Thinking of leaving Republic
03-27-2018, 06:04 AM
#11
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Hello All!
Im sorry to post here but need some advice from my fellow employees. I started at Republic in October and have been on reserve for about 3 months now. While I absolutely love the flying, I am having much difficulty adjusting to this lifestyle of being away from home all the time.
It is taking a very big strain on my marriage. My wife is also an airline pilot (For another regional) but we are having a difficult time with our schedules not mathcing up. I live out of base so having to fly into base for reserve (although being used fairly often) is not helping much. I was thinking of transferring to a more junior base to hold a line, but still the idea of doing this for the rest of my career is daunting to me. It makes me very upset to think I will spend almost half my life, if not more, away from home. The idea of even having a family or spending important days togehter in the future is completely out of the window for us. So my question is, what should I do , does it get better?
I was looking for other aviation jobs where I could be home more but am struggling to find any other options, I've even considered going back to college to change my carreer field. Id still love to stay in aviation but at my age (27) I feel like an absolute idiot if I give this all up now to move to something else. How bad would it look too if i Burn Republic after just 5-6 months of employment? I made the biggest mistake by not choosing a regional where I am living and chasing bonuses and higher pay rates. At the end of the day I love this company (so far
) but it is just not working out for me, and I am spending more money on hotels and commuting sometimes even having to buy confirmed tickets to make a trip and not loose out on pay.
Im sorry to post here but need some advice from my fellow employees. I started at Republic in October and have been on reserve for about 3 months now. While I absolutely love the flying, I am having much difficulty adjusting to this lifestyle of being away from home all the time.
It is taking a very big strain on my marriage. My wife is also an airline pilot (For another regional) but we are having a difficult time with our schedules not mathcing up. I live out of base so having to fly into base for reserve (although being used fairly often) is not helping much. I was thinking of transferring to a more junior base to hold a line, but still the idea of doing this for the rest of my career is daunting to me. It makes me very upset to think I will spend almost half my life, if not more, away from home. The idea of even having a family or spending important days togehter in the future is completely out of the window for us. So my question is, what should I do , does it get better?
I was looking for other aviation jobs where I could be home more but am struggling to find any other options, I've even considered going back to college to change my carreer field. Id still love to stay in aviation but at my age (27) I feel like an absolute idiot if I give this all up now to move to something else. How bad would it look too if i Burn Republic after just 5-6 months of employment? I made the biggest mistake by not choosing a regional where I am living and chasing bonuses and higher pay rates. At the end of the day I love this company (so far
) but it is just not working out for me, and I am spending more money on hotels and commuting sometimes even having to buy confirmed tickets to make a trip and not loose out on pay.It may come to you and your wife taking a look at your careers objectively... if you two have similar training records (ie same # of failures etc.) then it may be worth it for you to bow out of 121 life and let her to be the mainline pilot.
Or you could always go work for the same regional and bid her base and move there with her... there’s a decent chance she’ll be at a major before you are as long as her background doesn’t suck so you might just want to give her the ultimate “yes dear” and just start following her around career wise.
03-27-2018, 06:07 AM
#12
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Not good at all. I would at a minimun get to a regional with a base in your home city ASAP. It’s also probably time for your wife to get out of the airlines permanently and not work. Worrying about what mainline HR will think years from now would not be my first concern. When you get enough seniority to hold day trips things will get a lot better with your wife at home with the kids and you home every night. That could take a while though.
03-27-2018, 09:08 AM
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OP, I know exactly how you’re feeling...when I first started in the airline business I immediately thought I made the wrong decision. I was commuting to reserve at the time, was never home, never saw the GF. You’re number one mistake was not picking a regional that has a home base..commuting adds stress and days away from home. I for one will never commute..if it gets to that I will do something else because I refuse to move from my family.
Only clear options are, you both move to a city you can both be based at, switch companies that have a base where you live.
Honestly, once you get rid of the commuting aspect, and stick it out a few months until you get a line, things become 100x better especially once you can hold 2 day trips or even day trips. I’m home based, and with a line, I’m home a lot more than the typical 9-5 Monday through Friday person.
Again, I went from being in your boat, to switching to a company that was based in my hometown and can honestly tell you it was by far the best decision I’ve ever made. Totally different job.
Only clear options are, you both move to a city you can both be based at, switch companies that have a base where you live.
Honestly, once you get rid of the commuting aspect, and stick it out a few months until you get a line, things become 100x better especially once you can hold 2 day trips or even day trips. I’m home based, and with a line, I’m home a lot more than the typical 9-5 Monday through Friday person.
Again, I went from being in your boat, to switching to a company that was based in my hometown and can honestly tell you it was by far the best decision I’ve ever made. Totally different job.
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