Vito , 03-11-2017 05:02 AM
Gets Weekends Off
FTFF,
Thanks for all your insights and informative posts. But, I have to question your comment about the Delta 2015 plan, and profit sharing etc etc . Here's my perspective. Showed up in an Air Force C-141 squadron in 1987. Everyone getting out was hired by multiple airlines, and had their choice. In my area, (NY, NJ, PA) most of the 1987 guys went to USAir because they made the most money, paid the highest, and had a local domicile. Two years later it collapsed at USAir..the next batch 1990-92 pilots mostly went to Delta, or American, two years later (1993-94) they were all furloughed from both airlines, many ended up here at UPS btw. Back then, every airline was trying to replicate Southwest, which meant more flying, less pay, the trend did not look promising. Watching all this unfold I jumped at the chance to come to UPS just for the stability in 1995. By 1997-98 all the majors seemed to be back on their feet making money, profit sharing, big salaries. I felt like a chump picking UPS over United, and then a few years later, 9/11... we know the rest. It's the turtle and the hare story, and I got to spend 28 years hanging out with and listening to the "hare's" and at least for me, being the turtle has paid off. The feast/famine cycles of the pax airlines are what scared me. Today we have airlines that will fly you to Europe for peanuts$$, yesterday a friend told me they bought tickets from NJ to Florida for $35.00 on Frontier Airlines. I'll stick with cargo and night flying. YMMV