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I know that I’m ’on the wrong side’ of this issue… but I just don’t see how a snapshot of your seniority on your retirement date is the achievement award of your career. And you never know what your career is going to be like except looking back. Look at our two employers… one merger stomped...

Really? Was it though? I saw (see) this as a battleground issue between the two most entitled generations. Boomers and Gen Z. With the rest of us, the collateral damage of the lost decade, the X and Millennial (Y) stuck inbetween getting hosed yet again. “It is possible to commit no...

A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to. Gandalf the Gray OG Boomer Captain

For those sitting in the nosebleed seats, regional jobs are NOT mainline jobs. They are cost savings vehicles firmly planted on the back of labor. Do an interwebz search for ‘B Scale’ - then realize this isn’t even that. It’s somewhere down near the J or K scale range. Management is eagerly...

It landed in the water... and then the kid's punishment was a 2 hr PowerPoint differences class between a 737 and A320 including the importance of the ditching PB.

True... but I missed that particular ship a bunch throughout my career. I was a civilian LoadMaster at Southern Air pre 9/11 and so many of those guys knew me from the D.O. on down, cheered my career on, and the timing of me coming back to fly there - - well, the timing just never worked out...

I'm not exactly sure when it happened, but sometime (probably) during the plague a switch flipped and suddenly we are all now the 'old guys.' It's kind of up to us to mentor people, in hopefully a very 'non-richard' way, in the lessons we were all taught. For instance, van time is A.I.V. - Ass...

Counterfactuals is always a fun game to play... I had CJO's/Class Dates at Omni, AzulNorte, and Cathay Pacific at the same time... what if I had gone to CX? Well... I know the answer to that one, but did I miss out on crazy adventures all over the world? When I was furloughed from Mesa, I...

This very inappropriate Real Men of Genius-like Bud Light quote in a legal ruling has cost me a metric ton of cash. I'm quite annoyed.

I was trying to find a simpler to read version of this: That's what I get for trusting a post on "X". Or, maybe I should have just doubled-down.

Well, at this point it's a moo point... a cow's opinion... it doesn't matter. But: (and I never had any control over what was going to happen) ALPA merger policy is this: When '11 hires were onboarded at AzulNorte™, they had say ~2200 heavy machine operators. TheYellowBus™ Inc. had ~360...

The failed merger was going to wreak havoc on my retirement seniority and seniority during the time leading up to it, but for those that don't believe there was politics behind applying the Clayton act of 1914 to the proposed merger of 2 smaller air carriers wanting to compete against the...

Not only that, they are most likely going to be responsible for the loss of thousands of good Union jobs. Shame.

No.

I'm still watching it, and enjoy it. I'm gonna call the official "jump the shark" moment when .

The first thing to ask is how many hours/ how much flight pay loss was spent running that name through the RAAG. (Random Aviation Acronym Generator) Especially since the authorized bargaining agents for mAAinline have nothing to do with that outside of what’s specified in their working...

This whole discussion is really a case of "the more things change, the more they stay the same." Or, when Twain said, "History doesn't repeat itself, but it often does rhyme." Yes, hiring is pulling back. No, the music probably hasn't stopped. Who, really, is going to get hurt by this... The...

400.4 block. 91 flights. 312.8 was at night. Haven't figured my credit for the year. I purposely bid RSV... except the last 2 months where I had a line because of vacation. (Which was 25% of my block time - 105 hrs.) All 320/321 from the left. Mostly Redeyes. Only places I went were: LAX...

Presented in meme form so that the younger folks surfing the innertubes can understand it in their native language.

I would guess this warrants the quickest possible text/call on your part to your listing agent to say that, "AgentParasiteX may be on a fishing expedition for a portion of your commission and for your edification we have no contract with them - verbal or otherwise - that would give them a leg to...

You can't even imagine how awful it was. We were pinned down, our vortex blasters down to minimum charge, the cyborg soldier of the Earth Alliance had already killed most of my squad. In a last ditch effort to allow them to escape I commanded them to lay down enfilading cover fire. I charged...

With the usual disclaimer that I'm so entrenched on my current seniority list, it's gonna take my airline basically shutting down for me to update my pay-to-play app account I will offer this: To anyone entering the industry or anyone who isn't at their career destination carrier - stop...

We do... but that's because in the 121 world it's chemical oxygen generators that supply the passenger needs in case of depressurization. So, instead of the "stump the chump" knowledge game, the focus in that situation would be "pilot stuff" - ensuring that you have an escape plan in high...

For some reason I’m picturing this thread like this:

Isn’t there some sort of online tool, a widget-like seniority calculator for instance that pilots have tried to monetize that’ll do the work for you? I’m kind of a data freak and I tracked my own progression for the next 17-ish years until I retire, so that I can watch myself from now until...

At least under AQP you are basically teaching modules with specific goals/standards/grading and following a script. Theoretically.

I know that it's been touched on above, but one of the biggest considerations that you need to look at is the seniority math - this hiring environment will not continue forever. Trust me. Also, at some point the great wave of legacy retirements will stop. (Right around 10ish years from now...

So are you going to be training other pilots going through initial in the same environment that you were stressed, lost, disorganized, and confused in?

Yes. As a commuting pilot, let me teach you the most important french world you'll ever learn: pied-à-terre. With 35 years of earning power ahead of you, 25 at TOS, you can afford it. Your sanity will thank me. And so will your financial planner if your kids decide to go to NYU or something.

Seniority and career math says do it was fast as you can. The legacy airlines are hiring hundreds, nay thousands, of 20-something’s that will always be senior to you. The ‘cash prizes’ come with the price of holidays, weekends, and QOL hits based on seniority. And trust me, there always is a...

I really don't get this paranoia. (or rebellion) If someone wants to "hack" my camera and watch me half naked eating a microwave meal and watching Netflix on my 1 hour decompression break after a day sleep... well, we don't kink shame here. Otherwise, just keep the case closed.

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Ok... I think that the best response to this is, that's not how stories work. If you want a snapshot of my professional experience, well, that's why I made a CV and put all the appropriate buzzwords in it. Then, I copied and pasted the exact same info into the application system. I check the...

You are in piping. Aluminum Tube relocation specialist.

To everyone reading this: PLEASE DO NOT PULL EQUITY out of your house to pay for disposable or depreciating assets. You will also probably not get the value of your remodel in equity, but you will enjoy it. So do it early, pay it off, and enjoy your house. Also… Don’t take financial advice...

There is a big difference between the earning power of the CEO's/Project Managers and the individual trades. That being said, I enjoy listening to Mike Rowe, even if I don't agree with him on well... a lot of stuff. There is a huge skills gap out there. It's also very true that if you are a...

Pretty close, materials have gone up a lot in the last couple of years (especially for cabinets) - devil is in the details. ie. soft closes, pull out shelves, cabinet makeup (construction - off the boat from china vs all plywood for instance), color, stain, pulls, material for the countertop...

Well, the outlet thing is a no brainer. GFCI and let it go. All homes have a laundry list of minor stuff like that. I'd have to look back at my paperwork, which is packed away, but we probably did a generic amount for the random stuff. (3k?) But, this was back in '17. Although even then to get...

It's always right at at your offer price. Welcome to the lovely world of SoCal real estate. Bought 2 places, 2 refinance to lower the rates, amazingly enough it hit that bulls eye exactly 4/4. Fake cousins just sold their place by us last year... appraised right at offer price. Find your own...

Yes... at 2 am I'm surprised i was able to string letters into words that weren't complete gibberish. Congrats. Find a good inspector who will tell you every damn thing wrong with the place.