Bought my Type and DAMN proud of it!

[General Lee]

I only posted it here to get it out in the open and off of the other threads that the hijackers who don't have any other debate skills can't seem to get off.

I seriously doubt these goons that claim they are Delta pilots are truly Delta pilots since I've rode their Jumpseats many times and they mine as well. Not a tool in the bunch. And, if they brought up my type rating I'd be more than glad to tell them that buying my type has allowed me to live comfortably, have a great career and sock away over a million dollars in assets.

Call that gloating if you want but maybe pointing out the realities of that choice to the d*ckheads that keep trying to distract from the true discussion most are attempting to have on the various threads will make it more obvious.

20 or 30 years worth of your multiple leg day flying would get "old" fast, and the longer you are at a major, the fewer legs you fly (intl widebody) which is nicer. The pay difference is closing, which means the SWA advantage is also. Enjoy BWI to SLC, and then onto LAS, and then ONT. No thanks. And you have plenty of tools and goons who need to throw out pay numbers to try to cover for their extreme fatigue and intra Texas boredom.



Bye Bye---General Lee

 

[Whataburger]

Ahhh, Lubbock. Where "Delta" RJ's fly Delta flights instead of mainline pilots.

LOL, fatigue! I averaged 12 days of work a month last year. Just for you GL, I won't throw out my pay numbers. However, my type that I bought with my own dimes has been paid off.

I won't feed you anymore, go back to your basement and enjoy Super Mario, shining all your buttons, and momma's cookin'.

 

[Roomwithaview]

Kernal Lee

20 or 30 years worth of your multiple leg day flying would get "old" fast, and the longer you are at a major, the fewer legs you fly (intl widebody) which is nicer. The pay difference is closing, which means the SWA advantage is also. Enjoy BWI to SLC, and then onto LAS, and then ONT. No thanks. And you have plenty of tools and goons who need to throw out pay numbers to try to cover for their extreme fatigue and intra Texas boredom.

You don't know much about SWA do you.

Did the Widebody Long Haul gig and it was harder on my body than an 8 leg Texas Two Step or what we refer to out west as the West Coast Watusi. The great thing about doing 14 hour legs in the germ tube at 390 aside from the exposure to the gamma rays and deep vein thrombosis is that once you've done it, it makes a five hour trans-con feel like a ride on the moped to Quickie Mart.

Even with my paltry seniority I can easily get 20+ 3 days or 27+ 4 days that have only two or three legs a day. With a max ground time of 30 minutes each leg unless we have a swap, then it's usually around 1 hour to an hour and a half.

Yeah, that productivity really sucks! Trust me. I have buds at AMR, DAL, UAL, I see their schedules.

"Extreme Fatigue?" Never had to use our industry leading fatigue policy. Our duty and rest standards were much better than the ones the feds had to change because of operations like yours. Don't do any stand-ups or any other archaic BS like that but if I am tired I can pick up the phone and there is a pull for full pay without any "counseling" from the Chiefs.

You keep doing your thing. I'll keep pointing out the obvious. Just like your buddy Roman it amazes me your infatuation with all things Southwest. But, as I told him. I'm flattered.

No matter how much you guys keep trying to tell us this job sucks it sure is rosy from where I am. I guess you suffer from SLPS. "Self Loathing Pilot Syndrome". Kind of a chronic thing in the industry. I saw it happen to one of my Delta Buds right about 2002. Couldn't be happy for us because things for him were miserable.

 

[SLUF4]

You don't know much about SWA do you.

Did the Widebody Long Haul gig and it was harder on my body than an 8 leg Texas Two Step or what we refer to out west as the West Coast Watusi. The great thing about doing 14 hour legs in the germ tube at 390 aside from the exposure to the gamma rays and deep vein thrombosis is that once you've done it, it makes a five hour trans-con feel like a ride on the moped to Quickie Mart.

Even with my paltry seniority I can easily get 20+ 3 days or 27+ 4 days that have only two or three legs a day. With a max ground time of 30 minutes each leg unless we have a swap, then it's usually around 1 hour to an hour and a half.

Yeah, that productivity really sucks! Trust me. I have buds at AMR, DAL, UAL, I see their schedules.

"Extreme Fatigue?" Never had to use our industry leading fatigue policy. Our duty and rest standards were much better than the ones the feds had to change because of operations like yours. Don't do any stand-ups or any other archaic BS like that but if I am tired I can pick up the phone and there is a pull for full pay without any "counseling" from the Chiefs.

You keep doing your thing. I'll keep pointing out the obvious. Just like your buddy Roman it amazes me your infatuation with all things Southwest. But, as I told him. I'm flattered.

No matter how much you guys keep trying to tell us this job sucks it sure is rosy from where I am. I guess you suffer from SLPS. "Self Loathing Pilot Syndrome". Kind of a chronic thing in the industry. I saw it happen to one of my Delta Buds right about 2002. Couldn't be happy for us because things for him were miserable.

someday the tables may turn-that happens a lot in this industry too. All I'm saying is that you guys (SWA pilots on this forum-not the ones I know personally) really are a bunch of gloaters. I don't know what you'll do as SWA continues to morph-hopefully it works out for you.

 

[General Lee]

Ahhh, Lubbock. Where "Delta" RJ's fly Delta flights instead of mainline pilots.

