When I got hired in 2014 one of the things that I really liked was that there was the impression that ALPA and management work together to get things done which I liked very much. However ever since contract 2015 Was turned down That has soured. I do believe our union was more antagonistic than it needed to be, but then again many people perceive the company as having trying to have pulled a fast one on us.

If you have a problem personally my experience has been nothing short of spectacular with our Chief Pilot Office and I’ve heard the same from many other people.

culture will vary based base and obviously the tongue-in-cheek view is that Atlanta is full of uptight Van-Admirals but that is not the truth. Every airline I have worked at, the impression of pilots being the most uptight in the airlines home base has always existed. There are mostly good guys and there are some bad guys. In New York at least I believe your observation of professional, safe, and enjoyable people to fly with is accurate.

Delta really strives to be a “big family”. whether you want to drink the Delta juice it’s up to you but I feel that over the last few years of contracts being turned down and especially managements heavy-handed attempt to get the union to take cuts during the pandemic which has now backfired horribly in terms of staffing and schedules has not left the mood phenomenal but on that same note it’s way better than most places I’ve worked.

Basically there’s very few people I flown with here that I’ve not enjoyed flying with and I am very happy to be here while being a realist and under standing I’m a cog in the machine.

I will also add That my perception is that the culture is much different in a positive way for the non-pilot employees. When Covid happened many of the ground people that I met and talked to had taken voluntary time off to “save the company” and We’re definitely more “all hands on deck” than the pilot group was whether that was naivety on their part or just love for the company.

I’ll leave with the fact that we have many bases and many fleets And domestic versus international. On domestic you’re most likely never layover with the flight attendants and you will most likely never fly with the same captain more than twice. My perception from talking to guys that fly international is that there is a bit more camaraderie since you tend to fly with not only multiple people at a time but the categories are smaller so you get to know people a little better.

overall it’s a good culture, I’m happy every day I work here and enjoy who I work with. I would say from a pilot perspective it seems like the mood at FedEx and United is very good lately, I would say we are in that conversation as well.