Qgar
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I still enjoy it!
:yeahthat: I'm glad to hear it! We DO have some awesome crews, don't we?
:rawk: :nana2: :bandit:
I still enjoy it!
:yeahthat: I'm glad to hear it! We DO have some awesome crews, don't we?
:rawk: :nana2: :bandit:
Do Airline pilots enjoy their jobs????? This is something I just want to know.
Already?
He's on ready reserve (or will be soon). Makes one cranky.
I think he works here just so he can be part of ALPA ;-)
Stop spying on me!!
What else am I supposed to do on a long overnight with a 2 hr flow delay to start my day?
That was a deciding factor. Along with the lack of an airborne commute. Or the other numerous reasons for seeking employment at our company.
Must be nice. . .when'd you start your reserve period?
I'm slowly starting to get more and more skeptical about this bucket system - I think it's busted, especially when it's now going on the third time I'm number one to be called, and well. . .I either 1) don't get called, and someone well below me does or 2) I have the pleasure of having one day of ready reserve turned into a two day (with of course the possibility to be extended again in the morning) when someone else below me is awarded the nice (hah) 4 day trip that I would have gladly taken. I gotta build time sarcasm to 135 minimums somehow. . .:buck:
How dare we have transparency and such. . .
XNA tonight for me.
Well, last month was my first full month on it. . .and it was CMF.
I blocked around 58, and credited at 72 and some change. That was on C06.
This month, we'll see how things play out. I didn't realize that I was going to duty out tonight so long story short - I'm at home, with a three day scheduled to start tomorrow.
Fine by me, today and the three day are scheduled to give me 25.5 worth of credit.
But yeah - I'm pretty certain that the earlier the reserve period you have, the better and more likelyhood of you actually being utilized is. I'm honestly tempted to give the 0400 call period a shot again come September (was on the 0400 period the last two weeks of June). Just to see if it yields any different results.
Certainly though, the company has enough tools at their disposal to maximize staff utilization. In other words, flying as many people as little as possible.
I found what makes the biggest difference on whether I will enjoy the trip or not is the crew. The trips that I've had the most fun on have been riddled with mx issues, crappy weather, delays, etc, but because I've been with good people I've enjoyed every minute of it. Fly with boring people and its still fun, but not nearly as much.
If you dong mind me asking, how many hours are you flying a month on the short bus? I too am not entirely sure about the bucket system. Either I don't understand it, or there is absolutely no logic to who gets called when. Basically when I think I probably will get called I dont, and when I dont think they will....they do. Then there's call me first. With the exception of July, I have always flown more when I select "no preference" than CMF.