Mesa or Trans States
09-28-2007, 07:51 PM
#41
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Nov 2006
Position: A320 CA
Posts: 184
HI my name is *****, I am a TSA commuter.
We might agree to disagree on the commuter friendly part. No airline is commuter friendly depending on how you look at it, what you are willing to do to get to work. I know someone that complained about an hour and half drive to get to work, so he moved 10 mins closer to the airport.
I travel a long ways to be at work on time. There are a few things you discover as a commuter at TSA. How to bid your lines effectively. What pairing to drop into open time and trip trade with your fellow commuters. I have done this since Dec, I have never missed a flight or showed up late <Knock on Wood>. Last month I was only at my crashpad for 3 nights and this month so far 2 nights because I had 2 early shows.
Commuting sucks, but someone has to do it. And guys Transstates is not that bad, it has been fun for me. I know everyone thinks they will screw us over one day, but based on my experience so far I will not put them in the same garbage bag as Mesa, atleast use GLAD.
ExperimentalAB, if you are in RIC again you are welcome to stop by the crashpad for some cold beer.
We might agree to disagree on the commuter friendly part. No airline is commuter friendly depending on how you look at it, what you are willing to do to get to work. I know someone that complained about an hour and half drive to get to work, so he moved 10 mins closer to the airport.
I travel a long ways to be at work on time. There are a few things you discover as a commuter at TSA. How to bid your lines effectively. What pairing to drop into open time and trip trade with your fellow commuters. I have done this since Dec, I have never missed a flight or showed up late <Knock on Wood>. Last month I was only at my crashpad for 3 nights and this month so far 2 nights because I had 2 early shows.
Commuting sucks, but someone has to do it. And guys Transstates is not that bad, it has been fun for me. I know everyone thinks they will screw us over one day, but based on my experience so far I will not put them in the same garbage bag as Mesa, atleast use GLAD.
ExperimentalAB, if you are in RIC again you are welcome to stop by the crashpad for some cold beer.
09-29-2007, 06:12 PM
#43
Gets EVERY weekend off
Joined APC: Jul 2006
Position: SIC
Posts: 1,367
Commuting will suck no matter where you're at, unless you live in a location that has tons of flights going to and from your base. Commuter clauses are great, but really aren't "that" effective, given my buddy at chautauqua who's always trying to get to Cleavland, while there are sometimes 5 flights a day, most are on RJ's ,and most are oversold, so he's left with the flight the night before, or early the next morning, so he can do reserve far in advance....you'd have the same luck with a company without a commuter clause, just because the number of people flying is so high...
TSA's low points would typically be job security (tossing stuff to gojet), second year FO pay, Training difficulty, Scheduling (while on reserve) and Junior Manning (which sucks, but you can only have it done three time a year...i think)
If i were in the "new" guys shoes, i'd look for somewhere that wouldn't involve me commuting to work, if there are no options available, you'll be far happier finding a buddy in training and grabbing an apartment, as opposed to giving up your days off to commute to a company that you really wouldn't want to work for anyway.
TSA's low points would typically be job security (tossing stuff to gojet), second year FO pay, Training difficulty, Scheduling (while on reserve) and Junior Manning (which sucks, but you can only have it done three time a year...i think)
If i were in the "new" guys shoes, i'd look for somewhere that wouldn't involve me commuting to work, if there are no options available, you'll be far happier finding a buddy in training and grabbing an apartment, as opposed to giving up your days off to commute to a company that you really wouldn't want to work for anyway.
09-30-2007, 07:16 AM
#44
Gets Weekends Off
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Joined APC: Jan 2007
Posts: 143
I appreciate all the advice- I have gotten lot of good advice from this website in the past. I will have to commute but I hear that the commute from den-STL is not that bad. The wife has a great job here in DEN and the kids are close to grandparents which is important to my wife and I. I know few guys that have went to MESA are not very happy, some are though if they don't have to commute. On the other hand it sounds like a more people don't have a big problems with TSA- At the regional level, I think almost all have some negative aspects.
Thanks again to all- just want to hear from different thoughts.
Thanks again to all- just want to hear from different thoughts.
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