LOL, fatigue! I averaged 12 days of work a month last year. Just for you GL, I won't throw out my pay numbers. However, my type that I bought with my own dimes has been paid off.

I won't feed you anymore, go back to your basement and enjoy Super Mario, shining all your buttons, and momma's cookin'.

My pay numbers will dwarf yours soon, just look at the rates. How about those rumors your management will be looking for pay cuts in your upcoming talks? Delay them as much as possible! That will be SWAPA's plan. And LBB is an RJ route from MEM, but you think otherwise?

Your "family" is so screwed up, and now you are delaying 30 738s, and giving away 88 717s. Talk about disarray. But at least you have 18 days off a month to recover from your 20 leg 4 days.... Enjoy that for 25 more years. That really sux, at any pay rate.


Bye Bye---General Lee

 

[Roomwithaview]

Sluff

Sorry you perceive it as gloating. To me it's putting an end to this BS.

My pay numbers will dwarf yours soon, just look at the rates. How about those rumors your management will be looking for pay cuts in your upcoming talks? Delay them as much as possible! That will be SWAPA's plan. And LBB is an RJ route from MEM, but you think otherwise?

Your "family" is so screwed up, and now you are delaying 30 738s, and giving away 88 717s. Talk about disarray. But at least you have 18 days off a month to recover from your 20 leg 4 days.... Enjoy that for 25 more years. That really sux, at any pay rate.


Bye Bye---General Lee

I want you to be happy, have a great career, make as much money as you can with as much time off as you want. Why can't you want the same for me? Aren't we all in this together? You think tools like Kernal Lee are part of the solution or part of the problem?

 

[Tripower455]

someday the tables may turn-that happens a lot in this industry too. All I'm saying is that you guys (SWA pilots on this forum-not the ones I know personally) really are a bunch of gloaters. I don't know what you'll do as SWA continues to morph-hopefully it works out for you.

How would you respond to the idiotic PFT accusations on this forum, (which is the only place I've ever heard it)?

I took a gamble that paid off.

Things certainly can/will change, but even if SW went tits up today, I am far ahead of where I'd have been had I not taken that gamble. YMMV

 

[Tripower455]

My pay numbers will dwarf yours soon, just look at the rates. How about those rumors your management will be looking for pay cuts in your upcoming talks? Delay them as much as possible! That will be SWAPA's plan. And LBB is an RJ route from MEM, but you think otherwise?

Your "family" is so screwed up, and now you are delaying 30 738s, and giving away 88 717s. Talk about disarray. But at least you have 18 days off a month to recover from your 20 leg 4 days.... Enjoy that for 25 more years. That really sux, at any pay rate.


Bye Bye---General Lee

Oh yay..... Mom let you back on the internet......

 

[SWA Bubba]

If you did 1 leg through Lubbuttocks, it wasn't worth it.


Bye Bye---General Lee

Dude, seriously.

What is your fearful obsession with Lubbock? Did you get your pasty, skinny behind violated there or something? Still have a few lingering bad memories? I don't get it.

As far as flying there goes, we make money flying to Lubbock. That's why we do it. Certainly you've heard that's what the object of operating an airline business is. Hell, we'd fly to your mother's house if we could make money doing it.

And besides, it's actually not bad--you should try it. There's a couple of bars down the street from our crew hotel where all the Texas Tech coeds hang out. And you know what the Texas coed foreplay cry is right? ("Y'all,... I'm sooooo drunk!") Unless, of course, it was the Texas college girls who violated you. Then I could understand your trepidation.

Bubba

 

[General Lee]

Dude, seriously.

What is your fearful obsession with Lubbock? Did you get your pasty, skinny behind violated there or something? Still have a few lingering bad memories? I don't get it.

As far as flying there goes, we make money flying to Lubbock. That's why we do it. Certainly you've heard that's what the object of operating an airline business is. Hell, we'd fly to your mother's house if we could make money doing it.

And besides, it's actually not bad--you should try it. There's a couple of bars down the street from our crew hotel where all the Texas Tech coeds hang out. And you know what the Texas coed foreplay cry is right? ("Y'all,... I'm sooooo drunk!") Unless, of course, it was the Texas college girls who violated you. Then I could understand your trepidation.

Bubba

Making more money is what your company will be focusing on during your upcoming contract talks. I wish you luck with those, but it may be tough since your airline is having a tough time identifying what type of an airline it is. Your merger with AirTran so far has been a flop. All they hype about coming to ATL, and so far you actually reduced the total number of flights. Thanks for that. It appears a large part of the AirTran workforce feels disheartened over the discord between your management, SWAPA, and the Trannies. Having ATL based 737 pilots bid back to 717 to stay in ATL, and then giving them back to Boeing sure upset many. But, we'll take those planes to add seats to all of the cities SWA will be dumping, thanks again.

It's great you love LBB. Not many people in this business are envious of your ability to go there. You might feel like "top gun" there, but you're really not in reality. I much prefer to go to museums in Paris, or tour WWII sites in the Marianas than go to bars in LBB, but hey, that's you. Our pay is rising, and will surpass yours, and the bottom half of your company see the stagnation ahead for you, with curtailed expansion and few future retirements. But, those bars in LBB and MAF are enough for you, which is fantastic. Good for you!



Bye Bye---General Lee