RI830

Bazinga!!!!

FlyGuy91

How long have you been flying charter? It seems like you are one of those new guys or gals sticking up for your new company. That's cool you like your job, but it's really not very realistic. Let's have this same constructive criticism conversation after a couple years. I am sure RI830 is very proud of you!

FlyGuy91

Unfortunately "You can't preach to the choir"

MiGBoy

We are having this conversation now.

I've been with EAS for two years. I was hired on in 2011. Went from the C90B, to the BE350, and currently fly the 350, 400A, and IA-1125.

5,000-hour ATP with 5 type ratings, and a competitive aerobatic pilot. Far from new.

I know what it's like to have a sour taste in your month regarding an old company. All that I ask; is that you consider how you carry yourself before you choose to write.

hvydriver

Swish! Nuthin' but net.

filejw

LOL Heaven forbid somebody talked about enjoying a job on the Internet .

hvydriver

It does seem to be a forbidden topic, doesn't it? LOL!

RI830

First problem....we are not charter. We are a 135/91K Fractional.
I'm more than happy to have this discussion now and in a couple of years too.
You have some real underlying issues with the way your job is. You compare EAS to your job that you can't stand. It's an unfair comparison since you obviously don't fully understand what EAS is all about!

MiGBoy

Flyguy,


RI830 and I aren't trying to better or one up you in this conversation, please understand that. Simply what we are saying, is that things here have changed, and are continuing to change towards a better work experience.

That doesn't mean to say that there are some months where work on certain aircraft isn't busier than others, and sometimes it gets you on the road a bit. However, scheduling and admin have incorporated controls and limits on folks now where that occurring consistently is avoided. It WILL consistently improve. Me personally, I have some months that are simply just busier than others.

Part of improvement and development is maintaining a positive attitude. I realize this is a public internet forum, however, for the bettering of our company's atmosphere we are trying to keep all of the public discussion of us either positive, or negative in a constructive sense. It's just good for business. That way; new folks that are interested in us don't get the wrong idea based on precedent that occurred many years ago.

As I said, I understand 500% what it's like to have a sour taste in your mouth when you leave somewhere. However, I feel better myself when I convince myself that being upset about it isn't worth my time, and I move on past it.

I'm sure that RI will agree, that you are welcome to come and visit us at any of our branch offices and discuss with our staff how things have changed. If your in DFW, lunch is on me. (Unless RI is there. )

Have a great weekend.

hvydriver

Wise words MiG. I really don't have a dog in the fight, (yet, fingers crossed) but even if I get the TBNT letter, I really think I need to bore Fly with a short story about how life works. I'm concerned for you FlyGuy.

It doesn't do yourself any good to hold onto bitterness. I don't know if you work at EAS, have a friend there, or whatever. It really doesn't matter. I know first hand that holding onto the past doesn't do you any good. I was at the realDHL for over 21 years. Before we shut down, we were the number 3 company in the US as far as pay, schedule, and even 401k's. When the last surviving member of the DHL founders was killed in a plane crash, DPWN bought DHL. Then, they bought Airborne Express. Knowing what's better than anyone else, they tried to merge the two operations together in a single weekend. Five years of 1 Billion dollars annually in losses later, they shutdown my airline, kept ABX, and drew the entire operation down to a smaller state than what we were before the whole merger started. Although ABX folks suffered too, with layoffs, etc. After fighting for over 5 years day and night to try to help save my company, I was so burned out that I didn't want anything to do with flying. So I went to work at a golf course. After about a year, I caught myself once in a while looking up when I heard an airplane. Six months after that, I realized that I missed flying. It's taken me awhile to get back into it, but I've managed it. And in the process I learned a valuable lesson about life.

The lesson I learned is, that to hold onto resentment and anger over past experience will do nothing to help you in the future. I'm guessing that you aren't at the final place you envision yourself for in your career. Trust me, people can sense when you are faking enthusiasm. If I'd tried interviewing anywhere right after my old job, I would probably never gotten a call for anything, because I couldn't let go of the past. Take it for what it's worth, and good luck!