Comair updates?
01-29-2008, 07:18 AM
#1542
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: May 2007
Position: Some Hotel
Posts: 1,617
Originally Posted by givememywings
I sat the 3am ready this morning and it sucked a$$...I mean, I was only able to sleep about 4 hours in the ready room before they released me at 7. Getting paid to sleep is bull******.
01-29-2008, 07:20 AM
#1543
I have shiny jet syndrome
Joined APC: Jan 2008
Position: ELACS, FACs and SECs. Who doesn't love 'em?
Posts: 984
Everyone has to do their time on reserve, especially here at Comair. I was on reserve 2 years exactly here and I did 6 RR's every single month.
During the furlough in '05, I was the most junior FO able to hold CVG. Everyone else was either shipped off to JFK or furloughed and I was on the bottom for a while. I got the A1 window constantly and either got the 12AM to 6AM RR (yes, we had those for a while) or the 3AM to 9AM RR. I agree they sucked, but hey, I did my time. Once I upgrade to Captain, whenever that may be, I fully expect to get the crap stuff (ie 3AM RR's) 6 times per month.
Once you get off reserve here, it is a totally different job and it's almost like you're working for a totally different company. Your day will come. Maybe not as soon as you'd like, but it will come.
During the furlough in '05, I was the most junior FO able to hold CVG. Everyone else was either shipped off to JFK or furloughed and I was on the bottom for a while. I got the A1 window constantly and either got the 12AM to 6AM RR (yes, we had those for a while) or the 3AM to 9AM RR. I agree they sucked, but hey, I did my time. Once I upgrade to Captain, whenever that may be, I fully expect to get the crap stuff (ie 3AM RR's) 6 times per month.
Once you get off reserve here, it is a totally different job and it's almost like you're working for a totally different company. Your day will come. Maybe not as soon as you'd like, but it will come.
01-29-2008, 08:44 AM
#1544
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Joined APC: Dec 2007
Position: A320
Posts: 132
Originally Posted by CRJDriver
Yeah! Like I said, I got called out every single time when I sat 3 am RR, but let me tell you, I had a very hard time staying awake during those 4 a.m. flights.
01-29-2008, 08:59 AM
#1545
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Position: Some Hotel
Posts: 1,617
Originally Posted by givememywings
I was being slightly sarcastic...but if I were in your position I would probably be upset at having to fly at 4am every time too. After all, it's not like we're making UPS money to get up in the middle of the night to do that sh*t.
One of the flights a few weeks ago...
Me: "Indy! Good morning, Comair 9606, FL230."
Indy: "Comair 9606, Indy Center, Roger. Good Morning. Man, you guys are either really early or really late."
Me: "Early. We are doing a ferry flight"
Indy: "Wow, that's pretty early"
Me: "Yeah, tell me about it"
01-29-2008, 09:00 AM
#1546
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Joined APC: May 2007
Position: Comair SOCC
Posts: 260
3am sucks when i was in the military it was my job to get up at 2am. it was a job that i choose to do. A job I loved. no one had a gun to my head and made me do it.
Last edited by ftrpilot; 01-29-2008 at 09:05 AM.
01-29-2008, 10:52 AM
#1547
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Joined APC: Feb 2007
Position: 1st year pay for the 3rd time
Posts: 1,434
Originally Posted by ftrpilot
3am sucks when i was in the military it was my job to get up at 2am. it was a job that i choose to do. A job I loved. no one had a gun to my head and made me do it.
If so......I think that is being taken care of given the rate of our attrition.
01-29-2008, 10:55 AM
#1548
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Joined APC: Dec 2007
Position: A320
Posts: 132
Originally Posted by ftrpilot
3am sucks when i was in the military it was my job to get up at 2am. it was a job that i choose to do. A job I loved. no one had a gun to my head and made me do it.
01-29-2008, 11:53 AM
#1549
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Position: Comair SOCC
Posts: 260
chow
what i'm saying is it sucks but what good is it going to do *****ing about it.
its a job that they choose to do. I hate a lot of things about my job but it does me no good to complain about something i have no control over. If i had my way there wouldn't be a 3am rr. In other words we all have done things we dont want to do cause we were Jr to someone its a part of life.
I love working here but the fighting between everyone has got to stop
I've tried to bridge the gap.
what i'm saying is it sucks but what good is it going to do *****ing about it.
its a job that they choose to do. I hate a lot of things about my job but it does me no good to complain about something i have no control over. If i had my way there wouldn't be a 3am rr. In other words we all have done things we dont want to do cause we were Jr to someone its a part of life.
I love working here but the fighting between everyone has got to stop
I've tried to bridge the gap.
Last edited by ftrpilot; 01-29-2008 at 12:05 PM.
01-29-2008, 11:53 AM
#1550
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Joined APC: May 2007
Position: Comair SOCC
Posts: 260
Originally Posted by givememywings
Then you were lucky - can you believe there actually was a scheduler holding a gun to my head while I was sleeping in the ready room? Pretty scary.
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