Pickle
grumpy puppy
- Joined
- May 8, 2002
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L-1011 lifestyle
I was on the L-10 my first year and a half at ATA, and I loved it. The plane is great, the people on it are great, and the trips are great.
The L-10 bases are LAX, IND, and JFK.
Reserve is either a 2 hour or a 12 hour call. There is also the provision in the contract for a 1 hour (gulp!!!!) call but it is really cost prohibitive. If assigned the 1 hour call the company MUST pay for your hotel and also pay you per diem, even though you are in your base. For the 2 hour call you are on your own until you have sat 5 nights of 2 hour reserve, then the company starts paying for your hotels. The way the L-10 is flying now, don't plan on having too many nights in your base!!
I never had to do much positioning, I was pretty lucky that way. Don't get me wrong, I sure did my fair share of it, but not the copious amounts you hear horror stories of.
No matter what anyone tells you, going down the lifts into the lower galley is not the wonderful romantic experience they make it out to be.
The seat lock is 18 months from completion of IOE.
I was on the L-10 my first year and a half at ATA, and I loved it. The plane is great, the people on it are great, and the trips are great.
The L-10 bases are LAX, IND, and JFK.
Reserve is either a 2 hour or a 12 hour call. There is also the provision in the contract for a 1 hour (gulp!!!!) call but it is really cost prohibitive. If assigned the 1 hour call the company MUST pay for your hotel and also pay you per diem, even though you are in your base. For the 2 hour call you are on your own until you have sat 5 nights of 2 hour reserve, then the company starts paying for your hotels. The way the L-10 is flying now, don't plan on having too many nights in your base!!
I never had to do much positioning, I was pretty lucky that way. Don't get me wrong, I sure did my fair share of it, but not the copious amounts you hear horror stories of.
No matter what anyone tells you, going down the lifts into the lower galley is not the wonderful romantic experience they make it out to be.
The seat lock is 18 months from completion of IOE.
