Originally Posted by
jetlink
Here's a fundamental difference between pilots like you and I;
I never said anything about my pilot skills, I said; I do my job according to contract with UA. It's obvious, you are a victim of UA ALPA brainwashed indoctrination in Denver TK, or perhaps your parents were telling you that you are a special, one of the kind individual.
"Your management" - well it's OUR management if you work for UA, you are not an independent contractor here; you are operating under the same management as I am. The only difference is that I understand the complexity of managing multilevel corporate network. Average pilot management experience is limited to CA position, and it's far from experience of corporate manager, dealing with complexity of manpower, budget, planning and goals, performance reviews, and yes, corporate politics.
The irony is that it is clear that Jeff Smisek would have been an awful airline pilot. The principals of CRM, which have applications in any managerial scenario, were completely alien to his being. He shut down those that questioned him and surrounded himself with yes men and women. This allowed one poor decision after another to be implemented and go unchallenged. The result is that we now work for the weakest major airline in America which will be the most vulnerable to the next industry calamity.