Originally Posted by
IA Moose
You’re not wrong and healthy skepticism is always a good starting position for us. But I’ll add one more positive about AW that isn’t related to his fleet/network aspirations. The dude’s straight up honest and forthright. Back in new hire training we peppered him with questions and he was very direct. Even basically told us LAX would be the next base about 6 months before it was announced even though he wasn’t supposed to. Was also not holding back about strategic mistakes he felt the company was making. After hearing nothing but GK and VDV answer our questions like politicians up til that point it was a huge breath of fresh air and made me a believer!
Well, we'll see. I remember when Babbitt was first hired to negotiate for the company. People here actually praised that decision. That also goes for nearly every VP of flight ops. "So and so is a good $#/π," Ad nauseam. Then reality sets in.
Look people. Maybe the direction of the company will change 3°. Or maybe not. What's for certain is these people are not our buddies. They always seem to become adversarial as soon as they are in the hot seat. Let them do what they do. We need to focus on pulling the "no" lever at least once, maybe twice. And maybe stack some greenbacks for the 3 minutes/days/weeks when you might need to dip into your piggy bank for your Cheerios and beer money.