Food for thought for Regional Pilots
12-03-2006, 06:03 AM
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Originally Posted by STILL GROUNDED
Yep I get jealous, and I lay awake in my bed next to my wife every night after my 7 hour day four days a week enjoying my 3 sometimes 4 day weekend. I have yet to loose sleep over the fact that I dont get departure delays for not going to ORD or BOS or LGA. Have fun this holiday season warming the ramp in your RJ.
oh yeah thats a BURN!
You're out of control. I am not saying it is right wrong. I tend to agree it is what it is. The mainline guys are the ones that gave up the flying, how do you get that I am jamming that down RJ drivers throats. I was directing this whole thing as SAAB because he is the one alwas throwing flame bait at everyone other than Express Jet, mostly Mesa. Thought it was ironic that he would feel treated this way after making some of the remarks he as about others.
I'll tell you what I told him, read it out loud a couple of times before you reply with something that is 180 degrees from what I said.
And sincerely have a great holiday. That goes for you all, fight the good fight!
oh yeah thats a BURN!
You're out of control. I am not saying it is right wrong. I tend to agree it is what it is. The mainline guys are the ones that gave up the flying, how do you get that I am jamming that down RJ drivers throats. I was directing this whole thing as SAAB because he is the one alwas throwing flame bait at everyone other than Express Jet, mostly Mesa. Thought it was ironic that he would feel treated this way after making some of the remarks he as about others.
I'll tell you what I told him, read it out loud a couple of times before you reply with something that is 180 degrees from what I said.
And sincerely have a great holiday. That goes for you all, fight the good fight!
I'm not married with no plans to do in the near future so I'm not really able to lay in bed next to my wife. Its more fun to lay in bed next to someone else's wife anyway
Guess I'm really missing out... I don't disagree that 7 hour days are nice but I also enjoy seeing more of the country, doing more interesting flying (spent 5 years flying around the midwest...boooring) and getting paid a little something called per diem. How many legs do you do in a 7 hour day? 9? 3 and maybe 4 days off is pretty much the norm for me too...and occasionally more if I bid right. Oh, and I consider a 30-40 hour layover in Mexico to be a day off, especially if I take my girlfriend on a little impromptu vacation. Oh and departure delays are not that bad. Its an easy way to make money. Can you say overs?
Sure, sometimes it screws up your schedule or delays an overnight you were looking forward to but I'll take the extra $100-200 a month.I got nothing against you STILL GROUNDED. Guess we're just different people and have to agree to disagree. Your post just made it sound like you were appalled that RJ pilots were "allowing" management to fly an "R"J from PIT-IAH or IAH-ORD or YYZ-IAH.
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