Originally Posted by
tsquare
Everybody is entitled to an opinion. I find it fascinating though that so many fNWA guys wax nostalgic for the old days when the relationship they had with management basically sucked. I don't want that kind of work environment here. Call it koolaid drinking.. "whistling past the garveyard" whatever catch phrase you wish, but I want little to do with the way you did things at NWA... life is too short to hate coming to work wondering when management or the other employee groups are gonna screw me.
We didn't "hate coming to work". We loved it! We knew that other pilots "had our back" and the camaraderie that came with unity more than made up for the illusion that a hired gun occupant of "Building A" was a nice guy or not. FWIW, I think we have terrific management at Delta Air Lines, and they are doing their job. We, are not. I'm not calling it "kool aid drinking" I'm calling it fear. We floated this boat. The heavy sacrifice of Delta and Northwest Airlines pilots in bankruptcy created the company that leads the world. Let Management manage, I expect a Labor Union to exploit opportunity where it is seen. The problem is, wanting to "have a nice day at work" is not an opportunity, it is denial that any of our efforts and sacrifices had anything to do with Management's success and reward.