New SWA record at 380+ trips a month?

[SWA Bubba]

I remember when airline pilots considered a credit cap to be a necessity in a major airline contract. Sad how things have changed. Enjoy your sh!tty schedules.

I'm sure you do, Mr. ALPA. But why would an actual working pilot want a maximum they can work? I mean, other than someone who's concerned with maximum numbers of pilots to maximize dues income to a union, that is.

This way, if you want more pay for whatever reason, you can pick up extra. If you don't want it, you don't have to. And we have guys on both extreme ends. We have guys who only work their line, or less; and we have guys who bust their ass to pad their pay checks. It's their choice. Sounds like a win-win to me.

It would really suck if you needed the money one month for some family thing or something, and then your ALPA rep tells you, "sorry bud, you've worked all we'll allow you to this month--we have to justify these other pilots' existence; you know, so we can maximize the dues gravy train."

No thanks, PCL--you can keep that line of thinking to yourself. Well, yourself and your like-minded buds in Herndon.

Bubba

 

[Tripower455]

150 hours in a month, hell I barely get 300 hours a year. Glad I'm flying corporate and to think, an airline career flying a 747 international was my one time dream.



Couldn't care less now. No unions, no disgruntled pilots, tons of time off, great pay.



Hopefully the job stays around for another 13 years until I can check out permanently and for the last time.

Nobody's flying 150 hours per month.

 

[Ty Webb]

150 hours in a month, hell I barely get 300 hours a year. Glad I'm flying corporate and to think, an airline career flying a 747 international was my one time dream.

Couldn't care less now. No unions, no disgruntled pilots, tons of time off, great pay.

Hopefully the job stays around for another 13 years until I can check out permanently and for the last time.

Corporate flying was fun... I enjoyed it, but I sure wouldn't want to go back to it. I don't want to get into a pissing match about it, but here you are in the Majors forum.... I don't see too many airline guys hanging out in the Corporate threads.

 

[Clyde Frog]

I think the company has absolutely zero motivation to give us a contract.

Absolutely. Without leverage you have d!ck.

SWAPA has d!ck

 

[SWA Bubba]

Absolutely. Without leverage you have d!ck.

SWAPA has d!ck

What?! You don't like SWAPA, and you take every opportunity you can to impotently vent your hate upon it? C'mon, say it isn't so. Nobody would ever have guessed.

Bubba

 

[JT12345]

There is no need for a credit cap when a company has never furloughed. Knock on wood. When your company furloughs on a regular basis cynically I can see a cap as a concern.

I guess choice does not matter. Only socialism.

 

[JT12345]

You guys were too hard on the General.

 

[slaquer5]

Absolutely. Without leverage you have d!ck.

SWAPA has d!ck

not from what I have seen.
c

 

[JT12345]

Man. So many guys with over 150 trip hours. Wow. Just wow. I figure the restricted must be even higher. I did hit 160 one month, but it must have been a fluke for me. I got lucky. Guess I am stuck with straight pay to a lot of others benefits.

 

[FurloughedAgain]

I remember when airline pilots considered a credit cap to be a necessity in a major airline contract. Sad how things have changed. Enjoy your sh!tty schedules.

No kidding! Even a cap with a negative bank that allows me to drop a trip or swap down from a 4 day to a 3 day for the same pay the following month would beat this whole "fly hard every month until you die" philosophy.