Originally Posted by Iregretnothing

I don’t really understand the whole “don’t upgrade because we’re fighting for a contract” thing. You’re essentially telling someone to give up a life changing pay raise to force the company’s hand, yet I see hardly any current captains leaving the left seat. Why not? Money perhaps? It’s amazing how hostile pilots can be towards there fellow pilots. If you tell me not to upgrade I will tell you to downgrade. If your response is “no, I earned where I am” I’ll tell you to **** right off. Also many people who didn’t have a United stripe on 9/11 spent the better part of two decades with an American flag on their shoulder as a direct result. 9/11 effected literally EVERYBODY, not just United captains. Unfortunately, in this business you “earn” where you are based off of seniority and availability and telling other pilots not to take an upgrade would be something I consider a violation with regards to the RLA. However, I do agree that one should not complain about the consequences of an upgrade. If you’re junior, you should know what you’re getting into. I would never upgrade if I had to commute…period…dot, but that’s just me. The people I don’t want to see complain are the guys who wait until after the contracts done and now all of a sudden can’t upgrade because all the slots are full, if it works out like that.