Originally Posted by Jaded N Cynical

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.