Originally Posted by LeeFXDWG

You make some great points. In particular the "pioneers of this merger" part. We truly are the example of the operationally "merged" part of the pilot group for certain.

I don't wear red clips, old U wings, or have any old stuff on my bags for the very reasons you mention. And, I really don't engage anyone on either side of the equation regarding the SLI because it just isn't productive. It's a meaningless exercise. The arguments have been made and the process will come to an end soon enough.

Hopefully, everyone will be able to accept whatever the outcome is and move on. And, hopefully, we will all learn to become one pilot group and get rid of "red clips," orange bag tags, "ex-Con" tags, and so on. Such items serve no useful purpose. We can all take pride in where we came from for certain; however, we need to collectively focus not on the past but on where we are going forward!

Whether or not we "like the changes," the merger happened.

I can say that when the list comes out, I won't post on this or any other forum to boast or ***** about the final ruling. It's too charged of an issue. While I hope that everyone does well in the end game on the SLI, I know that can't happen. It sucks, but everyone's "career expectations" changed the day the merger was consummated. All the employees are the ones that have to deal with the result.

We can either all go forward together and succeed, or............

On a side note, you'd be surprised at the cold shoulder I get sometimes when I try to engage a brother in blue in my totally CAL uniform. Won't even acknowledge a "good morning" and avoid eye contact, etc. As an old guy, they definitely assume I'm a legacy CAL guy.

It tells me we have a long road ahead of us. At least we can start the journey soon. With any luck, we won't have the Northwest red book green book thing going on until we all retire........

Personally, I have been treated with nothing but respect since coming to the CAL side. I have enjoyed every aspect of the experience and have flown with great, capital C, Capt's.

I can honestly say to those that haven't flown on the "merged" side of the operation, we are way more similar than we are different. The question is will everyone learn to embrace the similarities.

Frats,
Lee