Originally Posted by
NevadaJack
There is no “culture” in a public traded company, especially in one that needs a workers union, they are not your family, I could give crap about their rankings, “being number 1” I don’t give a ****, having flown on most airlines as pax it’s been a race to the bottom with all of them, so the self inflated price is kinda chuckle worthy…this is a job, I want the most amount of money and the most amount of time off for the best QOL
As far as identify as a pilot, I don’t identify as anything, I am a aviator, I eat sleep and breath flying, which is one of the reasons despite my thousands and thousands of hours I’ve stayed away from 121, compared to other areas in the industry it’s not really as much about real flying as 121 seems to be more about cosplay and purse swinging, if I could have the same pay and retirement flying floats I would in a heart beat, alas 121 does pay the best with a good retirement, so that’s why I am here
Also if you’re strapped into a 9K or DAL you are a civilian chief
Not sure how 121 pilots are, but me and the folks I hang around with, when we go to work we go to do work, if it’s safe legal and prudent we launch 100% And we don’t even have to cosplay military to do it lol
Hard to say without knowing what city you're commuting to. Are you talking about NYC where you'd have to commute and then cover three airports at Delta? What's the relative seniority at that base? Delta and Spirit both have fairly bleak seniority outlooks, but generally, I'd say Delta.
All the other stuff you said here, it's just totally wrong. I'm not upset or anything. I don't have a horse in this race. But you'll find out when you're in the 121 world that each company is different and has its own pilot culture. I do believe they're more similar than people like to think, but they are definitely still different (Delta doesn't "cosplay," they have a lot of ex-military guys who have influenced the culture there).