HoursHore
Medieval Warrior
- Joined
- Aug 3, 2002
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Huck said:If you don't like reserves sittin', you DEFINITELY won't like the ~30 or so standby pilots who come in every night into the hub, sleep 5 hours in a company sleep room, then go home. Dozing for dollars.Of course, if they call, you're supposed to be BLOCKED OUT in 45 minutes (a tall order when your MD11 is parked 2 miles away).By the way, firemen get paid to sit around alot too.....
The FedEx ring tone in the sleep rooms automatically gets my heart rate up to around 180, even is I hear it in the AOC in the middle of the day.
By the way D angelo, I worked just shy of Reserve guarantee last month as a DC-10 SO, so stop crying. Must have been grandparents awareness month or something.
And yes paying people to sit around is stupid, unless you need the reliablity that said stupidity gives you. FDX is a shipping company known for its reliablity and not an airline who flies people.