This thread sure went stray! Hopefully there's still a United guy or two following it.....
Anyhow, I'm a Skywest pilot, and I just want to say thanks for all of the rides on the 'bus jump seat. It 'aint a Lazy Boy, but it gets me home when the ship is full. I wish we had the opportunity to return the favor more often.
I didn't get the opportunity to voice my opinion on that letter to mainline pilots before our jump seat coordinator put my company's name on it. For that, he will receive a rather explicit email from me. I wholeheartedly disagree with this campaign and am hopeful that very few of our captains will support it. This isn't the right way to go about fixing the problem.
I'm not sure I'll be able to present my credentials to a United captain without feeling some sort of shame because of this. And should I get denied the jump seat because of this campaign, I will be upset to be sure. But that anger won't be directed toward United pilots.