Give him a chance. Previous traffic indicated he was more of a "company, union, work force" kind of guy...not just "this is what your dorks are screwing up..."

I think everyone needs to sit back and smoke a lucky on this one for a while. Jack was good--but--he had his peeves too. Not much of a smiler. Never a positive word for the union (O has already said more about ALPA that I heard in 5 years of Jack's tenure). Jack's "no guys from major airlines..." mantra hurt a lot of good guys and their sponsors. Mailed a hate gram to captains. Had 24 hours to think and then still hit send on hategram to FOs and SOs.

I liked the guy. I thought he was a straight shooter. But geez--nobody is a saint, and the military teaches you NOBODY is beyond replacement. Give O a fair shake--I think we'll be pleasantly surprised.

And I don't get the kiwi joke. Are we saying O will be a spit and polish guy? Well--I got a bunch of uniform comments in our Jack-grams...and yet I never saw a bit of action (perhaps its because I wear the uniform without too many non-standard accouterments?). Can somebody explain the joke as if you were talking to a six year old? Maybe then I can follow...