Originally Posted by
sovt
My old friend LeeMat and the other Lee
This may surprise you guys but on my small world of chugging across the North Atlantic the ISL is rarely discussed. In fact, I can't remember the last time it came up. Occasionally there is some discussion about new bases and position bidding. I think the average line guy knows it is out of our hands so why get your panties in a wad over what one side or another has presented.
I doubt that many of the prolific posters on this and other forums have ever been thru a major airline merger and experienced the post ISL issues. I was hired by Piedmont prior to the operational merger with USAir. What a fun couple of years followed.
The ISL will be what it is. The real concern for you younger guys is what kind of airline will be here 5 or 10+ years from now. My story at AAA was ugly. Hopefully all your careers will have a better trajectory.
Mike
2005
LCAL 756
Wouldn't expect anything different on the Scab-Cab (the 75 as told to me by a Guppy - sorry 73 Cpt at CAL.)
I couldn't breath I was laughing so hard. Ninety percent of the folks I have dealt with are great. You have the normal 5%ers at every airline and of course the 5% carved out for the Scabs.
The vast majority from BOTH sides are good dudes(etts).
Sorry you have to "prepare" yourself for UAL pilots because we aren't that scary.
Repeat after me Mikey........"Because I am GOOD enough, SMART enough and gosh darn it people LIKE me"......Stuart Smalley