Originally Posted by Trip7

Somebody did a lot of digging just to try find a track record of "wrong calls" in order to feel better about the Energy Crisis that's coming. I will not be wrong in jet fuel and Oil because that is just 4th grade math.

There is not enough information state that Capt Gumm is solely at fault for what is happening to the pilot group. The current operational mess is a melting pot of issues which IMHO, stem from Centennial year related cost savings initiatives combined with 23M7/batch size issues.

Somebody did a lot of digging just to try find a track record of "wrong calls" in order to feel better about the Energy Crisis that's coming. I will not be wrong on jet fuel and Oil because that is just 4th grade math. We will find out very quickly in May/June timeframe.

I was wrong about Capt Gumm being an asset to the pilot group and that was a poor choice of word on my part. The real asset to the pilot group is DALPA which has been nothing short of outstanding over the years. I'm not saying Capt Gumm is solely at fault for the company's operational meltdown as there seems to be some type of external pressure on Flight Ops to cut cost, especially during the Centennial year, but my asset and serving the pilot group claim was wrong. It's been DALPA, not Capt. Gumm.

Just like folks are lasered focused WTI/Brent futures instead of looking at the big picture critical shortages of diesel and jet fuel, folks these days are lasered on finding every instance someone is wrong. One can have a laser focus on the majority of the time and elite baseball hitter is unsuccessful and completely miss the big picture.