Originally Posted by
Tomahawk58
Eaglefly,
If life to come at AA is as bad as you're proclaiming it will be, the best thing is for all the junior guys to leave!
Clearly, the senior guys are in a comfortable place and won't be going anywhere. A combined operation with US will have an even more senior pilot group. What's a junior pilot to do; decide that the pilot career isn't worth it and move to another part of corporate America or elsewhere.
When you cut past all the emotion and rhetoric, mine included, you gotta admit this is a great career field.
For those of you who haven't read it, I suggest "Fate is the Hunter". You'll realize these arguments and discussions about the career field we've collectively chosen have been going on since the dawn of commercial aviation!
LOL !!!
Yes, you're comfortable and aren't going anywhere and the rest of us should just leave....I get that. If I was sitting where you are (again, provided you are even a senior AA management pilot
) having never endured a furlough, stagnated at the bottom of a seniority list or likely to be sentanced to the same for the remainder of your career, it would be easy for me too to sit up on a soapbox and define everyone elses expectations.
Unfortunately, no one here (AA) is buying that anymore (including the majority of the senior).
Fate is the Hunter is fine reading, but I might also add
Flying the Line (both books) for those new to the industry to educate oneself on the history of airline management and union-busting tactics. I think
Confessions of a Union-Buster is also necessary reading for all present and future pilots.
If one reads the latter, it frames you sir, quite nicely. Your timing, message and claims all fit perfectly into those educational materials as something to look out for. But, I'd offer you a THIRD opportunity to explain in detail how AMR's business plan would be superior to anything U (or another) might offer for the majority of us who have perhaps 15 years till retirement.
I'm all ears !