Originally Posted by STLPilotGod

I like seeing his research and his posts. People have a right to relevant information and pointing to actual filed court cases that have gone to judgment tells people a lot.

In 1987 I was leaving the Air Force and instead of Gojet there was Continental and Eastern both run by Frank Lorenzo. Everyone in the pilot world talked badly about them. I applied to all the majors and the first 2 to offer me jobs were Continental and Eastern in Feb 88. At the interview each told me how badly they needed me right away. I went with another airline. Both Continental and Eastern put me into pools. Continental didn't call for 7 months. Eastern called me 5 days after their strike started. Basically they strung me along to have a pool of pilots available for the strike. I'm glad I had choices and I had not waited for Eastern.

For years I would look at the Wall Street journal every day, they had an index in every edition to see if a company was referenced in an article. Also USAToday, NY Times, etc. I kept an eye on every airline, or airline to be. There was a retired pilot in Los Angeles who put out a weekly or monthly paper on what was happening at every airline, Captain Nichols if memory serves. Gathering information was difficult and time consuming. It is nice to have this forum where people can become informed. There is nothing wrong with seeing varying opinions.

One thing is clear to me, if you want to know if an airline will survive, look at how they treat their employees.