SWA or UAL
10-26-2022, 03:12 PM
#131
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What kind of fulfilling exotic overseas flying did AirTran do again?
You can walk right into the cockpit of a A330 or 767-400 at Delta as a new hire. Upgrade to do the same flying within a couple months. Or go to FedEx.
There’s absolutely no reason to keep doing the status quo if you’re miserable. Life is too short to be doing something you hate. Seriously….go somewhere else if you’re unhappy. There will never be a better time for a pilot to change employers in your lifetime.
Doing regional schedules isn’t the most thrilling, but it gets me the QOL I want. I could care less about long haul and big jets. I want days off at home to do what I really want.
You can walk right into the cockpit of a A330 or 767-400 at Delta as a new hire. Upgrade to do the same flying within a couple months. Or go to FedEx.
There’s absolutely no reason to keep doing the status quo if you’re miserable. Life is too short to be doing something you hate. Seriously….go somewhere else if you’re unhappy. There will never be a better time for a pilot to change employers in your lifetime.
Doing regional schedules isn’t the most thrilling, but it gets me the QOL I want. I could care less about long haul and big jets. I want days off at home to do what I really want.
Too late to move on. I’d never recover the money for one thing. Besides, I’m finally back to my original relative seniority from prior to “the marriage”. It only took twelve years.
Go on. What else ya got?
10-26-2022, 03:23 PM
#132
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10-26-2022, 11:52 PM
#133
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Well, lots of Caribbean layovers to answer your question. I ended up getting my own packable snorkeling equipment because I was in AUA so much.
Too late to move on. I’d never recover the money for one thing. Besides, I’m finally back to my original relative seniority from prior to “the marriage”. It only took twelve years.
Go on. What else ya got?
Too late to move on. I’d never recover the money for one thing. Besides, I’m finally back to my original relative seniority from prior to “the marriage”. It only took twelve years.
Go on. What else ya got?
Topped out WN CA gets paid $281/hr
Yr 1 DL 737 CA gets paid $262/hr
Yr 2 UAL 737 CA gets paid $262/hr (can’t upgrade on probation at UAL)
Yr 2 FedEx 757 CA gets paid $260/hr…$307 for any other airplane
You’re obviously miserable….what’s your price for happiness? I took a $80k paycut to leave my regional I despised to come here and was ahead by yr 3. Unless you’re pushing 60 or a OT *****….you’ll make up the difference quickly if you take 1st avail upgrade elsewhere.
Or you can keep making excuses why you can’t leave and just be a miserable SOB. Your call.
10-27-2022, 03:11 AM
#134
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Please go back in this thread and find where I’m complaining about my pay as compared to other carriers. When you do, please quote it.
10-27-2022, 04:15 AM
#135
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AUA ain’t long haul by a long shot and you can do that out of BWI. Costa Rica and Mexico overnights out of HOU. DR out of MDW.
Topped out WN CA gets paid $281/hr
Yr 1 DL 737 CA gets paid $262/hr
Yr 2 UAL 737 CA gets paid $262/hr (can’t upgrade on probation at UAL)
Yr 2 FedEx 757 CA gets paid $260/hr…$307 for any other airplane
You’re obviously miserable….what’s your price for happiness? I took a $80k paycut to leave my regional I despised to come here and was ahead by yr 3. Unless you’re pushing 60 or a OT *****….you’ll make up the difference quickly if you take 1st avail upgrade elsewhere.
Or you can keep making excuses why you can’t leave and just be a miserable SOB. Your call.
Topped out WN CA gets paid $281/hr
Yr 1 DL 737 CA gets paid $262/hr
Yr 2 UAL 737 CA gets paid $262/hr (can’t upgrade on probation at UAL)
Yr 2 FedEx 757 CA gets paid $260/hr…$307 for any other airplane
You’re obviously miserable….what’s your price for happiness? I took a $80k paycut to leave my regional I despised to come here and was ahead by yr 3. Unless you’re pushing 60 or a OT *****….you’ll make up the difference quickly if you take 1st avail upgrade elsewhere.
Or you can keep making excuses why you can’t leave and just be a miserable SOB. Your call.
I already ran the spreadsheet, Ace. Leaving would not be a wise choice and that’s not even factoring in the next black swan event. So I’ll be staying I’m sorry to say. The good news is that if you ask some of the others on here they can tell you who I am and hopefully you have room on your avoidance bid list for this “miserable SOB”.
10-27-2022, 06:55 AM
#136
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AUA ain’t long haul by a long shot and you can do that out of BWI. Costa Rica and Mexico overnights out of HOU. DR out of MDW.
Topped out WN CA gets paid $281/hr
Yr 1 DL 737 CA gets paid $262/hr
Yr 2 UAL 737 CA gets paid $262/hr (can’t upgrade on probation at UAL)
Yr 2 FedEx 757 CA gets paid $260/hr…$307 for any other airplane
You’re obviously miserable….what’s your price for happiness? I took a $80k paycut to leave my regional I despised to come here and was ahead by yr 3. Unless you’re pushing 60 or a OT *****….you’ll make up the difference quickly if you take 1st avail upgrade elsewhere.
Or you can keep making excuses why you can’t leave and just be a miserable SOB. Your call.
Topped out WN CA gets paid $281/hr
Yr 1 DL 737 CA gets paid $262/hr
Yr 2 UAL 737 CA gets paid $262/hr (can’t upgrade on probation at UAL)
Yr 2 FedEx 757 CA gets paid $260/hr…$307 for any other airplane
You’re obviously miserable….what’s your price for happiness? I took a $80k paycut to leave my regional I despised to come here and was ahead by yr 3. Unless you’re pushing 60 or a OT *****….you’ll make up the difference quickly if you take 1st avail upgrade elsewhere.
Or you can keep making excuses why you can’t leave and just be a miserable SOB. Your call.
10-27-2022, 07:03 AM
#137
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I'm not a tranny, but I'm going to guess you were not here for the merger. You sure do have all the kool aid talking points down though. A lot of families had to move and have their quality of life uprooted, because we gutted AirTran bases. It's ignorant to think that everything was bliss with our wonderful culture. The first thing GK did was threaten the AirTran pilot group after the first proposed seniority list vote failed. That was their welcome to SWA culture moment.
Might wants to get your facts straight. Just saying , I am guessing you where not at WN then .
10-27-2022, 07:13 AM
#139
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I'm not a tranny, but I'm going to guess you were not here for the merger. You sure do have all the kool aid talking points down though. A lot of families had to move and have their quality of life uprooted, because we gutted AirTran bases. It's ignorant to think that everything was bliss with our wonderful culture. The first thing GK did was threaten the AirTran pilot group after the first proposed seniority list vote failed. That was their welcome to SWA culture moment.
10-27-2022, 07:21 AM
#140
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