Wow, 5 pages on this turd. Where to start. I'm exhausted already.
1. I am from East.
2. I have 19 years.
3. I am a F/A.
4. I am system senority 2827 out of roughly 5200. (use to be 11,000)
5. 19 years means NOTHING!! See #4..you do the math.
6. Just because someone from East disagrees with someone from West doesnt
mean they are entitled. Please stop that bulllshiitt!!
7. I have been based in MIA, BWI, DCA, LAX, PIT, SFO, PHL, LGA, and now CLT.
8. Commuting IS a choice and one does what they have to do, but it IS a choice.
9. If someone really junior wants a line or "stability", you move and base
yourself in the junior base or CHOOSE to commute.
10. If you want stability, don't look for it in this biz.
11. DOUG PARKER and his TEAM go by a seperate set of rules. THEY can commute pos space but the little guy can't? THAT IS SICK!! AND SETS A POOR EXAMPLE!
12.PITBULL is outting the darker side of DP and I applaud her for that.
13. I think the policy should be FCFS.
I have CHOSEN to live in base. (I have lived in many) but BEWARE my Westie
friends...I don't do the nor'east any more, so that leaves PHX. If anything
ever happens to CLT or I should get displaced, I am headed WEST, so don't
throw me any attitude if I CHOOSE to live in base.
I usually travel once or twice a year and NOW we get 2 SA1 passes, so that
works for me.
I go when the loads are low.
I don't commute.
If I must, I can list 12 hours ahead. Who cares?
BUY A LAPTOP!! I did and took it out on my taxes as you pretty much
MUST have a computer with our job, especially commuters or those
overseas. Both Dell and Apple give US Airways discounts.
14. We have pretty much the same commuting policy. The only ones NOT
participating (you must sign up) are those suspicious of the company
having their personal info...AS IF!!
15. We in this industry...as well as the automotive and others...must
realize that the days of longevity being honored with a company is
over. Most people stay with a company on average 4 years. FOUR!! Now,
longevity is more frowned upon. I know, that is screwed up. I grew up with
the idea that longevity meant something. Well, the tide has changed. I
must change.
16. The decision needs to be made ASAP so that the party not happy gets over it
NOW!!
17. Any one that even ATTEMPTS to slow down the company's operation because
of the travel policy should be fired!! And no hiding under the union label.
With ALL we have been through on the EAST, considering we were almost history, does it REALLY matter if it's DOH or FCFS? Had we gone under, I would have neither. Think about it!
This EASTIE is just fine with FCFS.