Originally Posted by
Ebola
lol. Nope. You have it completely backwards. Especially the first line. Where was that airlines HQ ? What relationship did the Orwellian operational HQ elements have with the ATL pilots and FA’s ? Consider that they were in some very uncivil contract negotiations for ~ six years. Which was a record (I believe).
I have talked to MS in person. Great guy, honest player, puts all the cards on the table. He is an AirTran fanboy and admittedly did not want to reduce ATL. I personally think the nostalgia factor and the mx base are the only thing keeping it open. It's a sad approximation of its former self. Delta has done what Delta does and squeezed WN until the pain was too much to bear. The first step to getting out of the ATL hole was to stop digging. BNA offered WN an opportunity and they took it. I don't blame them.
As for the Orwellian comms, yeah. Totally agree there. Crew planning talks a big game, but they give zero f's about wrecking QOL.