Originally Posted by
LJ Driver
Not at United.
I take the view that when United Airlines does well, WE do well. When we have record revenue, hopefully we will get a decent contract. When we have decent profits, we get a nice bonus in profit sharing. When our customers are happy, and want to fly on our planes and pay our salaries, that’s good for all of us.
Conversely, when the airline fails, all of us suffer. I don’t understand the attitude of “F it, not my job, let this ***** crash and burn because it isn’t my problem”. It is our problem, like it or not to the customer we are the leadership face of United.
It boggles my mind that Newark can fail so badly everyday during every summer season and absolutely nothing has changed? Who is ok with that? Pilots are born and bred to solve problems, this isn’t impossible to figure out. Not to mention that fixing Newark would save the company many more millions of $ then probably any other cost cutting measure within our control.
How exactly are YOU going to fix ramp and congestion issues at EWR? Maybe write a strongly worded letter, or make some passive aggressive quips on ops frequency? Try talking to management and see where that gets you. Unfortunately you’re dealing with a management that’s full of rainbows and unicorns and small on solutions. And your input will be summarily dismissed, no matter what they told you at charm school.