Originally Posted by
Southerner
RVR, that's all fine. I'm quite bitter towards the negative types, and I would tell any of them exactly what I think to their face (and have). I think they are irrational, and need to take a step back and look around. The grass is not greener on the other side of the fence. They will be the same negative people at Delta, and I hope they go.
I completely agree about the negative types it can be draining on a trip with a guy that only complains. The fact is it's easier to be negative than positive in all aspects of life. Sometimes people are just tired or are having troubles at home and they vent in the cockpit. So I try to take it with a grain of salt. I am not immune to complaining. In fact I used to be a constant complainer. It takes a conscious effort sometimes to realize that. You're spot on that guys that complain here will also complain at Delta.
We do however have a few things that are legitimate complaints. Insurance in my opinion is one of them. The dependability policy is not (well maybe the implementation but not the actual policy).
All of us are in this together. The seniority system marries many of us to our current airline. Some will get hired elsewhere but most will stay. That fact makes negotiating as a collective entity a very important thing. If I could leave here and get hired at a different airline at the same seniority then an individual contract would work just fine, like it does in the executive management world. Barger can go get hired as the CEO of American (obviously just an example) but the number one guy on our list would go to American swinging gear. It makes no sense but that's the world we live in, and it's not going to change.