Originally Posted by IAHB756

I have and do "suck it up". I have no problem with it. I never pursued a military career and therefore have only one job in which to rely on in good times and in bad. My decision. What bothers me and others is the self righteous, entitled belief that while on "leave", one should also reap the rewards earned by those who were working full time at this airline and thus were eligible for the "signing bonus". Nothing personal, just business.

With regards to this "new crop of managers" you speak of, let's do a quick rundown why don't we. Flight operations management supervising pilots directly (Chief Pilots)
LAX Alberto Diaz (LUAL)
SFO Lawrence Ellis (LUAL)
DEN Rob Biddle (LUAL)
IAH Bebe O'Neal (LUAL)
IAD James Simons (LUAL)
ORD Bo Ellis (LUAL)
EWR Bill Konrad (LUAL)
GUM Pierre Freney (LCAL)
CLE Falls under ORD (LUAL)
Maybe it is coming from the folks at Willis Tower?
SVP Howard Attarian (LUAL)
MD/System Chief Bryan Quigley (LUAL)
MD Flight Operations Rick Muir (LCAL)
Or might the new crop be the leadership at DTK?
MD Training Mike McCasky (LUAL)
MD Standards John Weigand (LUAL)
Both have directors under them (LUAL)
From the SVP on down, the management of flight operations at UAL (whom I happen to think are doing a pretty darn good job right now) is extremely LUAL heavy. Not sure how "new" they are to you but they are all new names to me. Again, nothing personal meant by my post earlier. I am agnostic with regards to legacy politics and don't care to venture into a discussion of who's this or that was better. Have a great week.