Originally Posted by
Scout
Most likely this is a lie. If you upgraded when AT was growing and only spent 2-3 years in the right seat, congratulations! When SWA and AT was doing 2-3 year upgrades everyone referred to them as “bush league” airlines. If you’ve been at AT that long it’s only because no one else would hire you. The same is true of hundreds of SWA Captains also who were hired in the “early” days… and they know it. That’s the reality!
Now if you feel you’re better that someone else because of something in your “past life,” ….then get over it. Be honest with yourself (B737NG Captain), you don’t give a rat’s ass what your FO’s did before they humbled themselves and became your FO. Now the shoe is one the other foot.
Get a life.
I have a life outside of flying, and fortunately it's a pretty decent one thank you very much. Second, my statement stands. Those SW pilots immediately surrounding me on the new master list were NOT even hired at SW when I had finished upgrade.
I think the problem here from actually speaking with some of your pilots is the incredible level of ignorance to just how much seniority we lost. Most are shocked and suddenly feel uncomfortable when they hear the number (either that or it's an act). My favorite is when they say, "Oh, but you'll be able to ugrade in 2015, right?" Nope. Late 2020 under a scenario of hiring only for retirements. That's AFTER being in the left seat for seven years.
So you can call me a liar all you want, but my above statement is FACT. Let me share with you another statement of FACT. Like many of us I didn't try to get hired anywhere else after AT, to include SW.
Your statement of me not being able to get hired somewhere else reeks of your SW elitist mentality once again. We're well aware of your pilot group's view of us as a bunch of scum that wasn't good enough to get hired somewhere else. It shows through, believe me and is also quite offensive.
NEWSFLASH: Some of us did upgrade in 2-3 years and didn't have much interest in leaving.
