Good move Flybywire89. GLA is a terrible company to work for no matter how you look at it. In my opinion, the "glass half full" people are people who are able to accept mistreatment and have no sense of self-worth. I am out of the aviation industry altogether because I wasn't willing to start over repeatedly in an industry that has no respect for its employees. Great Lakes is one of the biggest culprits. Anyway, good move quitting. There is no fixing that place no matter how hard Joe tries. It's unfortunate because there are a lot of really awesome people that work for that company (Joe always seemed pretty cool from what I remember), but the employees can only do so much to make living in poverty more bearable. Yes, you look forward to seeing your friends at work, but you would look forward to seeing those same people at a job that treats you like a human being too...and you'd be able to afford to eat real food occasionally.

Moral of the story: If you have no sense of self-worth and you easily overlook the realities of the situations you're in, then Great Lakes is the place for you.

For the record, I was not bitter about the industry when I went there. I believe I was labeled as the most bitter person at the company by the time I left. Two and a half years of my life I'll never get back...plus a year at another equally bad company and the 4 year degree in aviation that I'll probably never use again. What a joke.