Originally Posted by
FangsF15
When I got hired on the -88, it had a TON of curmudgeons. The category was notorious for them. I used to wonder, "what happened to you? How did you become this way?" This is the best job in the world, and pay per effort is astronomical.
Then I got educated on the history, and experienced tons of it personally. And now I understand...
But I appreciate Joe Bauers' point. Know the line between management and the customer. And definitely don't let righteous indignation for the former bleed over into your interactions with the latter, nor let it bleed into your home life.
Bright eyed, bushy tailed newly minted 121 pilot me 3 decades ago, happy to be getting paid to fly instead of the reverse, came across a little too enthusiastic to an old (probably 40) captain.
"At some point, this becomes a J.O.B."
He was right.
Nothing in this business is personal. It's just a business, you're a cog in a wheel. The second the paymaster can find a pilot who'll do it for .01 cent cheaper, you're out. (You wouldn't do any different when hiring a good or service)
Everything else is marketing.