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Originally Posted by CAirBear (Post 3750973)

Exactly. Granted this BS was said by Halon (one of the biggest moron trolls here at NK, but this sentiment runs deep with some NK guys).

I left 10 months ago. I already bid 64% in base/fleet (the 🚌) and have 18 off this month. Currently perusing the ole APC on my Balcony finishing up a week long cruise. My life is completely dog$hit.

DTZ was great and I had a good 4 years at NK, but some of you have to truly start understanding that people’s lives aren’t miserable elsewhere. I absolutely love it where I’m at now.

Ahhh…to be you!

18 days off and on a weeklong cruise. I think you sold me now!

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Originally Posted by Halon1211 (Post 3750979)

Ahhh…to be you!

18 days off and on a weeklong cruise. I think you sold me now!

You’re still in his head lol

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Originally Posted by CAirBear (Post 3750973)

Can we finally put to bed the notion that only NK has good QOL, finally?

Thanks for the post Bear.

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Originally Posted by Bluedriver (Post 3752492)

Can we finally put to bed the notion that only NK has good QOL, finally?

Thanks for the post Bear.

Idk about that one, Chief. My junior buddies at B6 have dog**** schedules and nothing they can do about it. Bear has seniority in BES so he gets good QOL. Hard press to find good QOL for junior pilots at B6.

where are you now? curious
if you don't wnat mention airline, I understand. But at least, mainiline or something?
thx

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Originally Posted by ag27 (Post 3752663)

where are you now? curious
if you don't wnat mention airline, I understand. But at least, mainiline or something?
thx

If he's moved up to 64% in less than a year and was previously at NK, then I'd bet yes, he's at a legacy.

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Originally Posted by Bluedriver (Post 3752492)

Can we finally put to bed the notion that only NK has good QOL, finally?

Thanks for the post Bear.

This mentality will never go away at Spirit. The pilots here believe it's the only airline where pilots can get holidays and weekends off.

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Originally Posted by Bluedriver (Post 3752492)

Can we finally put to bed the notion that only NK has good QOL, finally?

Anyone who truly believes that is just dumb.

The truth of the matter is nostalgia. People who now are very senior doing day trips think back to their former lives. A life where our point-to-point system was one leg a day, 3 hrs of block for 5 hours pay, 5 hours pay for >22 hr overnight or whatever it was before the change, etc, etc. Also, crew scheduling was just so incredibly inept it worked out to their benefit many many times.

Currently, it has almost become more hub and spoke like here. All those one-leg out and one-leg back 2-day trips LGA, DTW, IAH, CLE, etc, etc are pretty much gone out of the bid package (at the moment anyhow, though they declined significantly that past few years). Crew scheduling has also apparently finally learned to read the contract and is exercising their end as you would expect in any normal airline - adding turns at the end of a trip to a reserve pilot, moving days off, etc, etc.

So, yeah can still drop to zero, can still call sick with no "points" or any other kind of repercussion. I guess that's "QoL"...

Spirit RSV is the worst in the industry. We gave up the farm on RSV in 2018

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Originally Posted by Billy Tate (Post 3752693)

This mentality will never go away at Spirit. The pilots here believe it's the only airline where pilots can get holidays and weekends off.

dumb, nobody is arguing that.

Even though I know you are being sarcastic at least make a valid argument to back up your point.