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Originally Posted by jeff122670
Agree. Without sounding harsh, if 121 and everyone else is hiring and life is so bad here, why are you guys still employed at Flexjet?
Why havent you moved on to greener pastures?
Seriously? Is this pilot complaining or are there really issues here and if so, why not move on?
Jeff,
I don't know you, but I have seen almost your exact, same post on the TMC Jets forum, where you were going to interview (I hope that it went well). Anyway, current employees here at Flex/Options are not happy with their current degraded situation, just like the employess on the TMC Jets forum tried to warn you of the difficult times that they face.
Your repetitive "if you don't like things here, why don't you just leave?" is getting kind of old. Pilots at Flex/Options, TMC Jets, Atlas, ATI, ABX, etc. are in the similar situation of should I stay or should I go... Anyone who has been in this career long enough understands and has experienced career stagnation and the feeling of being stuck. Maybe they are waiting on Turbine PIC, maybe they can't afford the temporary pay cut, maybe they are working on their 4 year degree, maybe they are adult caregivers and need that specific schedule, etc.. There are any number of reasons that pilots choose to stay on at a company that they wish they could leave.
And in one of your previous TMC Jets post stating that pilots are not martyrs... You are wrong. I personally know 3 honorable pilots who delayed class dates at UPS and American because they were on their respective MEC negotiating committees and it was their baby. They had fought, sacrificed, and worked so hard to make their former companies better and pilots are doing that at both Flex/Options and TMC Jets. These are often the same pilots that post on these forums to warn other fellow pilots about coming to that company. And of course, there are always the pilots on the street like yourself that discount these pilots pilot's warnings with that same old company apologist retort "if you don't like it, then quit". And those same pilots are the first to B1tch when they get there and have their awakening moment.
Complaining about your current company on this forum has had great results for the pilots at Wheels Up and Executive Airshare. With no shows and lack of applications, EAS changed their schedule from a 12/3 to a 10/5 to an 8/6 to attract and retain pilots. The same thing with Wheels Up. Heck, EAS is even bragging about this new schedule with a side banner on this website. Letting your fellow pilots know the truth, even their perceived truth, about a company is an
honorable thing and they deserve more credence and respect than you give them.
Pilots, heck all employees, choose to stay or leave a company for their reasons and those reasons are their own business and not for you to judge. If enough pilots from Flex/Options and TMC Jets open up on here about their working conditions, applications from other prospective pilots will drop and the companies will be forced to improve conditions just like EAS, Wheels Up, and all the Regionals have had to. Again, if the pilots at Netjets and the Majors followed your "If you don't like it, why don't you leave" mantra, the "Majors" would be just as bad as 135 and Netjets wouldn't be "Netjets".