Originally Posted by
Airhoss
At some seniority ranges this is 100% true, not so much for others. My whole career has been one great big mismanagement caused boondoggle after another. It's like having your career managed by a hyperactive over sugared 6 year old.
I was at a graduation party this weekend. There was a young mom attending. She got into her drinking pretty hard and her 4 year old was left to run wild. My wife and I spent the whole party protecting the little terror from drowning himself in the pool. The scenario kind of reminded of UAL management. Jeffy is the drunk mother and the misbehaved 4 year old are his minions running about disrupting peoples lives.
There is no more disillusionment for me. I always count on the fact that any light at the end of the tunnel is positively an out of control, runaway train. Sometimes it is very difficult to keep a positive attitude at this place.
But thanks for your concern anyway Howy.......
You make it sound like you are the only one who has been forced to eat the crap sandwich this entire industry has been capable of serving. I've been airline flying for 25 years and was well aware of the potential dysfunction that has been happening well before I was born.
Your mistake was buying into the dream and all it entitled,.... that you won some sort of lottery by getting hired by United. It's a job, treat as such and disconnect your expectations of entitlement from the workplace and you will be a far happier man.