Originally Posted by
IFlyNFish
I may be proving your point, in your mind... and you’re also validating the “head in the clouds” mentality that plagues a majority in SEA.
I’d still like to know how many were furloughed percentage relative to the big 3. If I find it I’ll repost.
We maybe fared slightly better than the big 3 but we did not do well in the bad times and have not capitalized on great times.
With the retirements looming elsewhere, I’d argue it’s better to be the plug at UAL, AA, maybe DL, than to be 85% at AS, today.
And I understand the options that were available when the pension was sold out. It wasn’t lost due to BK, the pilots at the time gave it away.
No head in the clouds on my end. Just looking at what's happened, what's happening now and I'm basing my opinion on those things. Is AS doing well compared to the other big airlines now? You've already answered no, so that aligns with my saying AS is not a great "UP" economy airline from a pilots perspective. You've agreed AS did "slightly" better than the others during the down times. Sooo, that aligns with my saying AS is a better down economy airline than it is an up economy airline. You and I have a difference of opinion and that's o.k.