Al Czervik

yeah, working 12 days a month for 350 sucks.

dsevo

Having a few $50k+ months with less than 36 months on property has made it tolerable. Most importantly, haven’t missed a single important home/dad event. We’ll probably survive, but thanks for the concern.

ACEssXfer

Fair. I feel the same with the "I drop every trip every month" guys.

I have no qualms complaining about AA but anyone coming on here saying this isn't a ridiculously awesome job that provides an opportunity to live better than most is a moron.

SoloPilot

That guys a weirdo, just ignore him. He’s a jaded 60 year old UPS guy who spends his waking hours ****posting about AA. Who knows why he’s this way, but his opinions meaningless 🤷

IFR Cx Rcvd

I’ve seen June 2025 thrown around for the restart pretty often. The only source I know of is an off-hand comment on the Spitfire webinar a couple weeks back. Does anyone have any other source for planting the flag in June? Got it, January isn’t a slam dunk and market conditions are changing under everyone’s feet.

CRJJ

Nobody knows anything really. Probably not even AA

RippinClapBombs

Apparently hauling rubber dog sh*t across the country at 2:30 AM isn't for everyone. I wouldn’t last one week working your schedule at UPS. I can sympathize with everything you’re undoubtedly going through mentally and physically on a weekly basis. I’d recommend seeing a therapist to unload your bitterness vs wasting your efforts trash talking an airline you don’t work for (but clearly wish you had). It’s just a bad look for you dog.

Fly76

So true.. I was a CA at an ACMI and when I started applying I was constantly asked why wasn’t I trying to go to FedEx or UPS. And it was because I got the taste of it. ESPECIALLY when I did UPS routes for them for Christmas season. Man it was awful. Late night departure to PHL, sit for hoursss while sort gets done through the night and fly back. All my friends that came to AA from previous company are so much happier. Some say they feel so much younger. And tbh at least 1 of my buddies looks so much better now, lost a lot of weight, looks healthier and feels great. He lives in NY and just sits reserve flying 3-5 days a month basically haha

1960Bonanza

So I'm here just under a year now. It took me 6 months to get to the base I wanted. Every single Captain I've flown with has been great. Everyone just does their job and goes home. I now sit SC here in Dallas and it just feels like we are short pilots. Almost all reserves get used every day. I'd be very surprised if we don't start training pilots sooner than next June. In fact I did a SAT turn the other day and had a new hire pilot in the jump seat doing his observation ride. He told me there are two classes coming behind him and that would be it for the year. He did also say they are telling him that training would start up again in Jan. So who knows. Just wanted to bring the thread back to the original topic I guess. For the guys with CJOs. Training was awesome. No one here is out to get anyone. Very civilized.

Glad to be here

Archiee

That all night flying will give you cancer.