Finished With the Airlines

[duck_killer]

I'm not fed up with this $hit. My company is highly profitable and will be hiring shortly. I'm a 7yr F/O, I fly widebodies internationally and I make over $175,000 (NOT including per diem) flying just a few open trips a year.

Do you use that line at the bar?

 

[Rook]

UPS pilots have pretty good work rules and high-credit international trips, especially on the MD and the "Z"...not including international override and other additional credits. I've seen pilots make some insane credit by being able to play the game.

That said, right up until mid-September 2001 UPS wasn't the most highly desired job in the industry...and neither were SWA or FDX.

Love the new avatar BoilerUP. Cult classic. (see sig)

 

[Gr82Aviate]

Do you use that line at the bar?

Chicks dig him!

 

[chjack]

UPS pilots have pretty good work rules and high-credit international trips, especially on the MD and the "Z"...not including international override and other additional credits. I've seen pilots make some insane credit by being able to play the game.

That said, right up until mid-September 2001 UPS wasn't the most highly desired job in the industry...and neither were SWA or FDX.

exactly!! things change in this industry in a hurry!

 

[quinnlake]

I'm not fed up with this $hit. My company is highly profitable and will be hiring shortly. I'm a 7yr F/O, I fly widebodies internationally and I make over $175,000 (NOT including per diem) flying just a few open trips a year.

Where do you work, and how do I get hired?

 

[CopilotDoug]

Dont be a Pu$$y....Hang in there.

???
Are you serious, man? What is there to hang in there for? The pay, benefits, and stability that don't exist?

I'm sorry...I get it now. You were joking! Well played, good sir! Well played...:beer:

 

[McNugget]

Where do you work, and how do I get hired?

you are an idiot if you cannot figure it out.

Send your resume via FedEx and you are set!

 

[Soverytired]

I know what you are trying to say. You do have a good job. The problem is there are tons of people wanting a job like you have. Consider yourself fortunate to have landed it. I feel for these guys that are out on the street and hope things will turn around soon for all of us.

I think the broader point is that far too many pilots nowadays go to regionals, then go to majors, and are somehow surprised that their paychecks don't go up like they somehow expected.

US flying simply isn't what it used to be, nor is it ever likely to return. If high pay and lots of days off are what you want out of flying, you'll have to broaden your horizons beyond the major/regional-lift model.

The sooner, the better, IMHO.

 

[meigwo]

Wow. You are awesome! Can I sit next to you at lunch?

Dipsh*t

I'm not fed up with this $hit. My company is highly profitable and will be hiring shortly. I'm a 7yr F/O, I fly widebodies internationally and I make over $175,000 (NOT including per diem) flying just a few open trips a year.

 

[pipers]

maybe were the Dipsh*t's. Hes the one with the good job........

 

[CopilotDoug]

maybe were the Dipsh*t's. Hes the one with the good job........

Swing and a miss

 

[Raskal]

I think the broader point is that far too many pilots nowadays go to regionals, then go to majors, and are somehow surprised that their paychecks don't go up like they somehow expected.

US flying simply isn't what it used to be, nor is it ever likely to return. If high pay and lots of days off are what you want out of flying, you'll have to broaden your horizons beyond the major/regional-lift model.

The sooner, the better, IMHO.

I'm with ya on that. Making the jump from corporate to a 12-day off build-up reserve at a regional has actually been a fantastic bump in my QOL-and I don't even have a 'good schedule' by most standards, however, this is my one shot at the airline side. If it doesn't work out I'm running back to corporate or international long enough for me to get set up and get out of this line of work. It is quickly becoming not worth it anymore.

 

[Salukipilot4590]

I wonder if I'll come back or not...

 

[BoilerUP]

I'm with ya on that. Making the jump from corporate to a 12-day off build-up reserve at a regional has actually been a fantastic bump in my QOL-and I don't even have a 'good schedule' by most standards

What kind of god-awful schedule did you have flying that Hawker that a 12 day off build-up provides a bump in QOL?

Were you pure 91 or managed 91/135? Were you always on call?

 

[rchcfi]

If it doesn't work out I'm running back to corporate or international long enough for me to get set up and get out of this line of work. It is quickly becoming not worth it anymore.

I'll be right behind you...Actually, I might beat ya there.....This regional airline bs is NUTS!

 

[Flyer1015]

Dats when the next new hire class at AA is..........
bouyyyyyyyyyy.....

Close, but not quite.

The next newhire class at AA is August 15....






in the year 2035!

 

[LR25]

I'm not fed up with this $hit. My company is highly profitable and will be hiring shortly. I'm a 7yr F/O, I fly widebodies internationally and I make over $175,000 (NOT including per diem) flying just a few open trips a year.

I won a multi-million dollar lottery, and I just do this for fun, and the crew meals.

 

[Raskal]

What kind of god-awful schedule did you have flying that Hawker that a 12 day off build-up provides a bump in QOL?

Were you pure 91 or managed 91/135? Were you always on call?

91/135/91k

Crazy huh? Yeah, basically no hard days off. Didn't actually work that much but had to be available. Lots of overnights. No hard days and no real advance notice makes it tough to make plans. The fam is much happier now.

 

[WalterSobchak]

Close, but not quite.

The next newhire class at AA is August 15....






in the year 2035!

And the next scheduled AA meeting for those us who stay in this business...can be found in your local newspaper.

 

[CopilotDoug]

I won a multi-million dollar lottery, and I just do this for fun, and the crew meals.

You too?!:beer:

I will admit I don't like leaving my Bentley in the Crew Lot.