Who is happy where they work?

[sleepy]

My current corporate job is the best ever. I have worked at two airlines, and nothing that airlines have to offer comes close to this.

I have better pay than most majors, fly great equipment (with more on the way soon), I usually know my schedule two weeks in advance, I only work 11 to 14 days per month, my company has more cash just sitting around than the net worth of all of the major airlines combined, great benifits, good management, generous expense account, nice hotels if I have an overnight (plus I get the points), if I dead-head I go First or Business Class. I can't think of a bad thing to say about it (ok, sometimes I get the crew meal without the shrimp cocktail).

 

[Ty Webb]

I can't think of a bad thing to say about it (ok, sometimes I get the crew meal without the shrimp cocktail).

Well, Sleepy, I think I can solve this great mystery for you . . . if you want the shrimp cocktail, you just have to tell them you want the "deluxe" box lunch, if you are ordering from Rudy's, or calling an FBO that uses Rudy's, like Million Air TEB.

I have lived on or near the Gulf of Mexico for nearly half of my adult life, and I can say without reservation that they have some of the best shrimp in those lunchs I have ever had.

Well, I might as well throw in my two cents here, since I'm all logged in and fixin' to get my travel on . . . . .

I enjoyed my time flying corporate iron. I miss the ski trips, the multiple-day layovers in tropical destinations, first-class accommodations, etc., but I am also very happy at AirTran, where I show up a few days a week, commit acts of aviation with some very fine folks for a few days, then jettison my flight case into the bag room until such time that I come back to use it again.

I feel very fortunate to have had the opportunity to do both.

 

[Flyin Tony]

I like my job, Whats a job? I sit on my a$$ and play flight sim or go riding, go work on the plane, getting a check from SS for 800$ a month doing nothing

 

[AlbieF15]

Flying 727s for FDX...rocks. Good people, decent pay, very flexible trips you can pickup, drop or add...

Flying in the ANG...rocks. Great people, and looking in the mirror at someone in a flightsuit is good for the soul in these tough times for the country.

Airline + ANG....absolutely wonderful. Allows one to enjoy perks of both while having some control over schedule. Busy....but never happier. For what its worth...

 

[AZaviator]

Any Regional pilots out there who like their jobs?

<crickets chirping>

 

[sleepy]

Well, Sleepy, I think I can solve this great mystery for you . . . if you want the shrimp cocktail, you just have to tell them you want the "deluxe" box lunch, if you are ordering from Rudy's, or calling an FBO that uses Rudy's, like Million Air TEB.

I have lived on or near the Gulf of Mexico for nearly half of my adult life, and I can say without reservation that they have some of the best shrimp in those lunchs I have ever had.

Well, I might as well throw in my two cents here, since I'm all logged in and fixin' to get my travel on . . . . .

I enjoyed my time flying corporate iron. I miss the ski trips, the multiple-day layovers in tropical destinations, first-class accommodations, etc., but I am also very happy at AirTran, where I show up a few days a week, commit acts of aviation with some very fine folks for a few days, then jettison my flight case into the bag room until such time that I come back to use it again.

I feel very fortunate to have had the opportunity to do both.

I agree Ty, and I am not knocking the Airlines. I just found something that I like better. I also agree, Rudy's shrimp rock. I wonder where they get them?

 

[jobear]

Any Regional pilots out there who like their jobs?

<crickets chirping>

As much as I complain to my co-workers, I actually enjoy my job. I like the planes we fly, I like the people I work with, I enjoy the challeges of the weather in the upper-midwest. Pay could be higher but everyone thinks they are underpaid.


Jobear

 

[F18-FDX]

I have been at FedEx over 3 years now and absolutely, positively love it. Things I'm very happy with:

- Schedule flexibility. Trip trading, open time is max flex. No minimum or maximum. You can drop the whole month or work it.

- Excellent variety of trips from 1-14 days. "Norm" is 5-6 on/week off but you can arrange your schedule virtually any way you want by trip trading.

- Easy to commute if you choose to. Lots of double deadheads/commuter friendly lines.

- Great choice of equipment

- Choice of flying: day, night, domestic, international

- Outstanding vacation rules

- Great pay (and only getting better)

- Solid retirement

- A financially sound company


The best "airline" job out there in my opinion, I couldn't be happier with my choice.

 

[Twotter76]

Any Regional pilots out there who like their jobs?

<crickets chirping>

I love my job - it allows me the freedom to do pretty much anything I want and go anywhere I please at minimal cost to me. Yes the pay and benes could be better and I'll be the first to admit that when the majors start hiring again I'll be the first in line but until that time comes I am quite content where I am. My schedule is definitely better than some at the majors right now, though from what I have read here we don't have quite as much flexibility in adjusting our schedules as those at the majors do - but I can be denied due to coverage with the best of them. I suspect that those at regionals that have lesser contracts probably don't like their jobs as much, but then what do I know, I just drive.

