Originally Posted by
Pkcola
It looks like it falling along cultural lines. With the LUAL side saying, you have to show me that it's safe. While the LCAL side is saying you have to show me it's not safe. And that follows the philosophy of management over the years. On the LUAL side I don't think job fear was ever a factor but from many on the LCAL side, I have heard it wasn't uncommon to have this threat raised or implied.
I've been at CAL/UAL for over 15 years never ever been threatened or even questioned in any way. You are paid to manage an asset and act in a safe and reasonable manner to help the company make money. Any action you do, you should be able to justify to the CPO, refusing airplanes to teach MX or the company a lesson is a fail. We want to get paid big $$ we need to act like responsible managers. The difference is there are a FEW UAL guys who still have a chip on their shoulders and want to stick it to management, they are fortunately the minority, the vast majority of both sides of the house just want to run a safe professional airline.