Originally Posted by mulcher

You will have to kill yourself to make that kind of money at this regional. We should be making that flying our line. Some of us like our families and doing other things then killing ourselves in a SWA jet. Vote no until we get what we deserve. A career earnings industry leading contract. Anything less and we are fools!

Originally Posted by Vettekid

Im starting soon as well, but my $.02 on this is that this forum is a place where people come to air their grievances. You get a large dose of negative that may not be representative of the general pilot group. Ill get flamed for that, but oh well. All forums are like this, read a car forum on any particular car and youll be left with the impression that the car in question is horrible due to all of the threads about a certain problem. When the reality is those are a TINY minority. No one starts a thread to say "Hey, im doing great, I love it here!". Most likely the active participants here are a very vocal minority in many cases.

Not to discount what is said here, there is lots of useful information and I take it into account when making my decisions. But I also realize the platform emphasizes negative remarks, and I dont know any of them personally. Its a good reserach tool, just realize what the limitations are. See you in Dallas.

Originally Posted by Rseat

Truer words have never been spoken!

My buddy is about to make more than me (Heavy FO), barely getting used, eating first class meals, and visiting fancy places on the company’s dime. He does NOT have to sit by a computer 24/7 or get annoying alerts while at the dinner table having family time. He doesn’t worry about not being able to grab a meal because the hotel restaurant is going to be closed.

This BS about having to sit by a computer to make what others make flying their regular schedule is absurd. We’ve (somewhat) normalized this type of behavior and the company expects it now. This is part of the reason why they’re fighting so hard on this hill.

Originally Posted by Lewbronski

Did you guys hear about one of our ~20-yr CA's whose 27-year old son got hired at Delta last year, was awarded a 75/76 line for next month, and will be making more than his father?

I know, I know ... "There's a reason upgrades go junior at DL." "They have PBS." "Our flexibility is industry-leading." "Who'd want to live in a DL base?" "You'd have to pay me a lot more than to put up with flying for the double-breasted mafia." "No one has cooler pilots than we do."

Yep, I know all of that.

But dang.

Originally Posted by Lewbronski

Did you guys hear about one of our ~20-yr CA's whose 27-year old son got hired at Delta last year, was awarded a 75/76 line for next month, and will be making more than his father?

I know, I know ... "There's a reason upgrades go junior at DL." "They have PBS." "Our flexibility is industry-leading." "Who'd want to live in a DL base?" "You'd have to pay me a lot more than to put up with flying for the double-breasted mafia." "No one has cooler pilots than we do."

Yep, I know all of that.

But dang.

Originally Posted by part91

Sound’s like SWA is way behind the legacy’s in regards to QOL and Comp.

AAL looking real good right now. 😡

Originally Posted by part91

Im starting class soon, i've talked to several SWA pilots and NONE of them make it sound as bad as you guys.