Unfortunately, I agree.

We have a lot of new to the airlines and frankly new to adulthood in our ranks now. And that's just fine but there's going to need to be some significant education to help everyone understand how this is going to go. And what's realistic or not. (Full retro? dream on, dreamers)

The process in front of us is long and painful. Period. (Industry average is 4 years)


The process that we have to work though is governed by the Railway Labor Act. We are strictly bound by the law, and just to give you a hint of how it works, the law was designed to keep the trains chugging and the workers working. "It's the economy, stupid"

The trains used to be absolutely critical to the economy and the Gov't didn't want train workers going on strike. It's that simple. Like it or not ( you definitely don't) we are bound to a process laid out in that act.