Originally Posted by
John Carr
Disagree. Even though the "north/south" occurred in this very digital age, the rest of which you mentioned all happened before the fancy fangled interwebz.
It's simple pilot douche baggery.
There's always been mil vs civ douche baggery , there's always been senior/junior douche baggery, the proliferation of the RJ's caused pilot douche baggery, giving away scope in exchange for a big paycheck and then being mad because the RJ "took our yerbs!!!" douche baggery, whatever.
The point is all these arguments are always in the background. The internet is where the rude disrespect and condescension comes out, not the cockpit. This group of pilots knows how to disagree and still run a professional respectful flight deck. I have never been a part of a crew that couldn't set aside differences of opinion and fly the jet safely and get the job done. Yeah, everyone has heard the story of that guy but it's folklore not the norm, or even a one off concern.