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Originally Posted by RJSAviator76
(Post 3865658)
Anyone remember FedEx 4-8 years ago? Everyone under the sun was swearing by Fedex - upgrade on 757 almost immediately, Fly widebodies around the world and not deal with those pesky cabin drama queens, make fantastic money…. FedEx baby!!
Fast forward a few years…. Think this can’t happen at United? Delta? UPS? One thing we can all count on - we are all one bad management team away from really, REALLY hard times. I don’t care what they tell you with regards to how many WB’s or pilots they wanna have by 2030 or whatever…. Heavy dose of skepticism is warranted. My advice is simple… get hired, move to a domicile if at all possible unless living in one already and settle the fk down. Grass is always greener elsewhere. Given our seniority system, jumping around chasing that WB or that upgrade inevitably bites people in the a$$. You may get lucky…. or you may get bitten. lUal and lCal in the mid/late-90s. Lot of people jumped from lCal to lUal, if they stayed at lCal they'd be senior WB Captains now instead of senior WB FOs. It's not a career, it's a lottery. |
Originally Posted by RJSAviator76
(Post 3865658)
Anyone remember FedEx 4-8 years ago? Everyone under the sun was swearing by Fedex - upgrade on 757 almost immediately, Fly widebodies around the world and not deal with those pesky cabin drama queens, make fantastic money…. FedEx baby!!
Fast forward a few years…. Think this can’t happen at United? Delta? UPS? One thing we can all count on - we are all one bad management team away from really, REALLY hard times. I don’t care what they tell you with regards to how many WB’s or pilots they wanna have by 2030 or whatever…. Heavy dose of skepticism is warranted. My advice is simple… get hired, move to a domicile if at all possible unless living in one already and settle the fk down. Grass is always greener elsewhere. Given our seniority system, jumping around chasing that WB or that upgrade inevitably bites people in the a$$. You may get lucky…. or you may get bitten. |
Originally Posted by RJSAviator76
(Post 3865658)
Anyone remember FedEx 4-8 years ago? Everyone under the sun was swearing by Fedex - upgrade on 757 almost immediately, Fly widebodies around the world and not deal with those pesky cabin drama queens, make fantastic money…. FedEx baby!!
Fast forward a few years…. Think this can’t happen at United? Delta? UPS? One thing we can all count on - we are all one bad management team away from really, REALLY hard times. I don’t care what they tell you with regards to how many WB’s or pilots they wanna have by 2030 or whatever…. Heavy dose of skepticism is warranted. My advice is simple… get hired, move to a domicile if at all possible unless living in one already and settle the fk down. Grass is always greener elsewhere. Given our seniority system, jumping around chasing that WB or that upgrade inevitably bites people in the a$$. You may get lucky…. or you may get bitten. Move to MEM? Have you ever been? |
Originally Posted by jackryan
(Post 3865798)
Entirely different management practices and outlooks. UAL wants to run an airline. FedEx wants to be a shell of itself and farm out their flying to anyone but a Purple tail pilot.
Move to MEM? Have you ever been? |
Originally Posted by worstpilotever
(Post 3865815)
right now that is the case, but remember smisek. Things can change quickly. Just enjoy each good day and plan for the bad day.
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Originally Posted by worstpilotever
(Post 3865815)
right now that is the case, but remember smisek. Things can change quickly. Just enjoy each good day and plan for the bad day.
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Originally Posted by jackryan
(Post 3865798)
Entirely different management practices and outlooks. UAL wants to run an airline. FedEx wants to be a shell of itself and farm out their flying to anyone but a Purple tail pilot.
Move to MEM? Have you ever been? Ive gotten trolled for this but it is very important to remember UNITED is an AIRLINE, FedEx is a global logistics and supply chain company that utilizes Air Transport as part of thier Business model. |
Originally Posted by Hellafo
(Post 3864661)
how about a 36/37 year old?
5 years into Brown and I’m thinking about leaving, mostly just because I miss flying pax, layovers and being treated like an airline pilot and not an hourly. |
[QUOTE=RJSAviator76;3865658 Grass is always greener elsewhere.
[/QUOTE] Often because it's being fertilized with different BS. |
Originally Posted by 11atsomto
(Post 3865935)
I think that is a very underrated yet very significant point you make.
Ive gotten trolled for this but it is very important to remember UNITED is an AIRLINE, FedEx is a global logistics and supply chain company that utilizes Air Transport as part of thier Business model. If I’ve said it once I’ve said it a thousand times. What’s happening at FedEx is not a cyclical adjustment, it’s a fundamental shift in the way the company does business. Those who ignore that fact do so at their own peril. |
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