No we are different in most ways. Somebody that has had the career history he has, should be more apprehensive and certainly not have the blind faith that he has now. It's one thing to compare the 20 year upgrades and the pay deficit but it's a whole other to positively spin unfavorable things that the company is doing. An IBB is coming even though the union president sent an email specifically addressing that and saying no. No hiring for the rest of the year means that the company is refocusing on efficiency even though people are still leaving. Reducing the overall fleet size somehow allows them to grow the fleet later on. Reducing the pilot group size is because of sim issues even though the company has been reducing the pilot group size essentially since they began hiring post furlough.

These things don't add up, and most can see it except him. He hates the airline industry and is universally pro NetJets. Any sort of factual comparisons to other companies or highlighting issues at NetJets (because there are issues there, believe me), constitutes burning bridges to him. I don't regret going to NetJets and I was happy to be gainfully employed by them for sure, but there will never be a thread on the union MB or APC that asks about NetJets, that he won't jump all over to show how awesome NetJets is from the perspective of a 16 year captain who upgraded in indoc.

Honestly it's people like him why many of the initial new hire classes post furlough feel like they were lied to. Lots of spin on things when you asked questions during the interview process. I think that had a lot to do with contract negotiations so now that the dust has settled from that, it's much easier to snapshot your future should you decide to go there.