BusBoy88

Unless you're in upper management.

at6d

We can’t drop trips at SWA. We can give them away though. We also have day trips, two, three, and four day trips.

idlethrust

running a track hoe?? Are you suggesting pimping as side gig ??

Turbosina

I agree wholeheartedly. Although when I posted that sentiment before this Corona debacle, all kinds of mainline guys jumped all over me, accusing me of 'not taking your duty seriously' and 'being unsafe and unprofessional" simply because I dared suggest that maybe one should not put all of one's financial eggs in the 121 basket, as it were.
Apparently daring to have a second job outside flying will lead me to drive an airplane into the ground, or something.

They've changed their tune these days...

(of course, these were the same guys boasting about how they only do two 4-day Asia trips a month and that they haven't touched an actual flight control in months...)

Tom Bradys Cat

Yeah....Im beginning to realise that I have a career elsewhere.....and flying is the side gig. So strange when you put so much effort and money into the sidegig. Glad my wife still thinks Im a piano player in a ***** house.

123494

You’re a great example of this since you’re a small businesses owner and pilot. But I think it’s even more important for young guys who have wanted to be airline pilots since they were kids and are not becoming pilots as a second career like so many were doing before COVID. I have part time work that I’m basically turning into full time, while also still being able to fly. I love airplanes, but not so much the airline pilot career and lifestyle.

123494

Yeah. A lot of people thought the same after 9/11 and into the Lost Decade. I remember hearing Sully telling Congress in his statement on pilot pay and working conditions that after UsAir started recalling pilots from furlough, something like 60% refused to come back.

Since the airlines were doing great and pilot pay was increasing, I think people started to forget about the bad times.

hindsight2020

Isn't that a distinction without difference for an overstaffed airline?

Tom Bradys Cat

I really wonder how this is going to effect future pilot supply.

The young pup deciding not to get into it at all.

The young person pulling out of their training now and never finishing.

The 32 year old who just did 9 years in a regional only to be left behind the wave after her regional goes out of business........but has finished their degree and is marketable elsewhere.

The 41 year old mil guy who dipped his toe, got burnt and then went back to service.....or onto bigger and better things.

The 50 year old that has just 'had enough' after finally leaving a regional only to be the first to be furloughed in his new major gig.

The 55 year old who convinced his wife it was a great idea to leave his well paying job as an accountant to go to a regional to chase his dream........only to be furloughed.....

The 62 year old who is offered an early out....

Those demographics all add up.

2StgTurbine

Don't count on furlough pay anymore. The company is claiming Force Majeure.