Maybe the reason pilots don't do cartwheels around here is that every month they see they're in about the same spot they've been for years. Gets old. And I don't mean just on the overall seniority list but also in their individual category if they've been there a while. And AEs seem to cause more anxiety than joy.

So I think when you start to see upwards movement and people who have been treading water start to move then the mood will pick up. And when folks aren't staring down MD's to MDs all of the time, they'll be a little happier.

Until then we're all just twiddling our thumbs. Or for some, sitting on them.

And some playing thumb wars. I enjoy a good game of thumb wars while on a descend via the PHLBO. Unless I suspect someone was sitting on that thumb.