Pros
*Fly domestically for free *International flights between 30 and 60 dollars *Front line employees are fun to be around. The work day goes by pretty fast because i'm spending most of it laughing *Laid back job for the most part *A good job for a college student or individual who likes to travel and has another full time gig with a flexible schedule.
Cons
*Many people working as ready reserve regularly work 40+ hours a week. This position offers no medical benefits, 401k,ect. Delta saves labour costs by making half the work force ready reserves while half the work force are regular employees with medical, 401k. Not to mention the old timers who have been there for more than 10 years and are top'd out make double your salary while doing 1/5th the work. *High risk of on the job injury with no medical insurance. *I know its been said before but front line management is dangerously incompentent. *Must move to another city to get full time status (the current wait is 4 years at my station) *You only have 1300 hours to work a year which comes out to 24 hours a week. Once you hit 1300 hour mark you can't work untill January 1st of the next year so if you like to work 40+ hours a week your going to run out of work pretty quickly. *Schedules/Time off/and promotions to full time are all senority driven which leaves little incentive to work hard (note: however this is industry standard). *It takes 10 years to top out at $22 an hour (once your made full time. It can sometimes take a few years to get fulltime status) If someone really showed initiative they could learn how to do every single position on the ramp in about a year to a year and a half.
