Originally Posted by
fly4booz
It’s my observation and opinions of some of the captains whom I’ve flown with. Resumes and hours don’t always paint a rosy picture. There are more weak new hires than usual with personality flaws to boot. It’s just what I hear on the line.
You have to ask? It’s been hashed out already. Alaska acquired VX. It’s really not a merger. Our MEC offered the VX pilot group a fair deal but they refused. VX side is shooting for the stars while Alaska morons fell for the “fair and equitable “ proposal in arbitration, once again. With upgrades forecasted to be 9+ years, stagnation, uncertainty, subpar work rules, upcoming SLI sh!t show, etc., this place isn’t for me. It’s only going to get worse before things improve. The only thing I’ll miss are the great bunch of crews, CAs and FAs.
You still didn’t answer the question. When were you hired, sounds like less than 3 years on property? The rest of your commentary on acquisition not a merger is irrelevant. ALPA has a policy for merger/acquisition scenarios for ALPA-ALPA carriers and that’s what happened. And by what metric are you sayin the AS offer was a “fair deal?”
The rest of the stuff about 9 yr upgrades, stagnation, subpar rules, etc, was AS as standalone carrier anyway.