Originally Posted by Airsupport

i will clarify a few things in this post since traveljunky was either fired from pinnacle, or he is a disgruntled worker (all of his post are pinnacle bashing and he has contributed nothing to this message board except that). he is correct. you are not an employee till you pass your checkride. ground school is what you make it. i learned a lot during the ground school portion and felt very good about being prepared for my oral exam. ground school isn't hard, but you get out what you put into it. the hotel is the worst you will ever stay at.. nuff said about that. most of the instructors now are line pilots who were bought off. and brad was a furloughed delta guy who was called back, so if returning to your previous job is "jumping ship" then yeah, i guess he did. we are a great pilot group, but far from struggling under nwa. we are struggling because of ourselves, not from outside sources. nwa signed a 10 year contract with us, delta signed a 10 year contract for us, so the business is there. what we need is to stick together as a group and force management to see things our way. i feel very optimistic that this management will see it our way by the end of october.