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12-14-2016 | 09:27 PM
#4712
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Joined: Aug 2015
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From: Guppy Gear Slinger
No rules, but good luck getting them to ever remember a favor you did for them. They'll call you up and beg you to 'help out' and play you like a violin. You can 'help them out' a hundred times, but when the day comes that you need their help and you call them, they'll act like they have no clue who you are. Remember, we have more than 4000 pilots and just a few crew schedulers. You are a part number to them, not a person. And anyone who's spent any time on SKW reserve knows exactly what I'm talking about.
12-15-2016 | 05:04 AM
#4713
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Joined: Oct 2015
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Not sure what your background is but you better forget about any normal dynamics that prevail anywhere else.
There is no "I rub your back you rub my back" dynamic at all - the basis of any other business that I know of. You cannot sweet talk CS into doing anything.
I finally got my head around it once I thought of it as a purely transactional arrangement. You only get something out of them in return for something they need right then and there. There is absolutely no concept of goodwill or paying it forward.
You are severely limited while on reserve as the only thing you can offer them is to work on your off days. Once a line holder you have more options but remember - it is purely transactional.
12-15-2016 | 09:39 AM
#4714
Line Holder
Joined: Sep 2016
Posts: 32
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From: seated
Not sure what your background is but you better forget about any normal dynamics that prevail anywhere else.
There is no "I rub your back you rub my back" dynamic at all - the basis of any other business that I know of. You cannot sweet talk CS into doing anything.
I finally got my head around it once I thought of it as a purely transactional arrangement. You only get something out of them in return for something they need right then and there. There is absolutely no concept of goodwill or paying it forward.
You are severely limited while on reserve as the only thing you can offer them is to work on your off days. Once a line holder you have more options but remember - it is purely transactional.
There is no "I rub your back you rub my back" dynamic at all - the basis of any other business that I know of. You cannot sweet talk CS into doing anything.
I finally got my head around it once I thought of it as a purely transactional arrangement. You only get something out of them in return for something they need right then and there. There is absolutely no concept of goodwill or paying it forward.
You are severely limited while on reserve as the only thing you can offer them is to work on your off days. Once a line holder you have more options but remember - it is purely transactional.
Thanks for the help everyone, really. It's good to know what I'm stepping into.
Sounds like reserve is possibly one of the circles of suffering Dante was writing about + should be avoided at almost any cost.
I was signed up for the E175, but now I'm thinking CRJ would be worth commuting east?
12-15-2016 | 09:43 AM
#4715
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Joined: Oct 2015
Posts: 472
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Ok, Fun. Sounds like a past relationship.
Thanks for the help everyone, really. It's good to know what I'm stepping into.
Sounds like reserve is possibly one of the circles of suffering Dante was writing about + should be avoided at almost any cost.
I was signed up for the E175, but now I'm thinking CRJ would be worth commuting east?
Thanks for the help everyone, really. It's good to know what I'm stepping into.
Sounds like reserve is possibly one of the circles of suffering Dante was writing about + should be avoided at almost any cost.
I was signed up for the E175, but now I'm thinking CRJ would be worth commuting east?
12-15-2016 | 09:55 AM
#4716
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Joined: Feb 2015
Posts: 1,875
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From: Downward Dog
Reserve isn't that bad.
*Years* of Reserve is bad for your mental health and family.
*Years* of Reserve is bad for your mental health and family.
12-15-2016 | 03:27 PM
#4717
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Joined: Oct 2008
Posts: 1,530
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Can you get LAX out of training?
12-15-2016 | 06:18 PM
#4719
Line Holder
Joined: Aug 2007
Posts: 97
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Can someone out there check the latest openings in the bid to see if there are any ERJ ORD spots open or are all spots still only open for the west coast hubs? tia
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