Originally Posted by
Mercyful Fate
You know, you are actually right. I did ask a question that I already knew the answer to. You see, you have one of those attitudes that some of the "less senior" guys carry that the senior guys hate. I mean come on, you have racked up close to 8,000 posts on a forum board, when you could have spent that time working harder on becoming a better pilot and better representative of your company. You see, it is because of guys like you, companies have to have social media guidelines and policies.
I would guarantee that your management would not be impressed with how you represent your company on here. I guarantee a lot of your fellow ALPA pilots would not be impressed with how you represent yourself on here.
General Lee did it over on flightinfo, and you do it here. Delta has some seriously wonderful pilots and employee's, quit making the widget look stupid.
Thread closed.
Despite your implied stereotype, there just aren't many "senior" pilots chomping at the bit to sell bottom end scope. If anything, the top end is more of a carrot for the bottom of the list than it is for those already at the top. There are plenty of very senior "scope hawks" as well as junior pilots who just aren't watching it very closely ATM. The resistance to further scope sales is coming from all across the seniority spectrum. That's why I just don't see it happening for you.
The industry is now several post BK contracts into this, and the line is being held quite strongly.
While you attempt to act better than others, you constantly resort to immature personal and ad hominem attacks and even thinly veiled threats. That's really classy of you, and it shows your character, as well as highlights the hypocrisy of the high and mighty tone you try to exude on one hand while resorting to that on the other.
Its clear that you either work for or have a strong vested interest in SKYW. That's fine, and I've said numerous times that they run a good operation and I give them credit for that. But IMO you're just not going to get larger flying for DL or UAL because the unions won't allow it, and they'd have to for you to be able to. That flying is 100% owned and controlled by the union pilot PWA's so relief would be needed for your airline to get the permission to fly bigger planes.
Of course, we can (and do) disagree on the likelihood of that permission being granted. You think its a 100% given, and I don't think it will happen. But even if it does, it will be the choice of the mainline pilot groups to decide to permit it for you. That it simply out of your hands.
I really don't see why that would upset you so much. I get that you're a SKYW fan, and that's fine. They've always been one of the better run regionals out there and I've said as much repeatedly. You're just not going to get larger planes to fly for DL or UAL in my opinion. Sorry if that offends you.