FL Commuters
04-26-2021, 10:42 AM
#31
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When I get some seniority, it will then be ok to be an arrogant ass only worried about myself?
You choose to be that also.
I mean having a little decent human kindness and letting other commuters know — in advance — that you’ll be first on the jumpseat list (as you should be; deserved) so they can plan accordingly.
I don’t commute and am already an arrogant ass, so seniority just postpones my furlough letters a few months.
You choose to be that also.
I mean having a little decent human kindness and letting other commuters know — in advance — that you’ll be first on the jumpseat list (as you should be; deserved) so they can plan accordingly.
I don’t commute and am already an arrogant ass, so seniority just postpones my furlough letters a few months.
04-26-2021, 02:14 PM
#32
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Originally Posted by Dave Fitzgerald
Uh huh. When you finally have some seniority, you'll get it. I don't commute, you choose to. It's the system we have. If you want something different, try to change the system.
A junior UAL lineholder could be bumped on UAL metal just hours before takeoff by a senior pilot who picked up a senior manning trip to make some extra $$ and rushed to the airport. How is that reasonable to penalize the guy flying his line so the guy making an extra 3-5K doesn’t have to buy an airline ticket?
04-26-2021, 02:30 PM
#33
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Originally Posted by rvfanatic
A junior UAL lineholder could be bumped on UAL metal just hours before takeoff by a senior pilot who picked up a senior manning trip to make some extra $$ and rushed to the airport. How is that reasonable to penalize the guy flying his line so the guy making an extra 3-5K doesn’t have to buy an airline ticket?
04-26-2021, 03:04 PM
#34
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I dunno, I've done MCO and FLL to EWR probably 100 times for a certain yellow ULCC and have only had a jumpseater in the jumpseat a hand full of times. I think we do RSW and TPA now also. Move to wherever you want and look at other options other than UAL and we'll get you to and from work. Cheers!
04-26-2021, 04:50 PM
#35
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Originally Posted by RonnyK320
I dunno, I've done MCO and FLL to EWR probably 100 times for a certain yellow ULCC and have only had a jumpseater in the jumpseat a hand full of times. I think we do RSW and TPA now also. Move to wherever you want and look at other options other than UAL and we'll get you to and from work. Cheers!
I commute out of South Fl almost exclusively on B6 and NK, I learned early on not to even look at our own loads, got bumped by a famous scab out of FLL on my first month at UAL and never again.
He listed last minute obviously...
04-26-2021, 06:59 PM
#36
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Originally Posted by Edpilot23
I got bumped by a famous scab out of FLL on my first month at UAL and never again.
He listed last minute obviously...
He listed last minute obviously...
04-27-2021, 08:21 AM
#37
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Originally Posted by Hedley
It’s not penalizing anyone. It’s just 2 people exercising their seniority. It’s seniority that enables one pilot to outbid others for premium pay, and it’s the same system that determines the pecking order for pass travel, jumpseat, BES awards......... I commute, and I understand the risk associated with making the decisions to live out of base.
04-27-2021, 08:29 AM
#38
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[QUOTE=rvfanatic;3226969]Great point, it’s a terrible system.... Why don’t we again?
A junior UAL lineholder could be bumped on UAL metal just hours.... QUOTE]
I do realize it sucks, and we could be better.
I've seen it done minutes before departure. My favorite though was when a scab tried to bump another UAL guy off the jump seat in RNO, 5 min before departure, and I told the scab to take the next flight, he was too late and would have caused a delay. He was not happy, oh well....
A junior UAL lineholder could be bumped on UAL metal just hours.... QUOTE]
I do realize it sucks, and we could be better.
I've seen it done minutes before departure. My favorite though was when a scab tried to bump another UAL guy off the jump seat in RNO, 5 min before departure, and I told the scab to take the next flight, he was too late and would have caused a delay. He was not happy, oh well....
04-27-2021, 11:55 AM
#39
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[QUOTE=Dave Fitzgerald;3227228]
You don’t need to rationalize why deny a scab. You deny a scab because they are a scab.
Originally Posted by rvfanatic
Great point, it’s a terrible system.... Why don’t we again?
A junior UAL lineholder could be bumped on UAL metal just hours.... QUOTE]
I do realize it sucks, and we could be better.
I've seen it done minutes before departure. My favorite though was when a scab tried to bump another UAL guy off the jump seat in RNO, 5 min before departure, and I told the scab to take the next flight, he was too late and would have caused a delay. He was not happy, oh well....
A junior UAL lineholder could be bumped on UAL metal just hours.... QUOTE]
I do realize it sucks, and we could be better.
I've seen it done minutes before departure. My favorite though was when a scab tried to bump another UAL guy off the jump seat in RNO, 5 min before departure, and I told the scab to take the next flight, he was too late and would have caused a delay. He was not happy, oh well....
04-28-2021, 07:23 AM
#40
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[QUOTE=Airhoss;3227344]
You don’t need to rationalize why deny a scab. You deny a scab because they are a scab.
Hoss, of course, the fact that he was a scab made it a little fun.
Originally Posted by Dave Fitzgerald
You don’t need to rationalize why deny a scab. You deny a scab because they are a scab.
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