Originally Posted by
tnkrdrvr
Ouch! No offense, but you probably won’t find a more unified or laid back pilot group than the IPA. An entertaining thread to follow. I think the OP has great options. In his shoes I would choose United and work in training kingdom, simply because that’s what my neighbor in Monument did and he had a good life. FEDEX would be better financially, but you won’t have the expense of traveling back to Colorado for ski season.
Pretty sure he was referring to the company's relationship with the pilots, and not the pilot group itself. I've heard that the IPA had to fight for everything they have. One of my favorite stories is when the IPA fought with the company to get coffee makers in some of your airplanes. I don't remember the exact details, but the gist was the company notoriously didn't want to pay for anything.