If I was on the outside looking in, I too would probably commend the captain on what she did. I don't think many of you though know what is going on internally at US. Just as an example: Not long after the seniority list came out I was flying on final to PHX when an east aircraft was cleared to depart in front of us. He proceeded to pull into position and sit. While the tower repeatedly told him cleared to take off, finally yelling at him he replied with, "roger." Tower finally told us to go around. After the flight I went into the chief pilot's office and was told even though there wasn't much they could do, to fill out a report because that was not the first time that the same thing had happened in the last several days. AND these are the people that are on a safety campaign. Yeah, if you believe that I've got some waterfront property to sell ya in Arizona.