SWA or ‘nah’ in 2022
06-16-2022, 12:54 PM
#63
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Haven’t been here long but it’s obvious it was the right choice, after sitting with CAs that all had stories of what they would’ve done differently over their career or where they should’ve gone the decision became clear. Their terrible work rules, 18 days min reserve, no real options to consistently make over min guarantee without seniority, 5on/2off reserve block as well as the bad financials just make the idea of leaving for AA mind-boggling to me. But to each their own.
06-18-2022, 10:56 AM
#65
weekends off? Nope...
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Haven’t been here long but it’s obvious it was the right choice, after sitting with CAs that all had stories of what they would’ve done differently over their career or where they should’ve gone the decision became clear. Their terrible work rules, 18 days min reserve, no real options to consistently make over min guarantee without seniority, 5on/2off reserve block as well as the bad financials just make the idea of leaving for AA mind-boggling to me. But to each their own.
06-18-2022, 12:35 PM
#66
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Mar 2017
Posts: 291
Originally Posted by Fly4FunAA;[url=tel:3443186
3443186]Sounds like AA is a hard No for most guys. What about Delta? United?
Bird in hand is worth 2 in the bush. In this case there may be a few birds in the bush right now but you can only hold 1 bird in your hand. When you first caught the bird you’re holding some of the other birds may have been 1.1-1.3 X the size of your bird. But the longer you hang onto your bird the bigger it gets and the other birds in the bush need to be a lot bigger or have the capacity to rapidly increase their weight, to make it worth letting go of your now sizable bird. Now, maybe your bird kicks you in the nuts occasionally. Well nobody likes getting kicked in the nuts so you think about letting your bird go and getting a different, now smaller, bird. But that smaller bird isn’t worth as much as the bird you have now and maybe that bird will kick you in the nuts like your last one, or maybe it will peck at your eyes or bite your nose. The truth is you’re not sure how that other bird will grow up. Maybe it will kick you in the nuts, maybe it won’t. And maybe the bird you have is just in a nut kicking phase and will grow out of it. But despite the nut kicking it’s still a big bird and growing by the day. Also, freshly caught birds have a higher mortality rate than the bird you’ve had for a while. Winter is coming, and you want to be holding a fat bird with a few layers of fat on it so it’ll survive the winter. The last thing you want is to be holding a dead bird when there’s no more birds in the bush.
06-18-2022, 05:28 PM
#68
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Joined APC: Oct 2021
Posts: 324
Same answer, it’s gonna be the same answer for most people with a little bit of time here already as it would be for anyone at a destination airline.
Bird in hand is worth 2 in the bush. In this case there may be a few birds in the bush right now but you can only hold 1 bird in your hand. When you first caught the bird you’re holding some of the other birds may have been 1.1-1.3 X the size of your bird. But the longer you hang onto your bird the bigger it gets and the other birds in the bush need to be a lot bigger or have the capacity to rapidly increase their weight, to make it worth letting go of your now sizable bird. Now, maybe your bird kicks you in the nuts occasionally. Well nobody likes getting kicked in the nuts so you think about letting your bird go and getting a different, now smaller, bird. But that smaller bird isn’t worth as much as the bird you have now and maybe that bird will kick you in the nuts like your last one, or maybe it will peck at your eyes or bite your nose. The truth is you’re not sure how that other bird will grow up. Maybe it will kick you in the nuts, maybe it won’t. And maybe the bird you have is just in a nut kicking phase and will grow out of it. But despite the nut kicking it’s still a big bird and growing by the day. Also, freshly caught birds have a higher mortality rate than the bird you’ve had for a while. Winter is coming, and you want to be holding a fat bird with a few layers of fat on it so it’ll survive the winter. The last thing you want is to be holding a dead bird when there’s no more birds in the bush.
Bird in hand is worth 2 in the bush. In this case there may be a few birds in the bush right now but you can only hold 1 bird in your hand. When you first caught the bird you’re holding some of the other birds may have been 1.1-1.3 X the size of your bird. But the longer you hang onto your bird the bigger it gets and the other birds in the bush need to be a lot bigger or have the capacity to rapidly increase their weight, to make it worth letting go of your now sizable bird. Now, maybe your bird kicks you in the nuts occasionally. Well nobody likes getting kicked in the nuts so you think about letting your bird go and getting a different, now smaller, bird. But that smaller bird isn’t worth as much as the bird you have now and maybe that bird will kick you in the nuts like your last one, or maybe it will peck at your eyes or bite your nose. The truth is you’re not sure how that other bird will grow up. Maybe it will kick you in the nuts, maybe it won’t. And maybe the bird you have is just in a nut kicking phase and will grow out of it. But despite the nut kicking it’s still a big bird and growing by the day. Also, freshly caught birds have a higher mortality rate than the bird you’ve had for a while. Winter is coming, and you want to be holding a fat bird with a few layers of fat on it so it’ll survive the winter. The last thing you want is to be holding a dead bird when there’s no more birds in the bush.
06-19-2022, 09:22 PM
#70
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Dec 2021
Posts: 212
Same answer, it’s gonna be the same answer for most people with a little bit of time here already as it would be for anyone at a destination airline.
Bird in hand is worth 2 in the bush. In this case there may be a few birds in the bush right now but you can only hold 1 bird in your hand. When you first caught the bird you’re holding some of the other birds may have been 1.1-1.3 X the size of your bird. But the longer you hang onto your bird the bigger it gets and the other birds in the bush need to be a lot bigger or have the capacity to rapidly increase their weight, to make it worth letting go of your now sizable bird. Now, maybe your bird kicks you in the nuts occasionally. Well nobody likes getting kicked in the nuts so you think about letting your bird go and getting a different, now smaller, bird. But that smaller bird isn’t worth as much as the bird you have now and maybe that bird will kick you in the nuts like your last one, or maybe it will peck at your eyes or bite your nose. The truth is you’re not sure how that other bird will grow up. Maybe it will kick you in the nuts, maybe it won’t. And maybe the bird you have is just in a nut kicking phase and will grow out of it. But despite the nut kicking it’s still a big bird and growing by the day. Also, freshly caught birds have a higher mortality rate than the bird you’ve had for a while. Winter is coming, and you want to be holding a fat bird with a few layers of fat on it so it’ll survive the winter. The last thing you want is to be holding a dead bird when there’s no more birds in the bush.
Bird in hand is worth 2 in the bush. In this case there may be a few birds in the bush right now but you can only hold 1 bird in your hand. When you first caught the bird you’re holding some of the other birds may have been 1.1-1.3 X the size of your bird. But the longer you hang onto your bird the bigger it gets and the other birds in the bush need to be a lot bigger or have the capacity to rapidly increase their weight, to make it worth letting go of your now sizable bird. Now, maybe your bird kicks you in the nuts occasionally. Well nobody likes getting kicked in the nuts so you think about letting your bird go and getting a different, now smaller, bird. But that smaller bird isn’t worth as much as the bird you have now and maybe that bird will kick you in the nuts like your last one, or maybe it will peck at your eyes or bite your nose. The truth is you’re not sure how that other bird will grow up. Maybe it will kick you in the nuts, maybe it won’t. And maybe the bird you have is just in a nut kicking phase and will grow out of it. But despite the nut kicking it’s still a big bird and growing by the day. Also, freshly caught birds have a higher mortality rate than the bird you’ve had for a while. Winter is coming, and you want to be holding a fat bird with a few layers of fat on it so it’ll survive the winter. The last thing you want is to be holding a dead bird when there’s no more birds in the bush.
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