Originally Posted by
Hobbit64
Although, I try to think of one of our pilots that I met before getting hired here. I was on my way to the southwest internal job fair hoping to get an interview. He spent a good bit of time telling me about the good aspects of the company and wished me luck on the job fair and the possibility of getting an interview. He asked what I had planned when I got to Dallas before the Job fair the next day. I told him I needed to get a tie tack because I’d forgotten mine and couldn’t find any in the airport while waiting for my connection in Atlanta. He immediately pulled his tie tack off and gave it to me. This has been a common theme while I’ve been here and I truly am happy to work with the vast majority of folks. I left the Facebook page ten minutes after reading it and haven’t been back to the SWAPA forums either. I’ve gotta keep an eye on the 1/2 full part of the glass.
Well said. I was on the SWAPA board once and couldn’t take it, and left the FB page after a short time. Most guys you fly with aren’t represented by the very few negatives on SM, but there are those that are pleasant to you in the cockpit that you know will throw you under the bus when the time comes. They’ll let you go on food stamps and unemployment and then tell you how much they appreciated your sacrifice when you finally get recalled, not having to face any hardship themselves, while they’re bragging about the new RV, boat and plane.
I’m preparing for furlough; our expenses are low (the RE license is current and the CDL-A is almost done) and hopefully will not need the help of an assessment, but it would be nice to know that most of our fellow pilots actually live by the kool-aid they drink and are really there for us.