I trust ALPA to hammer out the issues and non-compliance with management. Whether it’s today or a wait for a system board, this stuff with management will get fixed - I believe in our union.

But apathetic service isn’t going to fix contract non-compliance. I’m motivated by serving our customers. Management doesn’t pay us, our customers do. For all the “this is just a job”… well maybe it is for the flight attendants or management who can jump ship and get a job elsewhere in a lateral move, but sadly anyone with an ounce of seniority knows they’re married to this company for their whole career. Management comes and goes - I’ve seen it. Your seniority number only comes once. Jeesh, is this the attitude 3% unemployment makes?

We are the highest paid pilots on planet earth. Too many softies are worried about crew meals and deadhead fluff that is superfluous to 95% of what goes on right around here. That little stuff will get worked out - hang in there before you give yourselves an aneurism over stuff we didn’t even have 6 months ago!

All the time my wife and I remark the steady decline in service everywhere. Restaurants, fast food, vacation, hotels, stores, everywhere - it’s just way lousy compared to how it used to be pre-Covid. I refuse to give into this wave of apathy at the job. And with everywhere else equally sucking, perhaps my little extra would get noticed even more.

In the nicest way, have a Happy Thanksgiving and treat others how you would want to be treated. Don’t give up on going that extra mile, good goes around.