Originally Posted by
KnockKnock
This is a perfect example of what I’m talking about in the “spirit of AS” thread. This guy gets jumped because he offers a personal perspective that differs from the extreme views of one end of the spectrum. He acknowledges that there’s much to fix at AS but because he doesn’t say it’s the death spiral some feel it is, he gets called stupid, dunce, liar and more... For those that feel it’s the worst place to work, that’s fine, YOU, feel that way. It’s also fine that others don’t feel that way. It doesn’t mean the guy won’t be pulling for a better CBA come voting day. Why the need to attack him because he doesn’t hate his life or regurgitate the same extreme rhetoric as you?
Well said. Chalk it up to "kids these days". The only opinions allowed are those of the collective. Tolerance only applies if you hold their world view. I am beginning to feel as if the movie Idiocracy is prophetic.
All that being said, I have been at Alaska for a while. I've seen good times and bad. I expect that cycle to continue until I retire. I have completed 66% of a 30 year career. I can actually see the finish line, even though it's 10 long years away.
B Scale, Kasher, Merger, were all things that sucked, but it's simply part of the industry. Life is never perfect. I suggest we all put our big boy pants on and deal with it. I have no time for snowflakes.
Before the collective starts howling at the moon about what a jack wagon I am, let me say this - you (fellow AK pilots) have no better friend in the fox hole than me when it comes to improving our contract. I do everything that I can to improve this place.
The banter on this board cracks me up sometimes. Commuting to reserve sucks! - well there is a shocker! Who would have thunk it? The only man I ever knew that had a wonderful life commuting to reserve was a UAL B747-400 Captain. He retired (at age 60) after 34 years at UAL. He did a transcon commute and frequently had to go to sim for currency bounces. That was then, this is now. The industry has changed. My UAL friend (RIP) use to complain about how much the industry had changed during his career. His "life" was far better than anything I'll ever see. And the career of the men before him was far better (in his opinion) than anything he ever saw. And on and on it goes.
So, what do we do? Fight, scratch, claw, kick and punch for every scrap of meat we can get. "They" want to give as little meat as possible. We want as much meat as we can lay my hands on. I believe that we can and will get more. It will come sooner if we work together for a better contract for all. Unfortunately, the greedy individual just taking care of #1 is prevalent around here.
Rant over!