Originally Posted by
BMEP100
Your ignorance is showing Joe. There were less than 100 '83 scabs on the property at the merger, some of which were former ALPA members at Braniff and TWA. Less than about 50 left around here today. A bit fewer than the 85 United scabs, and far fewer than the 600 or so former PEX and NYA pilots.
But yeah, I get it. It's always fashionable to trash talk your fellow pilots based in Houston. Makes you feel like one of the kool kids, huh?
And right, the Houston pilots were always loved better by mgt, and they loved losing money to protect them.
Economy in the tank?. Try hiring a home builder, or remodeler in the Houston area. We'll put you on the waiting list.
This DEN marketing ping pong is beyond boring. It is an inexperienced marketing department that does understand the market and is trying to make a name for themselves. They will eventually go the way of their predecessors who tried the same thing, failed and left in their wake damaged families, careers and revenue losses for their former employer.
O,BTW, who are we merging with now? That's the United way.. right. Merger on the horizon, so cancel orders, park airplanes, lose money so as to make the next merger partner look better in the list arbitration?
Give us a break and put away your tin foil hat.
Ok, substitute '83-'85 scabs if it makes you feel better. If you don't think IAH was treated with kid gloves by Abbott and his a-hole friends you weren't paying attention. I remember looking at the IAH 757 bid packages and seeing half the lines start with a DHD to EWR, they constantly forced flying to IAH especially after Abbott got his feelings hurt by Kaye Riggs.
Just because you can't find a builder doesn't mean the economy is roaring, I guarantee you it's just as hard in SFO and IAD and their economies aren't directly tied to the price of energy.
When the RASM is increasing, calling the people who decide on marketing "inexperienced" rings a little hollow. Maybe you could swing by Willis Tower and help them out on your days off.