I agree with your second paragraph in principle. It just occurs to me and others that many of you take everyday issues personally and blow it up into something it's not. Look, I worked at Mesa. I don't care how bad you think things can get here. Our worst day is better than the best day at Mesa. I don't even know where to begin so I won't even start or else I'll blow an artery. But I have perspective on this issue. So take it for what it's worth.

As far as Skyvector goes..some of you were way too hard on him. You didn't like him because he was positive. Then from there you worked backwards to find reasons to justify not liking him. Bogus.

Maybe I'm biased. I know the guy in real life. I flew with him a couple of times recently and he is easily one of the top 3 Captains I have ever flown with. Easy going, laid back, yet professional. Not to mention really funny and fun to hang out with. I know it's not just me because other FOs always speak positive about flying with him. One FO told a story of how he got to his car at the end of a trip to see a flat tire and he didn't have a spare. Skyvector has been his Captain on that trip and was there. Instead of going home to spend time with his family, Skyvector drove the guy to discount tire, drove him back to DFW with the new tire then changed it for him. I mean...say what you will. That's pretty stand up.

I texted him this morning and he just laughed this whole banning business off. He doesn't care. But unfortunately we lost one of the only actual sane voices around here who actually provided some useful information. Yeah...he was positive because he is a positive person. Better than you grim reapers we have around here.