Originally Posted by
Judge Smails
Normann....why do you or anyone here believe SWA pay is not realistic?
It is not so much that I don't believe the company can't pay us SW rates. I ask everyone I am flying with about their response to the poll. Based on what I hear I usually feel like a greedy bastard compared to them. If most pilots don't want it, the union will not aim for it, and it will not happen. In 10 years, if the success story continues, this may change. Most guys say they would rather take a somewhat smaller chunk now, then later when we become stronger ask for me.
If I look at the general opinion in this thread, it seems everyone wants something much better than JB, but not quite SW yet. But all the above is my subjective opinion and nothing more.
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Originally Posted by
JoeyMeatballs
I personally don't give a rats ass if the airplane is dirty, that's managements job and if they don't care, it must not be important. Look how filthy subways are, does that stop anyone? I've flown every airline except Alaska and they are all filthy, AA makes us look like we do a good job. As far as clean cockpits? The majority of that filth is from our slobbery ways, we just need to clean up after ourselves is all.
I have been in at least 20 jumpseats on AA in the past two years and I did not see anything like what we have in our older airplanes. Not in the cockpit and also not in the cabin.
If you are OK with a filthy cockpit than I don't know what to say. I guess some guys show up in black sneakers and in white fishing shirts. At Spirit you get to see it all. I see seats with years old stains and an accumulation of bread crumbs and all kinds of food related dirt all over the place. You are really OK with that?