Originally Posted by
Regularguy
You know what?
This whole idea of calling it the "Chief Pilot's Office" is probably the reason why most exCAL pilots don't meet there. Who wants to go to a place that adds nothing to your job except the risk of confrontation.
At UAL it was a "Flight Operations" and at one time even had charts, schedulers, dispatchers and friendly people who would help you when needed. Now it belongs to the "Chief Pilot" so why bother stopping in unless called, and then bring your ALPA rep.
Bingo. Walking into the LUAL ops areas for the first time was a (pleasant) throwback to a day when there were folks there to help the pilots with all manner of admin and a pleasant smile. LCAL has long since gotten rid of these folks and drywalled over their office space. Quite frankly, with LCAL's DIY philosophy and advancing technology (a green light for iPad flight plans, no paper, is coming soon) I don't see how it can last.