Originally Posted by
CousinEddie
Thanks to my fellow pilot for braking this down. There you have it. Ben, if you can't live in peace with the above facts -- along with how incredibly senior you will be when you reitre -- then I guess the apple really doesn't fall far from the tree. You can't remember when dad crossed? Yeah, right. And you can quit with the Texas two-step "y'all" talk.
My dad, also an airline pilot, made it clear to me long ago that if a Lorenzo type gets his fangs in the operation, your final choice is to always pack your bags and leave with your dignity intact. Obviously dignity is something you know nothing about. No wonder why.
When the ISL came out, one of the first things I did is see where one of your L-CAL pilots ended up. He was hired at CAL after I was at UAL, but was as self-made of an airline pilot as you will ever find, and a mentor to me. I found that not only was he senior to me, but well senior to me. Quite frankly, I was happy for him and glad that it worked out that way. Besides, with him being a few years older than me, I can hang back wait for him to move on. I'm glad that he is in a position to have many good years to take care of his family and have the comfortable retirement someday that he deserves.
I know, I know. The above is a foreign concept to you and Generation Me. I hope you decide to spend your career in Guam. It is where you belong.
Apple doesn't fall from the tree. Hope to be half the man my father is.
All your percentage are based on furloughed pilots, when they don't come back that percent goes down. If you have 100 pilots and you are number 90 you are at 90 %. Take away the bottom five and you are still number 90 but you are not 90%. So when 600 of your furloughes don't come back, my so called percentage will not be what the arb showed. This has been the main reason through history that furloughed pilots are not included with active, they can not be accurately numbered. You seem to hang your hat on years of service and age. I guess we will just have to disagree on that. Don't think either should play a role in a merger. Back to my dad, why would I know the date he crossed, I was 5-7 yrs old. Not sure what you mean by saying I belong in Guam. But don't worry as long as my seniority lets me, I have no plans to leave.