Originally Posted by
Grumpyaviator
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.
A high percentage guys here are addicted to open time and have been going through a long and painful withdrawal period whose beginnings roughly coincide with the time I got hired on.
I have never felt much a part of this so-called family. What I have felt like is a crasher at a wedding who keeps getting dirty looks from the groomsmen and bridesmaids for trying to cut in line at the open bar.
If I’d have known what this place was all about I don’t know that I would have invested nearly as much time and effort as I did in getting on here.