Originally Posted by
intrepidcv11
I'm sure working for CAL was a fine opportunity around then. I hear the camradiere amongst airmen in Meatball Cockpits was exemplary around then. No doubt you draw a lot of your knowledge basis from those innocent times.
Now you're getting personal.
No, the situation wasn't perfect back then. But we actually did get along quite well on the flight deck. And, yes, there was a lot to learn from that experience and what followed: the integration of Frontier (the "General Practitioners" as opposed to the "Brain Surgeons"), People Express, and New York Air--a "runaway shop"--none of whose pilots appear on anybody's "list" but one of whom, Pat Burke, brought the CAL pilot back into ALPA.
My whole point in posting on this thread was to point out that things are never as simple as conveniently set out for public consumption. I'm actually hoping that we can settle this contract and seniority integration amicably before I retire, so that work together to make the world's best airline, not the world's largest flying monstrosity.