Originally Posted by
Work4life
Wow dude, you just don't get it. I now see why VX hired folks with no degrees and pilots in general who can't be hired elsewhere.
It's really simple. VX needed to go away. It was a leach taking away from the market without even doing themselves any good. VX investors weren't happy with VX so they bailed. AS didn't need VX to grow on the west coast. So genius, do you see AS growing any of your original routes? VX was a liability for AS and B6 had to be stopped because B6 was going to use it as a buffer to the west. VX was to B6 what N. Korea is to China. If N. Korea went away tomorrow, they'll be doing the world a favor. You talk about strategic business decision and obviously you weren't very successful since you parked at VX.
I just call it like it is and if that comes across as a sense of superiority, it appears that you may have a bad case of inferiority complex. I find it comical that the worst sticks are the biggest jerks in the cockpit and the ignorant fools are the loudest of the bunch.
I'm curious as to why you keep saying pilots from VX do not have degrees and could not be hired anywhere else. I have a degree, no violations, no DUI's, no failed checkrides, and nothing else on my record that would preclude from getting hired anywhere else. 95% of the guys I fly with fall into this category. The initial cadre of pilots came from, Aloha, ATA, Midwest, US Airways, Delta(early retirees), Airborne, and the military. Is it anger or frustration from your back and forth with the other poster? Or is the the general thought process of an Alaska pilot? I know these ideas get passed around as rumors and soon become know as facts. Is this the impression from Alaska pilots toward the VX pilots?