I'm L-UAL 76T who bid to EWR-756 in first bid after SLI. Been flying pure CAL 76-400 since February.

Observations:

1) In my fleet and seat captains are great. Even the one "jerk" turned out to be ok once I understood where he came from (long military career then to People's Express only to have seniority stolen by NYAir guys and then felt like SLI wasn't fair shakes . . . got it)

2) FO's: some CAL guys are holding a "big grudge" 'cuz they've been pushed WAY back in EWR and can't hold 76-400 flying but again once you break through the BS they are just like every other pilot I ever met . . . fun to hang out with.

3) FAs: I have had nothing but good experiences, but I am aware of two opposite stories from CAL FAs regarding UAL captains. First was the UAL captain that insisted on being fed early. That's not what CAL ops allows and it really frustrates the heck out of them. The second was a UAL captain that refused a plane for a repeat gripe that the FAs had seen on the previous trip and got the same plane back with the same gripe. Sadly in my old senile age I don't remember the details of the write up, but suffice to say the FAs were genuinely surprised that the captain was refusing the plane. (I think it was the center fuel pump inop, and the FAs knew about it because they had had the same plane on their previous trip.)

Anyways, the moral of the story is that the people are EXACTLY the same and once you cross the barrier of "you're from THERE" then everything is fine . . .

at least that has been my experience . . .