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Originally Posted by rvr1800
What exactly do you guys miss from XJT? I was there. Legacy XJT and I gotta tell you there's not much I miss. Hotels I'll absolutely agree with but I can't think of anything else. I do miss the one day we were named SureJet though.
Not saying we're not far behind, we are. But to say everything was better at XJT is not being honest with yourself. I'm on 4th year FO pay and I make $121/hr compared to an 18 year CA there at $109/hr.
^^^JUICER^^^(saved you guys some time)
I never worked under the XJT contract, so I can't really compare my experience to yours.
The ASA contract had some pitfalls (namely reserve), but the bidding, vacation, rigs and hotels were
FAR superior to what we have here. Like, not even in the same universe. Rigs...I have to work significantly more days per month here to reach the same credit I could there. Vacation...One vacation week straddling two months could net over 5 weeks off straight without taking a hit to guarantee. Oh and I could actually hold summer vacation weeks as a junior guy.
Well, no $hit you make a better hourly here than you did at XJT. You aren't flying an E-135 anymore or working for a contractor. The fact that you make $121/hr on your way to a crappy airport hotel layover isn't exactly a glowing endorsement of working conditions here.
My point wasn't that I want to go back to the regionals. It was that our work rules shouldn't be THIS far inferior to my previous contract.