SlumTodd_Millionaire
Most Hated Member
SWAPA has a history of looking out for the senior at the expense of everyone else. It’s why reserve is pure hell.
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SWAPA has a history of looking out for the senior at the expense of everyone else. It’s why reserve is pure hell.
BigZ
Well-Known Member
So did you bid for it?
Crockrocket94
Well-Known Member
I see you've flown with pants less Gulley...
bLizZuE
Calling for engine starts en français
Skåning
Well-Known Member
Sounds like the eskimo. Those guys have their pensions and the hell to everyone else.
ERfly
Well-Known Member
Yep!
flymo
Well-Known Member
How so?
Autothrust Blue
"Well, on the Brasilia..."
What, you want to have a life?
Avalon781ML
Well-Known Member
The grass is always greener… yadda yadda… today’s belle of the ball will be tomorrow’s worst place to work etc. SWA may look like it is behind the rest of the pack today but a few years from now it might not be the case. Bottom line you chose to work for a company with decent financials, a good product, and a positive outlook… but it has some warts like everywhere else. I wouldn’t sweat it for a minute… I mean you could still be at WM instead of WN and in my opinion that would be way worse.
Speaking of WM I just flew with one of your former coworkers… nice guy and a welcome change from all of the prior mil guys here.
Autothrust Blue
"Well, on the Brasilia..."
Not enough money in the world, and so forth.
It's a paycut for most widebody FOs. Except maybe on the Fakebus.
SlumTodd_Millionaire
Most Hated Member
Flying every single day on reserve is not my idea of fun.
JordanD
Chinese Food Enthusiast
I've commuted to reserve for a handful of years now, I never really got the guys that acted like sitting in the crashpad not getting used was the worst thing in the world. Get paid thousands of dollars a month so sit around and watch TV and movies all day and enjoy the weather outside sometimes? I'll take it versus actually working, even if it is away from home.
bLizZuE
Calling for engine starts en français
Sitting next to a man wearing boxers and a MAGA hat while watching FOX News wasn’t exactly my “living the dream” moment.
If I ever commute to reserve again I will either buy hotel rooms or get an apartment.
JordanD
Chinese Food Enthusiast
I must have been really lucky, every crashpad I was in people were for the most part cool, easy going, and pretty considerate. I did the apartment thing for about 6 months and it got to be a pain in the butt and I got bummed out realizing how much money I was pouring down the drain.
Autothrust Blue
"Well, on the Brasilia..."
Screaming_Emu
Joe Conventional
Yup. I hated my Crashpad experience in ATL. Finish a long day of flying only to hang out with a bunch of random dudes who only wanted to talk about flying. Then you got to spend a whole night wondering if sleep apnea is contagious.
To me, nothing makes a trip go by slower than not working. Not working is cool when you’re somewhere you actually want to be. Atlanta was not that place.
Cherokee_Cruiser
Bronteroc
That’s just called being called for your job, and despite all I hear about day flying at purple, there is no doubt a huge swath has to do those nightly departures out of MEM. The real question is, how much do those reserve 757 guys get called out? Are they flying this every single night?
