Originally Posted by
JimLaheyTPS
What a dumpster fire of a thread. I’ve been at UA 6.5 years and have enjoyed my time immensely. But it’s still a job and I want to be on the clock as little as possible. We have a lot of really good things about working here and a few that could always be better. If I didn’t get hired at United, I would not hesitate to have applied to Spirit. My good friends there seem to have a lot of positive things and some not so pleasant things to say about their daily life on the line.
Gosh, sure sounds like we all have a lot in common. Bunch of good people trying to make an honest and have a nice time away from home while doing so.
As for the guy coming on here bragging about his 767 trips to Europe or holding a guppy Captain seat with his few years here... big deal dude. Flying 5 trips to Europe a month isn’t the definition of living the dream and there is a reason why captain seats on the NB are going so junior. Clearly the pay is not worth the sacrifice of wearing a 4th stripe at a legacy airline. Let’s all be humble and grateful we are all here seeing our industry surging forward.
This guy gets it. There’s so many variables as to what works better for one or the other. We’re all somewhat married to the airline that hired us, so I get why people take things a little personally, but tone it down. The more someone tries to argue that “my airline is better than yours”, the more it comes across as self validation.