Mtns2Skies
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It can’t be any worse than sitting in a cubicle punching a clock day in and day out...The dream always ends up just being something that pays the bills eventually.
Oh, it’s definitely better than that.It can’t be any worse than sitting in a cubicle punching a clock day in and day out...
It's not what you do, it's who you do it with. And I always fly with my favorite Captain..... There's no 'I' in team, but there's an M and an E!!!!...
I dunno. I'm on two bowling leagues, and have other weekly commits. Can't do that when your schedule is not consistent.Oh, it’s definitely better than that.
Mine is pretty consistent. Right now, I am home every night, get the vacation slots I want, and get all my weekends off unless I choose to work one.I dunno. I'm on two bowling leagues, and have other weekly commits. Can't do that when your schedule is not consistent.
It can’t be any worse than sitting in a cubicle punching a clock day in and day out...
Oh, it’s definitely better than that.
Grass is always greener...
I've said it before and I'll say it again. My FO buddy at Delta commutes to Atlanta basically 4 on 3 off and sees his family/is home (excluding sleep time) more than I am with my current cubicle job. It can all just depend on circumstances.
And technically I have an office.
... Unless you work for an American company in Germany....
Pretty sure that’s the case. Being in the private sector for the last three years, I realized how much time active duty took, even when in-garrison or in the FTU.
Now I’m pretty much 7-4 M-F and usually work from home one or two days a week. Guys wanting to scale our company ladder are putting in 10-12hr days and usually Sunday afternoon work from home. Nope, not doing it.
My retirement goal was work less, earn more. So far, I’ve been able to do that, but I don’t know if I can do corporate life for another 14-19 years and I’m not interested in going back to Uncle Sam as a contractor or GS type.
Yes I work for an American company. Yes the schedule sucks. Yes I make a lot of greenbacks. No, it's not worth it. I can buy a nice A36 if I want though.wow, your job schedule sucks if that's the case. Hope they're paying ya good dough. I always thought Germany was more family time off friendly than that. Unless you work for an American company in Germany....
The workload is constantly increasing without additional resources and I've warned my boss I'm about done.
But enough about me. Living the dream...
If I was going to fly for a living, it would be bush planes, a charter, or something like that. Flying an airliner would bore me to tears in about 3 hours.
That’s brutalThat sucks man. If it makes you feel better, in a true airline Living the Dream moment, I recently received my schedule for upgrade training in @hindsight2020 's favorite airplane. My start date? December 25th. DOH! At 11am no less, which is too early for me to get out there that morning, so I'll have to fly to the schoolhouse on Christmas Eve.
No more 777? Wow that’s rough. At Endeavor we don’t have any training scheduled on holidays. The bad thing is you can have an event the day after thanksgiving or Christmas so you’ll have to fly in the night before most likely anyway.That sucks man. If it makes you feel better, in a true airline Living the Dream moment, I recently received my schedule for upgrade training in @hindsight2020 's favorite airplane. My start date? December 25th. DOH! At 11am no less, which is too early for me to get out there that morning, so I'll have to fly to the schoolhouse on Christmas Eve.
No more 777? Wow that’s rough. At Endeavor we don’t have any training scheduled on holidays. The bad thing is you can have an event the day after thanksgiving or Christmas so you’ll have to fly in the night before most likely anyway.
I dont have to work in a SE Asian sweatshop for 12 cents a day to know I would hate it.It's easy to denigrate something you know absolutely nothing about.
It's easy to denigrate something you know absolutely nothing about.
I get bored flying at high altitude and not seeing anything, or limiting bank to less than 30 degrees, not circling something i want to see, its just not me. So i do know about it. But thanks for chiming in on what i would like or not like...
Congrats man! Should be fun. When can you hold wide body captain? My friend from Endeavor has been with AA for a few months now on 737 out of NY. Maybe you’ll fly with him.Yeah, it was my fault. They ran a small bid recently because they're putting 787s in PHL, and forgot my 737 CA bid was still out there. I'm shaving one morning and get a text from a buddy saying, "Congrats Captain!" DOH! Rookie mistake. Obviously upgrade isn't a bad thing, but I had gotten myself excited to go do some long haul flying for a bit. Oh well, it's hard to be too bummed about a 55% pay raise. I can always bid back to the 777 once the lock is up.
There's so much movement, they're training all the time now. For recurrent I can bid for when I'd like to go, but for transition or initial I'm kind of at their mercy unless I have vacation.
I love the job but after doing a 3 hour flight and going to a Comfort Inn in some podunk City is not my cup of tea! I realize the international flying is probably a lot more fun and hopefully I’ll get there one day. But at the end of the day, my job is amazing and I’m not sure I’d be able to do a M-F job. Sometimes the grass isn’t always greener. To each their own. I really have nothing to complain a whole lot about. I got in at the right time at my regional, have my Delta interview in December and could potentially have a 39 year career there. Tough to argue with that!Sorry, flying a simple single engine GA plane is not the same as flying a transport jet. Not.Even.Close.
... Even retirement has its disadvantages...
Yeah, it was my fault. They ran a small bid recently because they're putting 787s in PHL, and forgot my 737 CA bid was still out there. I'm shaving one morning and get a text from a buddy saying, "Congrats Captain!" DOH! Rookie mistake. Obviously upgrade isn't a bad thing, but I had gotten myself excited to go do some long haul flying for a bit. Oh well, it's hard to be too bummed about a 55% pay raise. I can always bid back to the 777 once the lock is up.
There's so much movement, they're training all the time now. For recurrent I can bid for when I'd like to go, but for transition or initial I'm kind of at their mercy unless I have vacation.
Shocker: Some pilots dont want to fly transport jets. Which is a good thing that flying a transport jet is Not. Even. Close. to flying <12500 GA.Sorry, flying a simple single engine GA plane is not the same as flying a transport jet. Not.Even.Close.
Sorry, flying a simple single engine GA plane is not the same as flying a transport jet. Not.Even.Close.