Originally Posted by
liquid
Joe,
Your post reeks of the standard CAL sucks, UAL is better. The arrogance is truly staggering. I'll echo Lerxst, "righteous indignation"
If a CAL pilot came on here said the same about UAL, they would be blasted from all sides and labeled a scab. period. I read it all the time on the "other" forum...(where there are no scabs)
but thanks for coming back to APC, throwing a grenade and bailing.
I didn't say anything about "CAL sucks". I said there is a cultural difference. To my knowledge I am the only person on this forum who has ever publicly apologized and reversed their opinion based on others arguments. If you think I am putting down CAL culture and that the culture I described is not accurate then explain to me how I am wrong, but so far all the evidence I have seen says CAL has a common culture of trying not to "rock the boat" in day to day operations.
How's this for a 4th anecdote demonstrating cultural differences.
Maintenance: "We won't be able to fix that right now."
L-CAL pilot: "Forget it then. We'll write it up on the way."
Spoken over the radio, and I was listening personally. Very, very few UAL pilots would ever say something like that on the radio. Is that a-typical for CAL? I don't know, but it is one more anecdote I see telling me there are cultural differences. Is the UAL culture better? I have no idea. You tell me, if you're so worried about whose better because I'm not. I'm worried about protecting my contract as it is and my own butt, and at the same time moving this whole integration process as quickly forward as possible so I can get on with my career.