just 120... I was hoping for more.... a lot more

 

I just think it's cool that I am 35 merged in with folks that are 45-50.

 

Absolutely. I don't know about you, but my paycheck is made out to me. I got into this business because "I" wanted to fly airplanes and "I" wanted to fly for a major airline.

I did not get into this business so I can carry the weight of the pilot group on my shoulders. I could care less.

I followed a narrow path in college and sacrificed while some of my friends were partying all the time and chasing tale. I got on at CAL in 2005 due to that work and preparation finally meeting a little luck and here I am.

Do I feel bad that a lot of my college friends just got bumped by a bunch of UAL furloughees, nope, they choose that path to delay their career progress while I always took the first regional upgrade and got stuck in bases that I did not want to be in, etc.

Justice is served and that is how it plays out....

Anyone that does not like this post is most likely a democrat.

 

I agreed with you in your original post but you are setting yourself up to fail. You dont remember, but in the early 90s there were a few too many COCKY pilots. Today their airline is either BUST or they are 2000 pilots behind a way too cocky 35 year old pilot. You didnt get hired at CAL because you are skilled, you were LUCKY. Plain and simple.

Your career is just beginning. Im willing to bet there will be many road bumps ahead. Be humble.

TEN

 

I know, I just like to get the peeps rolling.... There is some truth in this though, I did work hard and did sacrifice while some of my peers did not.



It is like my nephew, has a kid in high school, barely graduates. Now 3 years later he wonders why he has no money and is working for $10 an hour. I told him, what did you expect when you have a kid early and minimal education.

People expect so much but get disappointed by reality. In both of these cases, too bad, I did prepare.

 

Hey TenYearsGone,

Mellow is the man who knows what he's been missing.

Sage advice from you my friend.

Birddog

All About Me

 

DMC12, you are probably just trying to rouse a little temper for entertainment purposes In all honesty, good luck and enjoy your new company.



TEN

 

The Delta / NWA merger was the first instance of future attrition and longevity being used as an equity for what had been pretty straightforward category status (you came out with what you had going in). These wild cards are now the status quo.

This new standard is somewhat less predictable because, lets face it, we are working longer than anyone expected us to 10 years ago. We are healthier and not jumping off into an ocean of worry free defined benefit pension money.

Where I think this new standard really screws us is if we ever decide to restore our union's definition of "alter ego" and insist on recovery of our outsourced flying. 15 years ago a merger with a regional would be a staple. Now the result is a whole lot less certain.

 

What truly awesome college did you attend that taught you to spell tail as "tale?"

 

Here is an earlier post by you.

" What am I missing, the list seems fair...

I am a 2005 CAL guy and I don't see a problem with the list. I am merged in with 1998 UAL pilots.

I was born in 1976, all of the UAL pilots near me in seniority were born in the early 1960s...."

I was no math major, buuuuuttttt born in 1976 does not = 35

Keep up the good work