Originally Posted by
WHACKMASTER
Let’s just call a spade a spade here. The SWA/AT deal was a gun held to the AT pilot group’s head. NO ONE on our side thought it was a fair or good deal and yet well over 80% voted to accept it. Think about that. What does that tell you?
Make no mistake that the same threats will be hurled towards the Alaska pilot group (or Spirit or whoever). You’re dealing with a pilot group and union that actually proposed putting ALL of our pilots on probation once they transitioned over to the SWA side. Yes, even our most senior cptns. Yes, you read that right.
So just keep in mind the pompous mentality & attitude that we’re talking about here. Be careful what you wish for.
Let it go whack. I wasn’t here when that all went down, but the amount of acrimony that still exists is because guys like you just can’t move on. At best it was a tie, at worst some AirTran guys got a little bit hosed. The worst part in my opinion is that lives got uprooted when a lot of pilots were forced to relocate or commute to atl. It is what it is, though, and considering the turbulence of this business, the fact that all the pilots kept their jobs when the vast majority of their aircraft went to a competitor says something.
We are all one group now and the vast majority of FAT pilots that I fly with are great guys who get what happened. There are just a few, though, including one individual that I had to endure for 3 days of training, that can’t seem to accept that they work for a different company now and the sooner they integrate, the better their lives will be. I am a firm believer in the 520 mentality. I don’t care where the money comes from or how it magically appears in my account.