Well this May transition has exposed a lot of cracks in the operation.

With managements false accusations of organized and illegal pilot group work actions, it has been clearly communicated by management that they rely on pilots going above and beyond to make this place run at all. How they draw no correlation between morale and "wanting to go the extra mile" is beyond me.

The way I see it, they would be foolish to try to further beat the group down (beyond wreck-less comments already made by our CEO exposing their true thoughts and feelings about us to investors in public forums knowing we would see them). That would only serve to make the pilots value this company even less in the long term as they bail to other shops also trying to work less in order to free up their schedules to double time it to job fairs, interviews, volunteering and networking opportunities.

The way out of this mess for the company over the long term to shore up the operation is to value the pilot group. In turn they will value the company. I don't mean cost neutral patronizing "high five" type programs that further inflame relations by implying we are children, but where it matters: in the value of a new contract. Fire these "consulting firms" that suggest any of that childish bs works. It doesn't. Not alone anyway. Not with careerist adults. They will see pilots going to the ends of the earth for the passengers and for the well being of the company if they communicate, via a substantive increase in the work agreement, pilot's value to company.

Keep defecating on the pilot group and expect little to nothing other than what is contractually required of them in return as they try to jump from this stinking sinking ship.

No more empty words and high fives.

Contract Now!