and to illustrate the point: May to June
12 UK to Jamaica
13-16 Rum Punch etc
17-18 overnighter to UK, hotel for day, position home
19-22 Days Off, last 2 requested, 10 pairs a year allowed
23 blank
24 Spain
25 UK to Dom Rep
26 Cheap, gut ache beer in grotty hotel
27-28 Overnighter to UK etc
29-3 3 Days Off, 2 Days leave (42 days a year is it, don't know, personally, too much to use)
4 UK - Orlando
5-8 God's Country and a national icon with big ears, cheeseburgers and Oprah reruns
9-10 Overnighter to Uk etc
11-12 Days Off
13 UK Spain and UK nightstop
14 UK Spain back to base
15 UK Greece
Earliest start 0655 local, latest finish 2340 local (excepting Long Haul returns)
Last change to roster: No idea
Stuck up gits: No, professionals who just sound that way sometimes
Carmen: Early days, about 5% getting funny positioning. All ridiculous Caribbean positioning abandoned, promises of preference rostering etc etc etc.
Lo Cost: All pilots on all fleets on exactly same T&Cs. Some variation in new guys bonding and pension. Both still pretty good I believe.
Time to Command: Minimal in some cases, going right through the seniority list as a low hour joiner, who knows but I'm in the frame at 7 years.
Idiots with wheelbarrows: None
TTFN
