Originally Posted by seekingblue

Sorry if I've been unclear. Let me state my position-

-Our pay, benefits (401k and health insurance) should match DL/AA/UA/SWA. Fingers crossed for contract #2

- We have zero control over our management. I think we will always trail our peers here.

-We don't have such a large network, so our non-reving options won't be as good (since we are smaller)

-I am also hoping for a United merger. However, I am not banking on it. Others should make the decision to come here (or not) based on what Jetblue is today. Same goes with the other big 4. Go where is best now, and ignore the rumors.

I'm sorry about pulling out the "if you don't like it leave card." What is so frustrating is guys who complain and don't actively try and help (by volunteering at the union, etc). Sitting on an anonymous message board complaining is counterproductive. Just seems silly to me. I enjoy my 17-18 days off a month and really don't want to see/hear or think about this place more than that. I treat this job very differently than most. I'm an outlier on my views of this job and that's okay.

You seem like a nice dude. I think we just view things differently. I think we can both agree on 2 things-

1) I hope United buys us

2) beer is good.


Good luck to you and I hope we can grab a beer if we work together.


Cheers.