That's such a strange observation. USAIR guy didn't switch to DFW because he was worried about the East-West type of attitude would be present in the AA-USAIR mix. He's buddies transferred to DFW ASAP - "come on down. No one carries. Show up, do your job, have a couple of beers, fly back." A year later he transferred to fly the 777 out of DFW. Holding Maui. Happy as a pig in sh!t.

There's a handful of bitter guys around. The vast majority shake their heads when the bitter guys names come up - "it could be worse." "How?!?!" "You're not married to them."

Most of the guys couldn't GAS about peoples backgrounds. Show up, fly, be good to the people around you, laugh, fly back, go home. Life can be that simple. It's a choice.