Originally Posted by
newKnow
4th,
Isn't the definition of a better career kind of subjective?
There's a few Southwest guys who come on here and post how they never wanted to fly international, or how they never wanted to fly 747's/777's and how flying around their "little" 737 for 1-2 hour legs is perfect for them. The fact that SWA guys are leaving for other airlines probably doesn't mean much to them.
Maybe there were a ton of Air Tran guys who thought living in Atlanta, flying Caribbean, turns everyday was just perfect for them. The fact that Air Tran guys were leaving to go to SWA probably didn't mean much to them, either.
You can't tell those SWA guys they aren't having a better career than AMR/United/Delta pilots. So, why are you telling the Air Tran pilots that a SWA career was to be so much better than the career they were going to have?
Of course it's subjective.
That's precisely why I leave it up to the flow of the masses to specify the top five.
Just about everyone was headed to DL, UA, AA, WN and even AS. There were of course some criss-crossing between those five.
No one - and I do mean no one - left any of those top five to work for Airtran.
Regardless of whether you wanted to fly heavy metal or the Texas two-step, if you were lucky enough to land a spot in the top five, it's highly unlikely you would leave.
Just like Spirit - who has some fantastic people - very few set out to work to work there. You end up there. How many at Airtran can honestly say it was their first choice?