The_Russian
Low Level Pilot
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Ty, normally I like your posts, but you are drinking the koolaid by the pitcher on this one. So allow me to retort:AirTran already offers the same as most airlines- an OAL jumpseater carried free for every installed jumpseat.
I am no longer willing to give up anything for unlimited jumpseats. Sorry.
so why don't you put your money where your mouth is, and start buying all those OAL guys their walk-up passes?
Makes about as much sense as the rest of your post. :laugh:
Ty, normally I like your posts, but you are drinking the koolaid by the pitcher on this one. So allow me to retort:
1. You are "no longer willing to give up anything for unlimited jumpseats". Duly noted. Let me ask you this: Who said you had to give up anything? This is such a cut and dry issue. When it comes to an ethical issue such as this...We don't GIVE; we TAKE!
2. Most airlines offer unlimted jumpseats regardless of how many jumpseats are installed in the cockpit. Where have you been?
3. I have put my own money up. Last month, myself and the guy I was flying with both came up with the $25 to REIMBURSE a SWA pilot who was 2nd in line behind an AA pilot for the jumpseat because we were so embarrassed by our management's greed. Now...what have you done besides complain about the rational and legitimate frustrations posted on this board regarding this issue?
I am have an interest in the jumpseat process. .
Management claims they made $2 or $3 million last year on the walk-up pass. Divide that $3 million by 1500 pilots, and you come up with $2,000. per year per pilot. Well, that $2,000. would buy a lot of $25. walk-up passes- 80 of them, to be exact, so why don't you put your money where your mouth is, and start buying all those OAL guys their walk-up passes?
Makes about as much sense as the rest of your post. :laugh:
Speak for yourself there, brutha.I do not think we need any type of commuter policy (ie- only miss one turn so that one doesn't use 4 days of sick pay). If you can't make it to work on time you need to leave sooner (day before if necessary),
Pilots have been and always will be primarily commuters. THAT is the reality. To say that we should have to pay some additional price for it is simply out of touch with the reality of aviation life.use up all your sick pay in 2 months or move your A -- to ATL. Is it inconvenient to waste a day commuting? yes. But it is the price you pay to live in your "paradise".
I certainly hope that my voice is heard. I appreciate the idea that I can have at least 2 (I usually leave at least 3) commute attempts into domicile and, if I can't make it, can call in with no disciplinary action taken against me and the minimal amount of flying removed reasonable to get me back on my trip.As far as being outvoted 65% to 35%, that's why we vote on a TA. Follow the appropriate process, get your new policy added to the TA and hope for the best.