I am ashamed of working here.
03-24-2008 | 12:03 PM
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"Seriously, do other airlines have programs that "reward" their pilots for not calling in sick?"
While at AirTran (pilot) I used to receive "day dollars" for perfect attendance and/or not calling in sick. It was either $25 or $30 a month, can't remember, but it could be used toward buying uniform parts at the company store or you could get the money deposited to your checking account.
At UPS once your sick bank is build up (takes about a year and a half for a new hire) and if you have remaining sick days for that year (over the max allowable limit) you'll get reimbursed for those 'unused' sick days.
They used to pay it out in December but now it's being paid out in January. A very nice post Christmas “bonus” payout.
A college buddy worked the ramp at Airtran a few years ago and they had a program where they received a bonus for attendance. If I remember correctly, they had $1 put into a bank for every shift that he was on time for and if there were no sick calls in a year, they would double or triple it at payout. He said it was company wide, but I am not sure if it applied to pilots.
Either UPS or FedEx has (or had) a incentive that is paid out in December and it is somehow related to the sick bank.
Either UPS or FedEx has (or had) a incentive that is paid out in December and it is somehow related to the sick bank.
At UPS once your sick bank is build up (takes about a year and a half for a new hire) and if you have remaining sick days for that year (over the max allowable limit) you'll get reimbursed for those 'unused' sick days.
They used to pay it out in December but now it's being paid out in January. A very nice post Christmas “bonus” payout.
03-25-2008 | 02:36 PM
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"Seriously, do other airlines have programs that "reward" their pilots for not calling in sick?"
While at AirTran (pilot) I used to receive "day dollars" for perfect attendance and/or not calling in sick. It was either $25 or $30 a month, can't remember, but it could be used toward buying uniform parts at the company store or you could get the money deposited to your checking account.
At UPS once your sick bank is build up (takes about a year and a half for a new hire) and if you have remaining sick days for that year (over the max allowable limit) you'll get reimbursed for those 'unused' sick days.
They used to pay it out in December but now it's being paid out in January. A very nice post Christmas “bonus” payout.
While at AirTran (pilot) I used to receive "day dollars" for perfect attendance and/or not calling in sick. It was either $25 or $30 a month, can't remember, but it could be used toward buying uniform parts at the company store or you could get the money deposited to your checking account.
At UPS once your sick bank is build up (takes about a year and a half for a new hire) and if you have remaining sick days for that year (over the max allowable limit) you'll get reimbursed for those 'unused' sick days.
They used to pay it out in December but now it's being paid out in January. A very nice post Christmas “bonus” payout.
What is you have a death in your family and work for a regional. Do most regionals allow you to take a few days to attend the funeral?
03-25-2008 | 03:50 PM
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I don't think regionals differ much from the majors when it comes to dealing with personal emergencies - basically you take personal days, personal leave of absence, etc.
I believe that most, if not all airlines, will try to work with someone who has an emergency in his/her family...
03-25-2008 | 04:37 PM
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From: 737 FO
At 9E we can take up to 3 days after the death of an immediate family member and we get a pay credit of 3.75 per day. If you take off to attend the funeral of anyone who is not an immediate family member, your base manager should get you the days off, but your not getting paid for any missed trips.
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03-25-2008 | 05:09 PM
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At 9E we have take up to 3 days after the death of an immediate family member and we get a pay credit of 3.75 per day. If you take off to attend the funeral of anyone who is not an immediate family member, your base manager should get you the days off, but your not getting paid for any missed trips.
03-26-2008 | 06:08 AM
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From: CL-65 captain
actually if my (insert family member here) died and Pinnacle found out about it and was supposed to inform me, I have NO DOUBT that they would wait 13 hours until the end of my duty day when I got to an outstation for fear of losing an on time bonus by having to call in a reserve. Pathetic.
03-26-2008 | 06:45 AM
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I had a family member with a serious medical problem that was unconscious, unresponsive and needed an ambulance to come to the house (which i discovered about 10 minutes before i left for work at 4am). I called 911
I called the kind folks in crew scheduling and told them I was waiting for an ambulance and would miss my show time. The scheduler replied in an annoyed tone "well are you going to make your next turn!" (referring to the second of three scheduled for the that day.) As it turns out, I wasn't overreacting by calling 911, my family member had come very close to death. The doctors determined that if I had left at 4am without checking their room, they would have passed
The scheduler gave me a sick event for missing an out and back. (one of only three you are suppose to get per year.)
I called the kind folks in crew scheduling and told them I was waiting for an ambulance and would miss my show time. The scheduler replied in an annoyed tone "well are you going to make your next turn!" (referring to the second of three scheduled for the that day.) As it turns out, I wasn't overreacting by calling 911, my family member had come very close to death. The doctors determined that if I had left at 4am without checking their room, they would have passed
The scheduler gave me a sick event for missing an out and back. (one of only three you are suppose to get per year.)
03-26-2008 | 07:15 AM
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I had a family member with a serious medical problem that was unconscious, unresponsive and needed an ambulance to come to the house (which i discovered about 10 minutes before i left for work at 4am). I called 911
I called the kind folks in crew scheduling and told them I was waiting for an ambulance and would miss my show time. The scheduler replied in an annoyed tone "well are you going to make your next turn!" (referring to the second of three scheduled for the that day.) As it turns out, I wasn't overreacting by calling 911, my family member had come very close to death. The doctors determined that if I had left at 4am without checking their room, they would have passed
The scheduler gave me a sick event for missing an out and back. (one of only three you are suppose to get per year.)
I called the kind folks in crew scheduling and told them I was waiting for an ambulance and would miss my show time. The scheduler replied in an annoyed tone "well are you going to make your next turn!" (referring to the second of three scheduled for the that day.) As it turns out, I wasn't overreacting by calling 911, my family member had come very close to death. The doctors determined that if I had left at 4am without checking their room, they would have passed
The scheduler gave me a sick event for missing an out and back. (one of only three you are suppose to get per year.)
03-26-2008 | 07:22 AM
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From: Assistant Greens Keeper
I know you're bitter and all but, don't have anything against XJT which has one of the better contracts in the RJ business just to rationalize that 'its just a job' because to most of us we want and are pushing to make it more of a job and to restore our profession...
Is it a bad thing that XJT pays their FOs nearly $10k more second year than Pinnacle? There's no sense in wishing against that.
Stop settling for less.
"It's a regional, what do you expect?" It's more like
"It's an airline, I am expect to be treated better than dirt."
Please don't rationalize the erosion of work rules and pay rates.
Is it a bad thing that XJT pays their FOs nearly $10k more second year than Pinnacle? There's no sense in wishing against that.
Stop settling for less.
"It's a regional, what do you expect?" It's more like
"It's an airline, I am expect to be treated better than dirt."
Please don't rationalize the erosion of work rules and pay rates.
I have nothing against XJET at all I was just using them as an example of how a company tries to do good and they get Sh%$ on.
Ya im a bit bitter
I just think all this crap at Pinnacle will go on for years... Its great that 99% of us voted a strike, but it will never happen. We will never get released. Pinnacle mngmt does whatever they want and they get away with it. Working for this company is like ****ing in the wind.
PT is one step away from Mesa's JO... Union calls are always the same "the company did this and we are making no progess in fixing it"
Dont get me wrong I think our union does the best they can, but they are just ****ing in the wind.
03-26-2008 | 09:06 AM
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Yeah. I had other family members that took care of the rest of the situation. I was new and on probation and they gave me the "we don't have anyone else. so we need you to finish your trip" I was afraid of getting fired after two weeks on line. So i went to work.
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