flatspin7
TOGA!!!! TOGA!!!
- Joined
- Apr 15, 2004
- Posts
- 524
Ha, I make more as an ExpressJet CA than you do as a CAL FO. Also, maybe I cannot predict the future, but I do see a future at CAL as being very bleak.
Low pay, no insurance (even WalMart pays insurance), horrible schedules with PBS, no chance at upgrading when the age 65 is passed next week, and then a merger with United where CAL pilots will be screwed. Have fun with all that zonker. You will be living with that contract for 5 more years! Yah baby!
No thanks.
OK I am pretty sure you are a flamer but...
Crappy Scheds.... I have been on line at CAL a year and get 16 days off a month with 3 weekends off... oh and productive too. Real crappy
Low pay-- year 3 737 pay is within dollars of 6th year capts pay at Xjet and oh yeah you top out a little higher... Short sighted
Merger with UAL... If CAL and UAL merge Xjet will be forced to big against MESA, CHQ, SKYWest for thier flying... oh but the branded flying will save you. 50 seats are the future. Yep I might get screwed in the merger but you my friend will be on the street just as fast and you wont have a seniority number to go back to.
I will grant you that it is pretty offensive that I had to go 6 months w/o insurance... Thats what contract time is for... and oh Xjet makes you wait 6 months for insurance too. I want it do get better so instead of sitting thier and whining about it Im volenteering my time to help make it better.
Enjoy the RJ... that probably all your going to see for a long time.