Originally Posted by
mking84
1. I did not call him stupid.
2. At any point over his tenure there he could have benefited from unprecedented hiring at other regionals and have already upgraded elsewhere.
3. Mistakes imply an accident. Going to work there is not a mistake, it is a choice.
4. I suggest he sit tight and be happy he has a job......I dont.
5. "Somewhere else" would be a carrier over the last few years with substantial movement and growth. SkyWest comes to mind.
6. The union vote did not succeed, no reason in dwelling on that.
7. No I dont feel he has much to stand on complaining. We all choose our own.
8. Complaining and action are two different things. Lets not replace one with the other.
1. OK, you didn't call him stupid, but I thought you were implying it when you said he chose to come here. So I guess you don't think he's stupid.
2. He could have benefited from going to another regional.. maybe, maybe not. Maybe he didn't get hired anywhere else. Maybe he lives in Allentown and didn't want to commute. Maybe he could've gotten hired at Comair and would be getting furloughed soon. No one knows his personal situation.
3. Mistakes imply an accident and going to work there is a choice, not a mistake? So are you saying mistakes can't happen by making wrong choices? I guess you are a perfect human being, and the only one on earth at that.
4. If you are suggesting he sit tight, why did you say "if you want things to change, work somewhere else"?
5. Yes, we would all like to go somewhere else better in the past and now and in the future. See #2. What you're suggesting is that he should've gone somewhere better, and I'm saying that that's already in the past and he's already at Colgan, so what is the point of telling someone "you should've done this."?
6. No reason dwelling on the failed union vote? I'm not, I was talking about the election coming up THIS year. THANKS to the guys who've been working hard to change things for the better.
Complaining and action ARE two different things. That's why I said if all that a pilot is doing is complaining, he has no right, but he might also be doing something to change the situation that YOU don't know about, like helping with the campaign. (I don't know if he is or not either, but I do know many of us are.)
Well for me this forum is an outlet for venting so we're all allowed to complain here. And just because he's complaining, you can't assume that he's not backing it up with action.