Eagle to hire 600+ in 2013!
01-04-2014, 09:44 AM
#1701
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You would rather make minimum wage actually working for a living putting up with idiots rather than making 23 an hour closing the cockpit door and only putting up with one idiot? I don't get it.....
01-04-2014, 09:48 AM
#1702
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Joined APC: Sep 2011
Posts: 238
I can appreciate your inside information as you have been correct in the past. However, if this latest announcement of APA and ALPA working closely together is the big deal you touted in previous posts, I have to say that I'm disappointed.
That said, we'll just have to wait and see how things play out. In the end, career advancement is most important to me. I have no desire to be at Eagle one second longer than necessary as I do not PLAN to work at a regional for the remainder of my career. Any of these: AA, UA, DL, FDX, UPS and yes I do have apps in everywhere. As someone dead in the middle of the Eagle list as it is currently, I say let the union negotiate us something that enhances career progression. I will suck it up a few more years and will have no problem being in that crashpad in NYC and starting over if I am on AA property.
Some may say that these flows haven't worked before and I do agree. The circumstances of the previous 12 years have not favored the pilot. However, barring a catastrophic event, I do believe that a pilot has the upper hand over the next 10 to 15 years for sure. It's started already, albeit very slowly, but still, I can see things happening now.
That said, we'll just have to wait and see how things play out. In the end, career advancement is most important to me. I have no desire to be at Eagle one second longer than necessary as I do not PLAN to work at a regional for the remainder of my career. Any of these: AA, UA, DL, FDX, UPS and yes I do have apps in everywhere. As someone dead in the middle of the Eagle list as it is currently, I say let the union negotiate us something that enhances career progression. I will suck it up a few more years and will have no problem being in that crashpad in NYC and starting over if I am on AA property.
Some may say that these flows haven't worked before and I do agree. The circumstances of the previous 12 years have not favored the pilot. However, barring a catastrophic event, I do believe that a pilot has the upper hand over the next 10 to 15 years for sure. It's started already, albeit very slowly, but still, I can see things happening now.
01-04-2014, 09:48 AM
#1703
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Also because you're only getting paid ~80 a month you have to cut your hourly wage in half to figure out what you're making at a normal job. Most big box stores offer good opportunities for advancement and competitive benefits packages, there really is no reason to work for a regional other than the hope that eventually you'll move on.
So yes, I'd rather sleep in my own bed every night making the same amount I do now.
01-04-2014, 09:51 AM
#1704
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^^^^Dude, when are you leaving again?
01-04-2014, 09:54 AM
#1705
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And commuting half way across the country missing most of my family's lives, don't forget that very real downside to this job.
Also because you're only getting paid ~80 a month you have to cut your hourly wage in half to figure out what you're making at a normal job. Most big box stores offer good opportunities for advancement and competitive benefits packages, there really is no reason to work for a regional other than the hope that eventually you'll move on.
So yes, I'd rather sleep in my own bed every night making the same amount I do now.
Also because you're only getting paid ~80 a month you have to cut your hourly wage in half to figure out what you're making at a normal job. Most big box stores offer good opportunities for advancement and competitive benefits packages, there really is no reason to work for a regional other than the hope that eventually you'll move on.
So yes, I'd rather sleep in my own bed every night making the same amount I do now.
I must be fortunate to be young and single because not having to commute and being able to live in base is the ONLY reason im putting up with the brown sandwich the regionals feed us.
01-04-2014, 10:00 AM
#1706
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Posts: 1,648
As to when I'm leaving, hopefully soon provided I don't bomb the interview at compass. I've thought about leaving the industry but I'm still young enough to change careers, I feel I'd really kick myself if I didn't give it sufficient time to move on.
01-04-2014, 10:13 AM
#1708
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Posts: 1,809
But...
There is nothing pointing towards anyone furloughing in the near future. Are you all saying that if APA came to you wanting to staple the whole Eagle group you would say no?
That seems a little short sighted.
01-04-2014, 10:22 AM
#1709
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Joined APC: Apr 2010
Posts: 609
And commuting half way across the country missing most of my family's lives, don't forget that very real downside to this job.
Also because you're only getting paid ~80 a month you have to cut your hourly wage in half to figure out what you're making at a normal job. Most big box stores offer good opportunities for advancement and competitive benefits packages, there really is no reason to work for a regional other than the hope that eventually you'll move on.
So yes, I'd rather sleep in my own bed every night making the same amount I do now.
Also because you're only getting paid ~80 a month you have to cut your hourly wage in half to figure out what you're making at a normal job. Most big box stores offer good opportunities for advancement and competitive benefits packages, there really is no reason to work for a regional other than the hope that eventually you'll move on.
So yes, I'd rather sleep in my own bed every night making the same amount I do now.
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