Just because YOU live in a base, doesn't make
[QUOTE=Packrat;1860673]If you live in LAS, that would be home basing as well, no?
Actually no, Pack,
It still wouldn't be a home-basing for all Gama/Wheels Up pilots, just the ones that live in LAS or wherever the Gama/Wheels Up bases are... Just because you live where an airline is based, that doesn't mean that the airline has home basing: It simply means that you are fortunate to live where the airline is based. I.E., you fly for Virgin America and you live in SFO. That is great for you, living where the company is based, but your fellow Virgin pilots who have to deadhead or jumpseat to SFO on their day off would disagree with your assertion that Virgin (or Gama/Wheels UP) has home basing. That is a far cry from being able to live anywhere that there is airline service, or at least a list of 100 bases, and then the airline buys you a ticket to and from your home airport. THAT is home basing and it is awesome.
And yes, there are far worse schedules out there in the 91/121/135 world and I have suffered them in at least the 91 and 135 worlds. South Florida and Ypsilanti are famous places in aviation known for substandard pay and schedules. For me, the 121 lifestyle was awesome and the Fractional 91K/135 lifestyle (with true home basing and 7/7 and 8/6 schedules being very common) was great as well. My point is that Wheels Up shares last place with Executive Air Share as the worst schedule in the overall Fractional Industry when compared to their peers (Netjets, Flexjet, Flight Options, XOJET, Red Stripe, ect.). Otherwise, I feel that Gama/Wheels up is a good place to work as far as pay, benefits, equipment, variety of flying, etc. I also am pretty sure that they cannot sustain their schedule-based attrition much longer, and they will attempt to retain pilots through offering a better schedule (like Executive Air Shares has been forced to do with their new 10/5 after 18 months schedule, after such schedule-based attrition there). Things will get better there, and elsewhere, in aviation IMHO.