Air Tran or CAL? haven't we been here before?

[Patriot328]

For comparison, here's what seniority movement looks like for someone hired roughly last fall and 30 years old. It gives an idea of the retirement rate each year for the next 30 years or so at CAL. This doesn't include early outs, medicals, etc, but is a rough estimate of how much movement there will be due to attrition.


Rest of 2006 - 74
2007 - 252
2008 - 199
2009 - 204
2010 - 194
2011 - 210
2012 - 211
2013 - 183
2014 - 198
2015 - 169
2016 - 188
2017 - 178
2018 - 181
2019 - 153
2020 - 145
2021 - 155
2022 - 152
2023 - 187
2024 - 132
2025 - 149
2026 - 123
2027 - 104
2028 - 114
2029 - 120
2030 - 99
2031 - 57
2032 - 50
2033 - 36
2034 - 24
2035 - 13

 

[Lame Lizard]

Here's what quality of life looks like at Airtran:
From Now until Whenever:

0.

 

[Airtran717]

Here's what quality of life looks like at Airtran:
From Now until Whenever:

0.

sure. yeah my QOL sucks...

 

[a10hogplt]

The only people that are going to say Air Tran are the poor people that work there. Do you realize how many new hires are prior Air Tran? A lot!!

 

[vetrider]

Call me old fashioned, but I'd start at Air Tran and not look back. In my observation, constantly seeking greener grass more often than not ends up biting one in the butt.

 

[Kharma Police]

Here's what quality of life looks like at Airtran:
From Now until Whenever:

0.

That's funny. How are things at Midwest? I like the new terminal in MKE! Are you guys getting any more airplanes this year? Any more routes or just increases in frequency? How many more RJs is SkyWay going to get? Just curious, sorry for the thread deviation.

 

[FlyAuburn]

sure. yeah my QOL sucks...

Hey dude, how long does it take to swap a trip at Da Tranny? Is it true that it's done by paper?

 

[Airtran717]

Hey dude, how long does it take to swap a trip at Da Tranny? Is it true that it's done by paper?

By Fax right now yes, but they have been pretty good about it. We start using FLICKA this month for bidding and should have real time (internet) trip trades/swaps active by November

 

[FlyAuburn]

By Fax right now yes, but they have been pretty good about it. We start using FLICKA this month for bidding and should have real time (internet) trip trades/swaps active by November

Good for you. Hopefully you'll get the mode where there is no scheduler input to approve or deny, unlike my previous employer. Also, first come, first serve open time is mighty sweet if you have FLICA alerts to your cell phone. Now that's QOL baby...

 

[Lear70]

Actually, I haven't had any drops or trades denied as long as I do it more than 72 hours in advance.

I drop down to about 14 days off on reserve, still see 90-100 hours credit.

QOL isn't bad; it's sure as heck better than PCL!

The only people that are going to say Air Tran are the poor people that work there.

Didn't I say CAL might be a better choice overall if you had the choice either before you got hired or just after?