PSA 33 Downgrade, 49 FO Furloughs

Look at the upside - at least PSA, Air Wisc, Republic, etc. are all worth coming back to when the recalls inevitably happen. Some of us will probably end up flying a desk :drool:
 
777forever said:
If you're able to hold Captain at DAL I think you got "alittle" experience under your belt:D
Click to expand...

IDK, I like to think I've got "'alittle' experience", but I'm sure I don't wanna be called an old timer.

What's real disheartening is when you're 26, a CA at a commuter, the 22 or 23 year old FO picks up the can to take a look, and goes "Damn....you've been here a LONG time! How OLD are you?!"

As Doug and I are both married to women older than us, well, that translates directly upstream. So I'll be sure not to show my wife the insuation, or the Polar may be banned from JC!!;)

Thank god Doug's got a couple years on me!!:rawk:
 
Polar742 said:
IDK, I like to think I've got "'alittle' experience", but I'm sure I don't wanna be called an old timer.

What's real disheartening is when you're 26, a CA at a commuter, the 22 or 23 year old FO picks up the can to take a look, and goes "Damn....you've been here a LONG time! How OLD are you?!"

As Doug and I are both married to women older than us, well, that translates directly upstream. So I'll be sure not to show my wife the insuation, or the Polar may be banned from JC!!;)

Thank god Doug's got a couple years on me!!:rawk:
Click to expand...

By old timer I don't mean that you're old, just mean you have more experience than the typical JC user. You guys have seen more than one downturn in the industry. You've been there done that and bought the t-shirt from the roller coaster ride. Most of us have just gotten to the top of the first drop, looking down, and are wetting our pants and can't take it anymore.
 
Polar742 said:
What's real disheartening is when you're 26, a CA at a commuter, the 22 or 23 year old FO picks up the can to take a look, and goes "Damn....you've been here a LONG time! How OLD are you?!"
Click to expand...

Been there, done that. Nothing more depressing than having your newbie FO look at your employee number and say "damn, are you going to be a Pinnacle lifer?" It was tough not to smack the guy. :p
 
Getting furloughed every three years prevents you from ever moving to the lifer column.
I get a little nervous when i realize that I have been at my current job 4 months longer than I have EVER worked anywhere else in my life...

<gulp>

PS - My spouse turned 40 this year. Looking at your 40 year old wife and remember what she looked like in her mid-twenties makes you feel old too. <ducking>
 
ZapBrannigan said:
Getting furloughed every three years prevents you from ever moving to the lifer column.
I get a little nervous when i realize that I have been at my current job 4 months longer than I have EVER worked anywhere else in my life...

<gulp>

PS - My spouse turned 40 this year. Looking at your 40 year old wife and remember what she looked like in her mid-twenties makes you feel old too. <ducking>
Click to expand...

Dude,

I think the J-Ball scrambled your melon...

<scene from COPS - fade in>
Caption: Officer Billy Bob Smith
Officer Smith commentates: Well, ya'll see, heah in Arkensaw - not Are Kan Zass ya' yankees - we have us alot of them there Doe-Mestic Deesputes.
<radio crackels> 10-31 from the fancy trailerpark there on County Road 1200. In the blue double wide</radio.

Officer Smith: Well, ya'll, that's the code for a trailer park domestic. Here, we go....you're gunna see the end of sum drunk ass-whoopin'

<car pulls up in front of trailer, Officer Smith hops out, Cartoonish Character, middle aged, is sittin' on the steps bleedin'>

Officer Smith: Wut happened heah?

Victim: Well, it's like this. I was typin' on that there innerweb, and I made some crack 'bout the ol' lady lookin', well, old. Next thing I know, I'm laid out like a homecoming queen after the game. I reckon she hit me with a skillet.

Officer Smith: You did wut?

<screen door bangs open, out comes pissed off female type holding a 2 year old>
Female Subject: G**D*** right I did. Who the hell does he think he is? I look old to you? Huh? Do I? You best think about it before you answer, son!!

Officer Smith: Son, you need you an Amblance?

Victim <eyes are actually starting to focus>: Well, I think I got a concussion, I was cold, but I don't want do deal with my Medical...I think I'm good.

Officer Smith: Uh..OK scooter....you need me to taker to the pokey?

Victim: Hell no....you think its bad now....

Officer Smith strolls back to cruiser, passes the wisdom: Well, I reckon he learned his lesson. You see all kinda fools out here. Wut dude would call his ol' lady, old? Ya know? Seriously...
<fade to commercial>
 
It's almost like you've BEEN to my neighborhood. If it wasn't so darned hot i'd go outside and take the wheels off the house...then go inside and get all dressed up in my University of Arkansas "Hog" gear. <grin>

And no the Deathstream didn't damage anything but my hearing! According to Logbook Pro: 1182.6 hours in the ol' girl <phew!>
 
I won't argue, however I would have been reading NTSB stuff anyways in this case. Research for something.
 
Just curious, how many of you that are getting furloughed or have been furloughed by PSA are going to go back if that day comes?
 
scflyin said:
Just curious, how many of you that are getting furloughed or have been furloughed by PSA are going to go back if that day comes?
Click to expand...

It depends man. If I find a good job like what I am hoping to land, being home every night, making $50,000+, it would be hard to justify going back. With a new baby, I am enjoying being home every night. I have a personal time table set to a certain date that by then, if nothing has happened with recall, I walk away until another day. We'll see.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top