I really hope everyone here is doing THEIR job 100% as a true professional and not micromanaging the operation. They are not interested in paying you to manage the operation so let the operation speak for itself to show how much we have actually contributed to making this mess work through the years.

I keep hearing guys asking for jetway drivers, fuel, paperwork, 2nd and 3rd calls for mx, negotiating for a gate that is clearly open when told to hold for one that is occupied.

If you called on the ground they know you need rampers and a jetway driver. If they cannot communicate that and get people in position it's not your problem.

If you are there and the plane is there they know you need fuel and paperwork. If it shows up 5 prior it's not your problem.

If you called mx once for an open write up, they are aware.

If there are five gates open and they want you to hold 30mim for the one that is occupied then go ahead and let the clock run.

This operation has been highly dependent on the pilots micromanaging everyone to get the job done. If people are too incompetent to do the job they were hired to do or the systems and infrastructure are not in place to allow them to do their job, it's not our responsibility to get it done and the company clearly is not interested in compensating us for or does not currently understand our value as professionals.

I think too many of us are in the regional/scumbag cargo mindset to just accept shortcomings and get it done. If we want to be compensated like the legacy pilots we need to act like legacy pilots.

Further, the pay/retirement/scope/ltd gap is getting shockingly wide at most longevities. If your gap is 75-100% don't lowball yourself on the survey. You need to be asking for that and not settling for less. It's not greedy, it's fair. It's a crazy number to have to write but it's not crazy because you are asking for something too high, it's crazy because we are compensated so low.

If they want to say we need work rules to match the legacies if we want compensation to match and if they say we need to give up transition conflict then they need to show me they are serious. Offer us the entire United contract word for word with no adjustments or editing and then I know they are serious. We do not have some qol that is worth a $100k concession every year. For most of us our qol could be close to, matched, or better under legacy work rules (AA is an outlier).

Management: offer us the United Pilot Agreement and we can get this done tomorrow I bet. Otherwise you and for that matter the negotiating committee and MEC are not interested in a fair deal for both parties.