Constructive criticism isn't welcome from new hires? What a load of crap. Just because a guy is new to the operation doesn't mean that he can't offer insight and hasn't worked for a better operation WRT to work rules and scheduling etc. That "new hire" probably has at least 10 years in 121 ops and maybe more.

I suppose his "new hire" opinion and inputs aren't welcome for stuff like safety or line ops either??

I have a buddy at CAL. He came from a defunct 121 op where he was flying 57s. prior to that he was a commuter driver. His opinion when he got there? "Mesa with bigger jets"

Instead of bashing guys why the don't we all agree that OUR contract sucks and YOUR contract sucks and make sure that we need to do everything possible to ensure that we get an industry leading one this time?