Originally Posted by Hotel Kilo

It's obvious the Professor is new here. Maybe very new to the 121 world. I don't know.

I'll be your curmudgeon....

He was hired into a place where he hasn't yet experienced the true nature of this gig. Professor - this company doesn't care about you or anyone of us. Over the decades that's been proven. They'll toss you out on the street without after thought. You should always be skeptical. You were hired in here after 3 contracts that we fought hard to claw back what we lost in the bankruptcy and 9/11 fallout. We've tried to help them in the past only to be stomped on by them. The only friends you have here are your fellow pilots. We're all in this together. Never, ever forget that.

I get what you're saying. No one here has said to do anything otherwise that would be "mean" to the people who pay our wages. We don't do that. However, we also don't roll over for management. There are "nice to do things" and "must do things". "Must do" are pretty straight forward. Your job, safely operate the aircraft in a nutshell. The "nice to do things" are subjective. Being a decent human is always a win for us. The company doesn't need to tell us that, it's just who we are as a group. Now, HVC cards, galley PA's, sticking around saying good byes until the last pax is off the plane etc and all the other stuff management wants us to do is not in the category of "nice to do things". It's fluff. They talk out of both sides of their mouths. You'll figure that out after a few more years here. If management wants us to do the things they want, then they need to reciprocate and treat us like the assets we are, not the enemy.

I agree with Joe. The CPO used to be a place you could get help. Now, it's der commissar. It's the worse I've seen it in all my years here.