US Airways Calls
09-13-2012, 08:36 AM
#61
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Position: FO - 757/767
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Wouldn't the definition of short sighted be roughly akin to only looking at the next 5-7 years? I can easily justify it by looking a little further down the road (you know, more than 7 years) and preparing for it by not living beyond my means as a regional captain. Something my wife and I have planned on and done for years. Being a lifer at a regional and then getting Comair'd could also put your life in a tailspin. It's still a better bet.
09-13-2012, 10:26 AM
#62
Da Hudge
Joined APC: Oct 2006
Position: Poodle Whisperer
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So you're ok with living off of the shirt tails of your wife while your new employer works on a new contract? Seems unfair to your spouse, but I suppose that more and more men are ok with this these days. How about wait until they start paying more? Or set your focus on someone who pays (e.g. Delta).
I think you forget that those people hired will be younger than him and he'll be behind them the rest of his career watching them get the schedules he wants instead of if he made the jump ASAP.
09-13-2012, 10:39 AM
#63
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Position: A320 CA
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09-13-2012, 06:40 PM
#66
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So you're ok with living off of the shirt tails of your wife while your new employer works on a new contract? Seems unfair to your spouse, but I suppose that more and more men are ok with this these days. How about wait until they start paying more? Or set your focus on someone who pays (e.g. Delta).
If you were so secure in your decision to stay at Expressjet, you wouldn't feel the need to crap on someone else's thread like this. You are in a very large group of RJ captains that are in a difficult position: A little too comfortable in your seniority and pay to really have the incentive to move on.
The people that are going to US Air right now are taking a chance on the future, just like everyone else. You're betting that XJT will keep it's contracts and you'll keep your position. They are betting that US Air will get a better contract and they will advance quickly due to retirements. Right now, no one is staying on the 190 more than a year or so, and many new-hires are getting the Airbus right away.
I can understand the UPS lady looking down her nose at US Air pilots (even though her husband works there), but a guy flying a 50 seat ERJ? Can't people just take the job that suits them, and then shut the **** up?
09-13-2012, 07:39 PM
#67
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Don't forget that AA and US are about to merge. You get on now you'll be ahead of everyone. US/AA will be the biggest airline in the world and i'm sure once a jcba is negotiated it will be on par or better than delta, it's just gonna have to be to make it work.
A legacy is ALWAYS better than an RJ job or an LCC job. There are certain limits at regional s and lcc's.
A legacy is ALWAYS better than an RJ job or an LCC job. There are certain limits at regional s and lcc's.
09-13-2012, 07:56 PM
#68
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Position: B777/CA retired
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So you're ok with living off of the shirt tails of your wife while your new employer works on a new contract? Seems unfair to your spouse, but I suppose that more and more men are ok with this these days. How about wait until they start paying more? Or set your focus on someone who pays (e.g. Delta).
LCC has substandard wages? Look no further than your own kitchen. I hope he's doing the cooking because you obviously are bringing home the groceries.
09-13-2012, 08:09 PM
#69
doin time
Joined APC: Mar 2011
Position: RJ Left
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Well said. As the spouse of an "eastie", I am dumbfounded of usairways ability to get applicants. Okay, first year pay should be LOWER to offset training costs etc. But at usair, it's the first five or six years that are ridiculous. By year two-and-a-half, do they offer assistance in filing personal chapter 7? Sad too, because my hubbie was grossing over 11k per month c. 1992.
Xjet is right; why go there with such terrible pay? Why not wait til they ponie up the money? With all these desperate souls applying, why should they!
On a side note: it makes perfect sense for an r j fo, but captain? No way.
Xjet is right; why go there with such terrible pay? Why not wait til they ponie up the money? With all these desperate souls applying, why should they!
On a side note: it makes perfect sense for an r j fo, but captain? No way.
09-13-2012, 11:02 PM
#70
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So you're ok with living off of the shirt tails of your wife while your new employer works on a new contract? Seems unfair to your spouse, but I suppose that more and more men are ok with this these days. How about wait until they start paying more? Or set your focus on someone who pays (e.g. Delta).
Which group does your husband belong to? Is it the DOH jihadists, the LOS group, or does he just want the NIC mitigated?
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