Originally Posted by
stickwiggler
I'll lecture any time I choose when you make jack ass rants and I could not care less what you are sick of hearing. Don't want to hear it? Then lecture your slick hairs, not me.
I applaud you voting yes, and even support your decision to denie the JSif it was as bad as you say.
I will say this in defense of the ASA pilot that you dealt with, If you were in our shoes and you'd had 3 bases yanked out from underneath you by Delta/ JA and you saw the way JA treats your company and in turns craps on ours, your nerves might be just a little frazzled as well. Just think about it.
I had a Skywest Jump seater the the other day. Snot nose FO who walked in the cockpit and TOLD me "I'm riding here or in the back, I'm not sure yet" Then he wanted to put a huge chart case in the cockpit. I told him if he rode up front that would be fine, but if he was going in the back, to take it with him. He sat in 1B. He told the FA that "he had to sit there, just in case" because he was a jumpseater. He again came to the cockpit and said, "I'm sitting in back but I'm going to leave my bag here"
I told him no, and he said he was sitting in the bulkhead and had no place to put it. I told him to check it like every other pilot does. The FA offered another seat, he declined "I have to sit here just in case". What a chode. Then I find out that he is asking people to move their feet so he can put his bag under their seat!!!! I sware I can't make this up!! I called him to the cockpit and in no uncertain terms, told him check your bag or get off, he was delaying my flight. I found out later that he took out his charts and collapsed the case and put stuff in 3 overhead bins. On top of this he spent the whole flight "explaining" the plane to the guy next to him and dogging ASA with comments like "we own them and they better shape up or we will take all their planes"
Just for a moment if you were in my seat, how would that have gone over with you? But guess what? He still went. Politics with the jumpseat is a NO GO. I wanted to not denie, but grab this little b%@!h of a man by the ear and throw him on the ramp. But, he went. Again, no politics with the jumpseat.
I spent 7 years in the Army as a Blackhawk pilot and have been at ASA for 10 years, I will lecture you anytime I want. I've earned it.
Stick
Stick,
With all due respect, you have absolutely no right to lecture me. You may feel that you’ve earned it but I’m here to tell you, you have not. I respect and applaud your years of service but that doesn’t give you any rights over me, PERIOD! I'm 31 years old, 1 child, married 6+ yrs, this is my second professional career, I have two degrees and I've been successful at everything I've attempted; so give me the respect that I'm showing you. The respect of not being some snot nosed, slick haired, cocky, this is my first pro-job ever pilot. My father and uncle are both former USAF (ret) and Braniff (ret)/SWA (cur) respectively; they have the right to lecture me. Both spent the better part of a decade involved in conflicts having limped home in wounded birds several times and yes, both have been shot down. They’ve earned my personal respect and admiration where you have my general respect and that's it.
As for SKW, there are cocky pilots everywhere so don’t be naive, at least the pilots who come to SKW held out instead of falling victim to SJS like so many of your new hires. They could have gone to GoJet, MAG, Colgan, PSA, TSA, Eagle or ASA around 500-600 (SJSers) hours or less but decided to hold out for SKW at 1000. That says something about them as a person even thought they’re cocky, time will set them straight and teach them the lessons they need for the long haul.
BTW, you may say that SKW is actually ScabWest but ASA is “Anther SkyWest Airline,” or are they “Another $hitty Airline.” Name calling? That’s for the immature so leave it to them.