Almost everything dera says is bs unfortunately. It's too bad because he's a prolific poster and could provide a balanced view but he's so busy blowing rainbow-colored smoke to try to offset what he (as a lazy 175 FO who lives in Dallas w/ no ability to put himself in somebody else's shoes) sees as unjustifiably negative "whining" from the rest of us. Ironically, if dera landed a CRJ slot he'd probably be complaining more frantically than the rest of us combined.

The real thing that saves this place is the people you work with. Everyone, with very rare exception, is cool. You don't have to look at your trips and wonder if CA Soandso is a sociopath. Skills and experience levels vary a lot, but I've gotten paired with a jerk for exactly 4 days in my time here and even this guy was starting to come around by the time we set the parking brake for the last time. I might get booed for saying this, but some of the schedulers have a heart too. Management is a different story, obviously.