The Inevitable Thanksgiving Meltdown
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Hacker15e
Who am I? Where are my pants?
Are we going for "best TikTok video", or "worst look in a cellphone video on the national news"?
FWIW, I think the cargo airlines have been in a constant state of disappointing and irritating customers for the last 18 months, so we should be in the runnings.
FWIW, I think the cargo airlines have been in a constant state of disappointing and irritating customers for the last 18 months, so we should be in the runnings.
I knew I’d forget something…standby
ZapBrannigan
If it ain’t a Boeing, I’m not going. No choice.
WN just incentivized pilots to pick up additional flying during the holiday weeks.
Anything on your schedule between Nov 21 and Nov 28, and Dec 19 - Jan 3 pays at time and a half.
Anything you pick up from open time during those dates pays double time.
If you pick up from open time, you can use a golden day off afterwards to avoid being JA'd into a holiday or family function. (The idea being that you're more likely to pick up extra flying if you know you won't be junior manned and miss an important family event around the holidays or be extended to fly on a holiday)
I'm guessing this will solve the staffing problems. Greed is the great equalizer.
Anything on your schedule between Nov 21 and Nov 28, and Dec 19 - Jan 3 pays at time and a half.
Anything you pick up from open time during those dates pays double time.
If you pick up from open time, you can use a golden day off afterwards to avoid being JA'd into a holiday or family function. (The idea being that you're more likely to pick up extra flying if you know you won't be junior manned and miss an important family event around the holidays or be extended to fly on a holiday)
I'm guessing this will solve the staffing problems. Greed is the great equalizer.
OK! I’ll add!
But the criteria is anything from crazy fight video (you know Spirit would rule this) to being marooned for days at a hub because (airline) had an IT meltdown. It’s the annual US Airline Open!
Guys at my shop complain about being fatigued but will literally wake up in the middle of the night to answer a phone call, drive to he airport half asleep to go fly a green slip.
I know!
BobDDuck
Island Bus Driver
Money is the greatest mitigation of fatigue of all time.
Sad but true.
”I can’t believe crew scheduling called me on my layover about a reroute”
versus
”Bro, I just picked up an out-of-base green slip with conflict after we get back from (this four leg day) tomorrow! NICE! it’s the holiday seaSON “
Beefy McGee
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Are you going to put any other regionals on the list besides Skywest? Understaffed regionals might derail a mainline.
Is the morale better over there since the company said they weren’t going to force people onto unpaid leave that didn’t get the vax?
Crockrocket94
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Lol, it wasn't even cooled from the press and I saw like 5 CA bidding DOT on a trip...
bike21
9-5 Ruins Lives
Nods in green slip.
ZapBrannigan
If it ain’t a Boeing, I’m not going. No choice.
Depends on which side you're on I guess. [emoji848]
I was speaking of the unvaccinated side, which was the loud side at WN, and was most pissed by the mandate.
ZapBrannigan
If it ain’t a Boeing, I’m not going. No choice.
Still loud. Still angry.
Seggy
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Premium pay trip. All the slip talk is from a bygone era where scheduling changes were done on paper.
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