Originally Posted by
Dirty
To chime in on the other discussion... I've seriously thought about leaving DAL to go to SWA, AMR or FDX but neither has called so it made my decision easy.
I would agree with SWA or FDX, but not AMR. In my view, you have to look at only one thing: Does your company actually
want to run and operate an airline, or don't they? It's really that simple. SWA and FDX have a long history of management teams that actually want to run and grow their operation. DAL now has a long history of wanting to shrink its operation through outsourcing and becoming a ticket brokerage holding company. In the case of SWA or FDX, you would only have to hope that this long history continues. In the case of DAL, you will have to hope that we change
to that culture some day. My opinion is that the hope DAL will change is far too big a gamble.
Originally Posted by
Dirty
I do however keep my resume up to date... which is something (I'm sure) none of our Captains ever did. It's a different world and DAL isn't the top anymore.
This captain does. This captain has 10 years left and I've had two interviews this year. A number of the 744 captains that are leaving via this latest buyout are leaving well before age 60 for other jobs.
Originally Posted by
Dirty
We've got a lot to fix and hopefully we make HUGE gains with this next contract. I'd hate to go back to my engineering job.
Yes we do, but our "union" is far too comfortable with management. Getting HUGE gains in this contract will require an EXTREME battle by DAL pilots against our own union first, then management. I'm not sure a majority of us are up for that kind of fight.
Carl