u/zncjxisoxna

if you ask to trade anything with another fa via the scheduling portal, DO NOT make it weird for them when they simply choose to keep the position / trip they originally had

maybe this is an uncommon opinion, but I feel like it should be common decency.

you try to trade someone’s original position or trip and they are happy to trade = YAY.

you try and they don’t want it / don’t accept it = NOT THEIR PROBLEM, not something they need to bring up and apologize for. if anything, feel free to bring up that you wanted it but understand they wanted to keep their thing and THATS OKAY. it’s THEIR ASSIGNMENT, you were asking them a favor.

at the end of the day, this is a job. we don’t always want to go to work. sometimes the trip / position we get is what works best for us. last thing we need is to be treated bad all because we didn’t trade into something that we were never given that doesn’t work for us.

if others reading this disagree, idk, maybe i’m the crazy one but I feel like this should be common decency 🤷‍♀️

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u/zncjxisoxna — 2 days ago

does anyone else get a little offended by friends asking for buddy passes (for plans that don’t include u) or am I just sensitive?

lmao title kinda says it all. so I love how this job allows us to share our joy of travelling with others, thru buddy passes and having a registered companion.

the other day I mentioned to my close friends because we were mentioning visiting the one girls parents (as like a friends group trip), I mentioned if we did that group trip I could obviously try to fly my friends down via buddy pass. I figured it was implied I meant as a group trip thing that we would all be part of.

so she said she would mainly want to do that trip at the end of this month which I cannot do. she still just texted me asking if I could still figure out buddy passes for her and her bf.

I get helping a friend out and maybe i’m sensitive but for some reason her doing that kinda rubbed me the wrong way 😭 maybe it depends on the friendship bc sometimes it’s more about the vibes than the actual thing. I guess my thing is I feel like I haven’t been able to see her / spend time w her one on one as much or just in general (and same with our friend group in general). when I offered the buddy passes I mainly meant as like an investment in our friendship and creating new memories together, not just something to make her and her boyfriends life more convenient.

I know I might sound a little sensitive, I guess I just came here to kinda rant and ramble about this,because at the very least this group may more likely relate or have relevant input compared to average human 😂🙏 all stories and input are welcome, I am curious how others feel about this ♥️

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u/zncjxisoxna — 5 days ago

hello :) I am fairly new to PHL, from a much more senior base. Been FA 2 years total.

This upcoming month of May I just got my first lineholder month following my given line month. I otherwise am at the one on one off rotation if I am not a line holder.

I know no one can predict the future, but I am curious. I know seniority really shifts in PHL due to summer flying.

So basically i’m guessing I should sort of assume that June I will probably be back on reserve? I guess I was honestly shocked to be a lineholder this may since I wasn’t one during the slower winter months. Which is why I am curious about what to expect in June.

Basically if anyone has input about what they think (aka will I hold a line this summer or not), I would really appreciate it :) I understand it’s hard to say but I still appreciate hearing what others have to say ❤️

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u/zncjxisoxna — 2 months ago