Respectfully, I have read through the various threads and I believe the overwhelming reason for the "friction" is the misguided belief and assertion of some AS pilots that somehow they are superior to VX pilots and we should be beyond ourselves with gratitude that AS bought us, and as a result, we get to treat you like the vanquished.

They then proceed to attack not just the airline but our pilot body en masse, not even having the facts on the true history of VX, nor knowing anything about the pilots as individuals. When they do that, of course you're gonna get push back, and some of it may be dis-respectful in equal measure. That's the nature of sensitive topics on internet forums.

I'll tell you this...On the VX side, nobody I know, myself included, think of any AS pilot as lesser (or better for that matter) , than any VX pilot. We are brothers in the profession. What we hate is the sh***y contract. And it truly is sh***y for a legacy mainline carrier.. Even AS pilots acknowledge that.

So the position of some of us is, given that there were several airlines who were interested in buying us, we believe that AS was the worst possible acquisition outcome. It's an opinion. It's not aimed at the pilots. Whether one wants to say it in an anonymous forum or publicly, it's their prerogative....

However, some (not all) AS guys take that personally and go bat sh*** crazy with their responses and only end up displaying that despite how highly they think of themselves, they really are devoid of class and decorum.