Originally Posted by
Fleet Warp
Good Job btw, I can tell you did it for the fame and not the service. So thank you for nothing.
Other then the military boasting, You bring up one great point, because it perfectly aligns with my narrative! Thank you! Every single legacy out there (but Alaska is by far the least tasteful) has sold the collective profession down river.
Because this sub is filled with extremes: egotistical gloaters and miserable depressors, I could care less about any of you. How bout dat?! VX never had a chance to have a positive influence upon you, and thats just too bad now. 3/4-ish of Horizon pilots dont want to pathway into Alaska unless its the last possible alternative. How bout dat?!
The article said a replacement to aging 737's but you miserable fools immediately started screaming about scope, its even in the title. And not one of you stopped and said whoa, we need scope but lets be civilized because the sky aint falling yet. I dont give a damn about your management, I care about the union that is is supposed to keep them honest. How bout dat?!
Since, I will either retire here or move on, I now hope we get the E195s. I'm sure your egoists will happily allow that for $1/hour, and we will do it for cheaper and commiserate with the not terrible among you as we take your jobs. Might be that 3/4-ish of Horizon pilot group agrees, hahaha. How bout dat?! And if those aircraft go to SkyWest, I will say adios, and go to my 4th regional or back to corporate since 3rd time wasnt the charm. How bout dat?!
You have no idea what you're talking about. Go back into your fantasy world, and tell all your friends how awesome you were for holding onto a mil job an extra decade while the civilian world put the pieces back together. Or learn something, because we did not have a choice. The lost decade hit the civilian pilot world hard and we care about scope because we know first hand that starting again at seniority zero SUCKS. The regionals never should have gone beyond a turbo-prop but mainline pilots, who are just as full of themselves as you are, sold it all for an additional fraction of pay. So here we are.
Since time is all I have sitting reserve, I'll play.
I state a fact and you say that I'm boasting. You sound like some of the incompetent narccistic commanders I used to work for. You know, the ones who like to speak out of their anus because they enjoy hearing themselves make noises out of both ends.
Service is service, regardless of intent and ambitions. Everyone who I flew fighters with did not start out wanting to just "serve". Yes, everyone! We all shared a common goal of being fighter pilots. Sense of patriotism and service came along the way. You can bleed red, blue, and white all day but in the end, you risk it all for the person standing next to you and your buds. Maybe you haven't caught on but this country or the world for that matter, very much like the company and the union, could careless about you. They are no better than corporate America; everyone uses each other for gain. Understand this: corporate America runs the government and not the other way around. The bottom line is $$$ and if you ain't performing, you'll be out of a job real quick. If you can understand this and accept the fact, life will get much easier. Too many of you live in denial and when expectations aren't met, you all cry like little girls. Life's vertigo.
Dude, I don't know what you did to be stuck in a rut. You must have a skeleton or two in your closet, personal flaws, or plain bad luck though I don't believe in bad luck. As for your flawed observation of my career, I did not stay an extra decade. I did my minimum commitement and separated. While I was in, I did everything I can to accrue as many hours as possible to be competitive on the out side, which meant turning down the coveted weapons school slot. I did everything in my power and made huge sacrifices to make myself marketable to the airlines. Can you say that for yourself? Alaska was my dream airline but soon realized its major flaws and so I left for another legacy.
Feel free to drown in your sorrows. It's your life. As the saying goes, early birds gets the worm. You can fight on or crawl up and die. You didn't have a choice?!?! Very weak excuse. Everyone has a choice in this free country, bro.