Nightline story on regional pilots

[Uncle Bunkle]

On a more serious note: Take a close look at the guy curled up on the crew room couch. Did I see cowboy boots poking out from under the blanket???

 

[Captainzero1]

Why bother, is anything going to change. Dog bites man, nothing to see here folks.

 

[RJLoser]

On a more serious note: Take a close look at the guy curled up on the crew room couch. Did I see cowboy boots poking out from under the blanket???

I gonna have to ask you to change your avatar to a boot with a line through it.

 

[Knob]

Who's doing the story about planes that land on taxiways, and crosswind TO's outta den? Glad major airline pilots don't get fatigued...

 

[777forever]

Nothing will change. Nobody put a gun to any of our heads and said go to the regionals. Commuting is a choice. If you can't afford a hotel or crashpad at your base move or quit. If you quit there is a LONG line of replacements standing outside.....

 

[CX880]

Nothing will change. Nobody put a gun to any of our heads and said go to the regionals. Commuting is a choice. If you can't afford a hotel or crashpad at your base move or quit. If you quit there is a LONG line of replacements standing outside.....

Typical management BS. And the line isn't that LONG anymore. Word is out, being an airline pilot is a notch above bus driving.

 

[152SIC]

Typical management BS. And the line isn't that LONG anymore. Word is out, being an airline pilot is a notch above bus driving.

I think you meant below.

 

[Captain Morgan]

Typical management BS. And the line isn't that LONG anymore. Word is out, being an airline pilot is a notch above bus driving.

It's only is that way if you think it is, click off the autopilot sometime and you'll feel much better. Besides, I've never known a bus to plummet 20000 feet to it's demise if the engines quit.

 

[bri5150]

Nothing will change. Nobody put a gun to any of our heads and said go to the regionals. Commuting is a choice. If you can't afford a hotel or crashpad at your base move or quit. If you quit there is a LONG line of replacements standing outside.....

So when Delta changes its regional bases every other week and I am forced to commute until I can hold a different aircraft, I should just quit and start over at a different regional until a major hires me? What if no regionals have a junior base where I live? Should I sell my house and move every other week I get displaced because Delta messed with my base? Oh wait, I can't sell my house because I refied at the top of the market to help pay for school. Oh, and my Wife has a good job where we live. Commuting is a part of this profession because of the way seniority works and the way management is constantly changing fleets and bases.

 

[zasca]

Exactly. Base structures at the regionals blow. They are rarely stable. And even if they are, god help you if you're junior. Especially if the airline starts shrinking....

I've been a good boy and managed to get by in NYC for 4 years. All i've got to show for it is being well rested and completely broke. Course the powers that be back in HQ have wanted to close this base for a year and half, and now i'm constantly stressed out... We have pilots that have seen 10 base closures and been forced moved 6-7 times in 15-20 years!