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Old 06-10-2007 | 02:28 PM
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SkyHigh for the tenth time: if you had kept flying and went to SWA you'd be OAK based halfway up the FO list by now having a very easy on-line one leg commute to work.
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Old 06-10-2007 | 02:32 PM
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SkyHigh for the tenth time: if you had kept flying and went to SWA you'd be OAK based halfway up the FO list by now having a very easy on-line one leg commute to work.
I suppose that would have been true, however if the CEO of SWA were to call me today with that offer I would still have to decline. Nothing against SWA. I just don't like the rush, rush, up and down 8 leg days. I hated that stuff at Horizon Air.

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Old 06-10-2007 | 02:37 PM
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Originally Posted by SkyHigh
I suppose that would have been true, however if the CEO of SWA were to call me today with that offer I would still have to decline. Nothing against SWA. I just don't like the rush, rush, up and down 8 leg days. I hated that stuff at Horizon Air.

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Well when you find a SWA pairing with 8 legs in one day I'll pay more attention.
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Old 06-10-2007 | 03:10 PM
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Originally Posted by contrails
Well when you find a SWA pairing with 8 legs in one day I'll pay more attention.
I don't know any SWA guys to ask however, I have seen those guys in the airport and they are always moving at a high rate of speed. I am sure that it is a fine company and that it is great to work there.

I however have two needs from any career level flying job. It must help in some way to getting on with Alaska Airlines or have a Seattle base. SWA offers neither.

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Old 06-10-2007 | 03:23 PM
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The most they do, according to my six friends that fly for them, is 7 legs. A lot in one day but they do not do that everyday. I would move at a high rate of speed if it meant that I got a great wage and was building more equity in the company's bottom line and more efficiency in their schedule.
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Old 06-10-2007 | 03:33 PM
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Originally Posted by flybynuts
The most they do, according to my six friends that fly for them, is 7 legs. A lot in one day but they do not do that everyday. I would move at a high rate of speed if it meant that I got a great wage and was building more equity in the company's bottom line and more efficiency in their schedule.
Sounds like a future SWA guy to me.

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Old 06-10-2007 | 05:17 PM
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Originally Posted by SkyHigh
Sounds like a future SWA guy to me.

SkyHigh
So are you gonna drop your career of "airline pilot bashing"? Your comment at the end of your posts are false except to you and your personal choices.
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Old 06-10-2007 | 05:57 PM
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Originally Posted by SkyHigh
Sounds like a future SWA guy to me.

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Skyhigh,

Sure, if I can get the position but if not, I am open to other options as well; inside and outside the airlines too. What the last 11 years in the Marine Corps has taught me is to keep options open, weigh your alternative and then pick the best course of action. Basically, there is no perfect anything out there. Life is full of tradeoffs and I must be willing to accept this and then move forward. So, lets see what life gives me for the next step?

BTW...what do you do now for a living? Not trying to be sarcastic but curious. I also realize that life is more than just doing what you love but it is nice if you can make an honest wage doing it.
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Old 06-10-2007 | 06:21 PM
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Originally Posted by SaltyDog
So are you gonna drop your career of "airline pilot bashing"? Your comment at the end of your posts are false except to you and your personal choices.
I think that an airline career is a very poor choice. You might have survived the losses intact however that doesnt mean that a kid who signs on the dotted line today to originate an airline career will even do half as well as your generation.

The future has little to offer then next generation and that is to whom I address.

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Old 06-10-2007 | 06:27 PM
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Originally Posted by flybynuts
Skyhigh,

Sure, if I can get the position but if not, I am open to other options as well; inside and outside the airlines too. What the last 11 years in the Marine Corps has taught me is to keep options open, weigh your alternative and then pick the best course of action. Basically, there is no perfect anything out there. Life is full of tradeoffs and I must be willing to accept this and then move forward. So, lets see what life gives me for the next step?

BTW...what do you do now for a living? Not trying to be sarcastic but curious. I also realize that life is more than just doing what you love but it is nice if you can make an honest wage doing it.
Almost 4 years ago my airline career lead my family and I to a two bedroom apartment and $1300 per month on unemployment.

Since then I have been a real estate investor and developer. Life is much better now.

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