Sniper,

You're completely wrong. He doesn't bash RJ pilots. He has bashed RJ pilots contracts and has tried to raise their expectations of what a mainline contract ought to look like. He tries to raise the bar for all of us. His arguments are forceful and direct. Perhaps you ought to re read his posts and/or work on your reading comprehension? Or better yet, call him out on the other forum and ask for him an explanation of his position? Is he irascible at times? Sure. So were Lyndon Johnson, George Patton and Rick Dubinsky. There is plenty of room for fervent disagreement and strongly held viewpoints.

Believe me, I am no apologist for him and have been on the reaming end of his rebukes many, many times. You should try it. You might learn something if you're not too thinned skinned and are willing to attach some historical perspective to management / pilot relations since deregulation. Its a forum, not a cotillion!

If I were to get into a wringer with the flight office, he would be the first or second guy on my list of reps to walk into the chief pilots office with. Of course, thats not an option. But it is an endorsement.

So what if he was an intern? He busted his ass and got lucky. Who do you want on your side? A pitbull or a pomeranian?