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SpecialTracking
I'm not sure what you are seeing but most are quite eager and excited to be here. Their vision of United might be somewhat skewed from the way many of us view it but that's ok. I try to remember the way I was when I was hired. I liken it to a Lab puppy. Give them a couple years and wait till they are neutered by those above and they'll settle down just fine.
Aside from that, the 3% rule will always prevail.
As a rule, most of them are fine if not exceptional so you are correct. The ones that really stood out had no business even darkening our doorstep. As you point out so sagely, I too was an eager puppy with not a hint of arrogance and oh-so grateful to be on board. The disasters I've been saddled with recently weren't that at all. Not one sign of humbleness and unsuccessfully trying to run the show from the right seat. As I've pointed out earlier they all came from the same commuter airline and were all check airman so perhaps I'm just unlucky.