Originally Posted by
aa73
I understand why you'd be biased. You make many good points. I, like most, am cautiously optimistic and treading very carefully: I just happen to think that if Delta could pull off what they did, what's stopping AA
Doug Parker.
Delta didn't exactly have the world's most motivated pilots back during their BK, but boy that changed when they realized they had decent new management. If we get the same (and I'm not saying for sure Parker & Co are all that), I think we could see the same situation at AA: a previously bitter pilot force does an about-face and rises to the occasion under inspiring management willing to go out, compete, and come out ahead.
You might have answered your own question(s).
BTW, the Delta pilots, in general, are downright eager to do a good job. We were hired that way: people who have it in their DNA to earn every badge available to the troop. BK was an anomaly, but overall, as long as we're treated anywhere close to fairly, we
want to do well. The theory is that we always had a company that had our back, and we wanted to do what we could, to make the reverse true.
There aren't that many airlines where this is true. Maybe [curse be onto them] SWA.