Originally Posted by
baseball
I am reminded by a talk I once had with a very respected senior captain while I was a 737 FO back in the day.
He said "son, you're just a widget in a penguin suit. Don't ever think for a minute you're anything else. Management is management, and pilots are hired help. Management takes care of their own, and we take care of our own. If management is offering good will, it's only to use it against you later. Think of every transaction here as a negotiation with a prostitute. You negotiate what you want, and be specific, and management will do the same. It's all a simple business transaction, un-emotional, and unforgiving."
We have a lot of people here who want to take the joy out of what we do for a living. I ignore those people and take pride in this job. There are much worse jobs than this one, including other airline pilot jobs.
Plus I’m sure this was the rhetoric the scabs all told each other when he crossed the picket line.