Need Advice...Frustrated!

[Stone Cold]

Originally Posted by fsiflyer

Hey Stone, glad to hear you got some time off. I got a call in to the DO so we shall see. I doubt I will walk but I want to see this place get better.

Hey, you on the road now? I'm in ATL tonight and end up in CLE tomorrow...where you at??? I'll probably be on the road for a while...

[fsiflyer]

Originally Posted by Stone Cold

Hey, you on the road now? I'm in ATL tonight and end up in CLE tomorrow...where you at??? I'll probably be on the road for a while...

Yeah I am on the road. TPA tonight and MKC tomorrow. Fun, fun. Oh well the Captain and I are off to Ybor City for dinner. I will give you a ring tonight.

[Stone Cold]

Originally Posted by fsiflyer

Yeah I am on the road. TPA tonight and MKC tomorrow. Fun, fun. Oh well the Captain and I are off to Ybor City for dinner. I will give you a ring tonight.

Cool. Have a good dinner. I'll see you at one of these airports one of these days. I'm in 909SK this week, so if you see it on the ramp somewhere, wave!!!

[fsiflyer]

Originally Posted by Stone Cold

Cool. Have a good dinner. I'll see you at one of these airports one of these days. I'm in 909SK this week, so if you see it on the ramp somewhere, wave!!!

Hey there, Captain and I stayed out late in Ybor City. 11pm now so I don't want to wake you. I will call sometime tomorrow. Take care. We are is 733SW so hopefully we end up in the same place.

[fsiflyer]

Originally Posted by moxiepilot

let us know what you do when you do it.

Hey everyone, well I thought I would give an update. So I am on day 6 today with no end in sight so I called up management and had a talk. They were very understanding but said there is nothing they can do and we must continue the present course. They said they can't get any training slots at flight safety for the near future and that we will remain understaffed for the remainder of the year. Hopefully by February we may have another trained pilot on the line. Otherwise they sympathize but out of their hands.

Well what can I say. That is managements position and they will not down the plane so we can have time off. I am thinking about coming to the DO and resigning but telling him I am more than willing to fly as a contract pilot, even going out 12 days when needed but on my terms. When I don't want to fly I just don't. At its current pace I will probably find myself in divorce court soon because I don't even see my wife.

So what do you all think of my contract pilot idea? Maybe go to a regional but I don't think QOL will be much better there.

[calcapt]

Originally Posted by fsiflyer

They said they can't get any training slots at flight safety for the near future and that we will remain understaffed for the remainder of the year. Hopefully by February we may have another trained pilot on the line. Otherwise they sympathize but out of their hands.

Well what can I say.

I would tell them that when Flight Safety does call back, to book two training slots instead of one because you are leaving to work for someone who realizes you have a life outside of flying. Seriously, do your current bosses think they will be better off with one less pilot (you) over offering a livable schedule?

They are abusing you because you are allowing them to.

[mooneyguy]

Originally Posted by calcapt

I would tell them that when Flight Safety does call back, to book two training slots instead of one because you are leaving to work for someone who realizes you have a life outside of flying. Seriously, do your current bosses think they will be better off with one less pilot (you) over offering a livable schedule?

They are abusing you because you are allowing them to.

[Sidious]

Originally Posted by fsiflyer

So what do you all think of my contract pilot idea? Maybe go to a regional but I don't think QOL will be much better there.

I dont have much advice on your career path but I would like to say that I admire you for putting those you love first in your life.

Too many people do not and I look up to you for it. Im sure what ever decision you make will be the right one.

Good luck

[fsiflyer]

Originally Posted by calcapt

I would tell them that when Flight Safety does call back, to book two training slots instead of one because you are leaving to work for someone who realizes you have a life outside of flying. Seriously, do your current bosses think they will be better off with one less pilot (you) over offering a livable schedule?

They are abusing you because you are allowing them to.

You are absolutely right. They abuse without thinking of the future. I am going to go to management and discuss the contract pilot issue and if they don't want to then I will go home, sleep in my bed with my wife, and begin sending out resumes. Family has to come first as I never made an oath before G-D for my company.

[moxiepilot]

good luck