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Originally Posted by Rxq  How is the industry in the next couple of years? |
Turbulent. Very turbulent. There's a lot of talk of legacy carriers merging. If that happens, it may very well have a trickle effect that will impact lots and lots of pilots. Some say that if mergers don't happen, there will be bankruptcies ala Braniff. (The kind where they don't come back at the hand of federal-backed loans.) Some say fuel prices will kill a regional or two before 08 is done. (Actually, I think that already happened.) Look around this site; you'll find lots of speculation and many different opinions. But one common resounding tone is this: there are very interesting times ahead.
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Originally Posted by Rxq and what an average week is like? |
For me, it's something like this:
Day 1: Arrive to ORD (from SEA) at 6am. Take train to crash pad and take nap. Upon waking, wait for a phone call from crew scheduling for a flying assignment. This is called "sitting reserve."
Day 2: Sit reserve at crash pad. Play computer games. Walk to grocery store, mostly to kill the time. Buy whatever is on sale, which usually involves boxed pasta and canned fish.
Day 3: Call from crew scheduling at 6am. "You have a Green Bay turn at 8am." I thank them and hang up. Go to airport, fly to Green Bay and back, then sit airport reserve for 4 hours. Back to crash pad around 5pm. Total time spent traveling to airport and back: 2 hours. Total time spent flying: 55 minutes.
Day 4: Wake up at noon. Make pancakes. (Yes, sitting reserve at crashpad again.) Indulge in a book until somebody else comes to crash pad and starts watching Baywatch. Look at Jetcareers. Make dinner. Go to bed early praying I'll fall asleep soon so the time passes quickly.
Day 5: Wake up. Check reserve list. Lots of people on reserve, so I put in request for early release. Pack up 5 days of around-the-house clothes (1 Mariners World Series t-shirt and a pair of baggy sleeper bottoms) and head to airport to catch the 12:30 back to SEA. At noon, call crew scheduling to check on early release request. Denied, so I sit at airport "on reserve" until my 4pm release time. Try to catch 5:00 flight home but it's full. Sit at airport for the 7pm flight.
Next 3 days: OFF
Living the dream
