Flynndawg,

While you were living your Kasher misery, a lot of VX guys were waking up to not having an airline to work for at all. Remember Aloha, ATA, Airborne and Independence? We had to start over and suffer fighting for representation, fighting for decent work rules and fair treatment. One of the only things we were given from the start was commutable schedules.

Yes, we got a raise. You did as well in advance of your amendable date. Becoming Eskimos isn't the problem as most of us don't care what the call sign or paint job is, we just want good work rules and good schedules. When we see an email from SEA crew planning telling us to pound sand over commutable schedules and see evidence of gate agents being told to slam the jetway doors on last minute commuters it sets an unnecessarily adverse tone. This is why the morale is low on the Bus side.

Seeing more MEL stickers in one day than we've seen in a whole month and the upcoming SLI award are just the whipped cream and cherry topping to a big ca-ca sundae.

So we acknowledge the raw deal you got over a decade ago. Please acknowledge that together we can work to fix this place for the better. If not, it will be a case of crips vs bloods and the company wins while we fight. Be smart.