Reactivity

Yes. Yes, it does.

To comment further on the subject, this is a huge strategic blunder on his part. As has been noted more than once, much of the pilot group he loathes is headed for retirement in the next few years. There is a completely different group coming in. He could have set the stage for relatively peaceful labor relations for the next decade. Instead, he's likely to get the opposite. I was fairly ambivalent about a lot of this stuff when it was just stories and anecdotes. But now that I find myself (again) in the position of the red-headed stepchild, made a pariah during an investor conference call, I think I cannot afford to ignore the CEO's attitude toward me.