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Originally Posted by JohnBurke (Post 2716758)

I'm still happy when I go to work, and I still love to fly, yes.

I'm happy when I get a dispatch to some podunk tree in some podunk forest that exists as a set of coordinates on a map, and satisfied by the smell of smoke in the cockpit. I don't mind a bit going to work, and I enjoy coming home. I've never liked to travel, but I do like to fly.

And yeah, I've done a lot of small towns that were tiny enough that not even the truck stop carried a used paperback. Not a problem. Send me again.

It's not a child's grin. I'm not a child. I've been doing this a long time. Been around the block and around the world a few times. For decades. It hasn't grown old. I don't expect it to. It's comfortable, familiar. If someone is sick of it after two years, they're in for a sorry life.

When does that sad outlook kick in again? Past the fourth decade, or beyond?

When did yours start?

For some of us this is a vocation, not a hobby. Uncle Kenn is about to fix this with our new payscales starting in January. I know this is not a major airline job and The pay and benefits won't be exactly the same, but in this market, we will be close considering the QOL.

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Originally Posted by fooled2x (Post 2716933)

For some of us this is a vocation, not a hobby.

You've been fooled twice, so sorry to hear.

Insofar as your vocation, has anyone said differently?

NetJets, FlexJet, etc

Anyone know how hard it is to get the 7x7 schedule... also which day does the 8x7 and 7x7 schedule start on?

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Originally Posted by Jdaviat10 (Post 2717903)

Anyone know how hard it is to get the 7x7 schedule... also which day does the 8x7 and 7x7 schedule start on?

Just have to bid for it. You can however take the 8 and 6 right out of the gate for less $$

Tell Flexjet you want a right seat in the new Gulfstream G500 or NO DICE... ;)

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Originally Posted by fooled2x (Post 2716933)

Uncle Kenn has been talking pay raises for a while now and still nothing. Has anybody heard or seen these proposed pay increases?

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Originally Posted by pilot124 (Post 2718183)

Uncle Kenn has been talking pay raises for a while now and still nothing. Has anybody heard or seen these proposed pay increases?

Not a word since the voice mail in September.

Don’t expect much and you won’t be disappointed.

Always a day late and a dollar short.

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Originally Posted by fooled2x (Post 2716933)

When I started at Spirit, i would call it a hobby and people would be annoyed. I would have to explain that to qualify as a job it should pay all the bills and at $38/hr first year pay it didn't. It progressed into a job when I upgraded and made $130/hr, and with the new contract I call it a career at $220/hr.

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Originally Posted by Jdaviat10 (Post 2717903)

Anyone know how hard it is to get the 7x7 schedule... also which day does the 8x7 and 7x7 schedule start on?

We were told you can call after you complete IOE and request it and expect to get it. (New guys are on the 72CC schedule out of the gate). If this TA passes the union is predicting about a $15-20K bump on certain fleets for first year guys. Latitude guys are flying an average of 25-30 hours on a tour so that's a $3400 (1/3 goes into 401K with no option to make it take-home pay) bump to your monthly salary, not including any overtime or night pay. At least that's how it's being sold. They're short most weeks so there are also pretty lucrative opportunities if you want to stay out for an 8th day? I'm drinking the cool aid for now.

What does netjets pay during training?