Originally Posted by
SSlow
At our larget base we have a ton of people from other parts of the world where pilots don't have near the pay and contractual protections that US pilots enjoy. I thoroughly enjoy working with most of these pilots as they are overall a great group, but I've noticed there is quite a bit of "back at [insert foreign airline]" rhetoric going on.
Don't get me wrong, I'm glad these people are here, but when voting time comes around we need to be more focused on comparing ourselves to the other US based airbus operators and less focused on how much better things are at Spirit versus Avianca back in the day.
The other issue is the pre 9/11 hires, many of whom are odd balls, but are thankfully retiring soon.
Believe me, I absolutely don't want to be that "back at XXX" guy.
Usually it comes up after they ask what I think about the B6 merger. A surprising amount of people have never seen the contact comparison pamphlet our union put out. After they see that B6's contract beats our in almost every way is usually when I tell them how some of our regional language was better than NK's ( parking brake released door closed, block or better leg by leg, etc etc)