Give it a break, Nerd. Isn't funny and figure several million less profit for you and I to share by the time all of this is covered. Thanks to Comair, Colgan and our own mishaps our underwriters are, how should I say, unenthusiastic about our risk management.
Originally Posted by
80ktsClamp
I am in no way an almighty mainline pilot, and I don't appreciate you reading into it that way. Joe voraciously defends his chosen career position to stay at an outsourced feeder we've fed more and more flying over the years... which was a horrible decision. Even when I as in high school, I learned about airlines outsourcing and couldn't understand why that flying wasn't done by the mainline pilots.
Besides, it's really funny when he gets riled up.
80Kts, you are a mainline sky god!
One point we overlook with Joe is that his airline did not start out with outsourced flying. They started out performing their own flying and developed their own code. His airline and its code were bought by Delta, but his pilot group was not merged. He hates us for that and he sees a very clear line. There is no way to make it "right" or equitable, so in his opinion Delta deserves whatever ill befalls it.
What he says is true, that Delta pilots' Reps in 2000 decided they wanted no part of small jet flying and were willing to sacrifice unity to keep it off the property. The result, as we all know, were massive mainline furloughs and stagnation. The only thing that "saved" the mainline pilots' careers at Delta was correspondingly massive retirements.
Joe's back on this board because he senses another year 2000 turning point in our union's administration. Let us hope our Administration and Reps resist temptation.