from the east coast for Brand X.
That sun comes up at 7am and you still have an hour of flight to go. The chest burster scene from Alien and the quote "killlll meeee" comes to mind.
You'll love them. Soon.
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7 days on the road is too long at any company, I said it in the post you conveniently didn't quote. 7 days at NetJets is harder work than other companies, are you challenging that argument? 1 red eye flight overnight is equivalent to constant clock flipping, multiple legs, broken airplanes with an instant airline across the country to another airplane? Come on, I know you hate the airlines and love NetJets and that's fine, but at some point you have to make realistic arguments.
Your comment about fatiguing the same. Are you insinuating that just because somebody doesn't fatigue, that they aren't tired? The multiple captains who have fallen asleep while flying would beg to differ. Oh and the union would beg to differ as well. How many pilots at NetJets have never fatigued once in their careers there? Isn't it 40%? Does that mean they aren't ever tired?
#29
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I think the schedule at NetJets was just too much for you... personally.
Some people just need the reassurance of their trip on a pierce of paper in their hat. Some people need a hat.
So you acted. Better now than be unhappy. Good deal!
No harm no foul... yet... you still come here to advise and espouse knowledge (two years... six months in training) of something you didn't prefer. Fascinating. Kind of like doing drive bys of an ex girlfriends house months after break up.
Cause that's normal. And healthy.
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Some people just need the reassurance of their trip on a pierce of paper in their hat. Some people need a hat.
So you acted. Better now than be unhappy. Good deal!
No harm no foul... yet... you still come here to advise and espouse knowledge (two years... six months in training) of something you didn't prefer. Fascinating. Kind of like doing drive bys of an ex girlfriends house months after break up.
Cause that's normal. And healthy.
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So why don't you jump on anyone else commenting, 3 people commented on schedule length and yet you quote me... I'm giving my opinion from first hand experience like everyone else.
#30
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You assume that anyone who has anything other than unbridled positivity to say about a company, is somehow sad, or angry, or depsressed, or disgruntled. Like most of your posts, it derails the topic at hand and is completely unproductive.
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