Comments on: Flying High http://www.takenbythewind.com/2009/07/22/flying-high/ A Life in Motion - The True Confessions of a Travelholic Sun, 05 Feb 2012 23:44:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Nate Wendt http://www.takenbythewind.com/2009/07/22/flying-high/#comment-651 Nate Wendt Tue, 28 Jul 2009 07:26:54 +0000 http://www.takenbythewind.com/?p=325#comment-651 When I worked at Delta we did a lot of shift swapping, as in we would tell people that I will work such-and-such day if they worked such-and-such day. At least my office would let us do that to get around the 2-day guarantee limit. The other thing was that since you fly standby you take the chance of not getting on a flight, I've spent many a night sleeping in the airport and I've known of some people who have been fired for missing their shift. I hated the work but loved the co-workers and travel benefits. Best of luck, I'm sure you will like it, especially with all your international connections. When I worked at Delta we did a lot of shift swapping, as in we would tell people that I will work such-and-such day if they worked such-and-such day. At least my office would let us do that to get around the 2-day guarantee limit. The other thing was that since you fly standby you take the chance of not getting on a flight, I've spent many a night sleeping in the airport and I've known of some people who have been fired for missing their shift. I hated the work but loved the co-workers and travel benefits. Best of luck, I'm sure you will like it, especially with all your international connections.

]]> By: Reannon http://www.takenbythewind.com/2009/07/22/flying-high/#comment-647 Reannon Thu, 23 Jul 2009 23:38:04 +0000 http://www.takenbythewind.com/?p=325#comment-647 Hi there Nate,<br /><br />So you worked for Delta? What was that like? Were you able to find the time and money to take advantage of your travel benefits? <br /><br />My biggest concern is that even if I'm able to get an extra couple of days off (we're only guaranteed two in a row), I won't have the money to go anywhere. San Francisco isn't exactly cheap and I won't be making much over minimum wage. I worry that I'll be working so hard to make ends meet that even if I'm able to give away a few shifts, I just won't have the money to burn on a week's vacation in Europe.<br /><br />Plus there's the matter of where could I possibly go with only two or three days off? LA? Mexico? Certainly not Japan or Europe...<br /><br />Oh well, I'm sure I'll get the low down in training...and I'll learn how to work the system. I just hope it's all worth it, although at this point I need a job so bad, I'd almost being willing to work at Taco Bell. <br /><br />Well, almost. : ) Hi there Nate,

So you worked for Delta? What was that like? Were you able to find the time and money to take advantage of your travel benefits?

My biggest concern is that even if I'm able to get an extra couple of days off (we're only guaranteed two in a row), I won't have the money to go anywhere. San Francisco isn't exactly cheap and I won't be making much over minimum wage. I worry that I'll be working so hard to make ends meet that even if I'm able to give away a few shifts, I just won't have the money to burn on a week's vacation in Europe.

Plus there's the matter of where could I possibly go with only two or three days off? LA? Mexico? Certainly not Japan or Europe…

Oh well, I'm sure I'll get the low down in training…and I'll learn how to work the system. I just hope it's all worth it, although at this point I need a job so bad, I'd almost being willing to work at Taco Bell.

Well, almost. : )

]]> By: Reannon http://www.takenbythewind.com/2009/07/22/flying-high/#comment-646 Reannon Thu, 23 Jul 2009 23:25:15 +0000 http://www.takenbythewind.com/?p=325#comment-646 Yeah, I can't help but feel a tad bit stuck. But there's nothing I can really do about that. I'm just too broke to move abroad again, that is unless I want to sign a year-long contract with a school in Korea so that they can pay for my housing and moving costs...but I don't think I'd ever want to live in Korea. And China, Thailand, etc. don't pay enough. <br /><br />I think that my only options are to stay in one spot for a while and try to save as much as I can. That's why I think in a job with an airline is really my best alternative. Yeah, I can't help but feel a tad bit stuck. But there's nothing I can really do about that. I'm just too broke to move abroad again, that is unless I want to sign a year-long contract with a school in Korea so that they can pay for my housing and moving costs…but I don't think I'd ever want to live in Korea. And China, Thailand, etc. don't pay enough.

I think that my only options are to stay in one spot for a while and try to save as much as I can. That's why I think in a job with an airline is really my best alternative.

]]> By: Erin http://www.takenbythewind.com/2009/07/22/flying-high/#comment-645 Erin Thu, 23 Jul 2009 22:14:50 +0000 http://www.takenbythewind.com/?p=325#comment-645 Hooray for you!<br />I'm incredibly jealous about the free flights, but it's true you have to stay put to enjoy them ~ oh the irony. Hooray for you!
I'm incredibly jealous about the free flights, but it's true you have to stay put to enjoy them ~ oh the irony.

]]> By: Lisa http://www.takenbythewind.com/2009/07/22/flying-high/#comment-644 Lisa Thu, 23 Jul 2009 16:41:08 +0000 http://www.takenbythewind.com/?p=325#comment-644 Congratulations! Congratulations!

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