 

[SpiffAV8]

Originally Posted by AZaviator Any Regional pilots out there who like their jobs?

Your not thinking about leaving us are you? (LMAO!)

 

[tscarecrow]

Working in a business were people are attracted by things other than money creates a great environment for comeradery.

CR[/QUOTE]
And I don't think you can really put it any better than that.

 

[akairman702]

I was just reading through one of the SWA guys responses and he made the point that it wasn't the company or his job that was responsible for making him happy, just himself. I couldn't agree more. My Dad was a 30+ year regional airline pilot in California and the Pacific Northwest and had a smile on his face just about all the time. I was looking through his logbooks not long ago and saw that for years he was (hand) flying over 10 legs a day with a 40 minute turn being the longest, making peanuts (in the California economy) with 3 kids, and he remembers it as the best time he ever had. He has taught me that your attitude is everything and it's always yours to decide.

I work for AS now and love my job. We have a great group of people at our company, some of the most advanced equipment in the industry and a truly unique and challenging route structure. I think most pilots at our company realize that there are many reasons to be glad to be where we are especially the way things are going right now in the industry. Every so often though I'll run into someone who works their **CENSORED****CENSORED****CENSORED****CENSORED**dest to convince me that I'm overworked and underpaid or that the job just sucks ~ for the many and varied reasons they're usually kind enough to share with me throughought our day. I feel sorry for those guys. What a drain of time and energy it must be to live with a constant feeling of resentment and dissatisfaction.

I'm an ALPA guy and am all for the best balance between the company and the pilots, but having grown up watching someone with much less (financially speaking) enjoying life as much as anyone I'll never be convinced that I'm not the luckiest guy alive.

 

[RVR300]

Stability also plays a big part of the picture.

For us at SWA we've enjoyed over 30 years of profitability which greatly eases the stress imposted by uncertainty. I know that 30 years of past profits doesn't in any way guarantee 30 more. The legacy guys can attest to that.

But it's a lot easier to go to work each day and give 110% because we can see our efforts paying off. (Not just monetarily, but also in the way we all interact)

It would be really tough to put in that kind of effort and keep a smile on your face when, like in the case of USAir, it's likely that no matter what anyone does the end result is going to be the same. I feel for those guys and wish them all the best.

 

[Ih8AFYesmen]

I, for one, am living the dream! I love flying airplanes and being done with my job when I walk down the jetway. The dudes/dudettes I fly with are outstanding (one or two bad apples, thus far). My schedule and QOL is a vast improvement, to say the least, from my previous life. I like the $ too (and I welcome more), but it's the time I have to spend with my family and doing things I/we enjoy. I just can't get over the fact that I have some sort of control of my schedule. There was no such a thing as a schedule in my previous life. In the end, I think that it boils down to the eye of the beholder. I feel blessed.

 

[AK737FO]

Livin Large!

There is almost to much good stuff to list.

Great paycheck, which will still be good when we take a pay cut in the spring.

Great flying - arcs, ndb's, LDA's - great stuff especially on "steam guages".

Good schedules with great crew schedulers who will always help you out if they can (ANC base).

Personal satisfaction in knowing that you are providing a much needed service to the small communities of your State. The locals respect us and are thankful for the job we do for them. To me is seems that "outside" (lower 48) flying is just about the cheapest ticket and pax could care less about the operation.

I get to live in the most beautiful State in the Union -personal opinion of course

Turns baby - can't beat them. I live 7 miles from the airport. Go to work, bang out your 5 hours and be home in time for dinner. I only bid layover trips when I am running out of soap at home. You can't beat sleeping in your own bed 90% of the time.

Combi aircraft - the ultimate! Pax and F/A's in back, cargo up front. The forward galley and lav is ours. Drink all the water you want, no hassle to go take a leak.

Every day I am thankful for this job. I would never want to work anywhere else. I know that I am truly blessed.
AK737FO

 

[FLYNAKD]

I fly for ATA. It's a great company and the best job I think I could have hoped for. Great variety of flying, great people, plenty of time off, great equipment and maintenance. Right now, a lot of concern about job security - hopefully, it'll all work out.

We've come a long way over the past ten years, especially since we became a major airline. I hope it all holds together.

What he said. I am one lucky dude. Got hired into the right seat of the Tristar. Went to places I can't even spell or pronounce. Drank beer all over the world. Then got a 757/767 type. Made 737 captain in 4 1/2 years. Fly around North America and Carribbean with pretty girls bringing me hot coffee. Great employees, great flying and great pay. The only downside is the current financial situation. It would be a real shame to see such a great airline go away. We offer UNLIMITED JUMPSEATS to ANY and ALL airlines so come see us!