Originally Posted by Joe Bauers

Hold on to that perspective. It's easy to, and many guys do get cynical and jaded when you work for a company with a hostile management, as we have here at Delta today. Once that happens, then you'll lose the enjoyment of the job and, more importantly, the wonder that we get to work flying airplanes.

I've seen guys who were in my new hire class decades ago turn into real curmudgeons. The key is to enjoy the work, which for most means doing a good job for the passengers while not being naïve about the company's management.

The environment at Delta used to be very different; the CPO's office was some place that you could go to get help solving a problem, and the senior leadership was actually interested in running an airline, not milking a business for every penny. Perhaps it will be different in the future.

I don't mean to sound like I'm lecturing you, I appreciate your perspective and hope that you can hold on to it. I'm just trying to help you avoid the trap that I've seen many fall into.