Originally Posted by
Contrail06
And you’ve missed my point entirely. You’re painting me out to be the least sympathetic united pilot on property here. I’m not. I’m simply a guy who said he was the bottom guy in a snapshot and I don’t see the reason Old Mako had correlated my comment with a furlough from 18 years ago. It seems anytime anything good is happening here some United guy has to come out from the darkness and say “ Well you better watch out, it can all be worse”. It gets old!
One furlough is not relevant to the next. They are all different circumstances and having an immense knowledge of a furlough that happened in 2001 won’t prepare you for the next set of challenges unless you really don’t understand what happens when an airline furloughs...which I think we all know the chain of events.
Thanks for your mentoring.
I don’t know you or your history... but if you’re a student of history (or lived it like many here) you can understand why guys are dismissive of the current run of good times, and advocate preparing for the next storm. They also have little tolerance for whining about how terrible xyz situation is because whatever that situation is today there was a time guys would’ve given their first born to only be burdened with that “problem.” (My profit sharing is only 6%!!! WT!$@?%#)
I.e. a new hire whining about 6 months being on reserve to a double furlough.