Wiggy,
While your 23 years at Delta are impressive, the immaturity of you mockingly accepting gratitude from Northwest pilots speaks volumes.
Originally Posted by
wiggy
....So, yes, we at DL, with great humility and a deep sense of brotherly magnanimity, accept your heartfelt expression of gratitude for your recent increase in "status"....
Originally Posted by
wiggy
Your ratio of widebodies/pilots is enriched, DL's is diluted. You're welcome! (RTFP)
These are not quotes from a seasoned veteran of the airline profession, someone who is a role model for those younger pilots who follow him, someone who knows that mutual respect and uninhibited communication is an absolute necessity for safe flying, or at least they shouldn't be. Maybe that's what threw me.
So, now that we are here -- you with your 23 years at DAL and me with my 13 years at NWA -- how is it that you seem to think that your "pretentious, sarcastic and annoying" post are serving a constructive purpose? Or, do you? How is it that you think that the Northwest pilots who read a "you're welcome!" exclamation coming from a senior Delta pilot will foster any good feelings for us in entering into the New Delta Family?
I should not be in a position of "lecturing" you -my elder- on how to treat people that you will soon be working with.
Even if it were true that you were responsible for NWA pilots payraises, it is juvenile for you to "behave" and "think" in this way. (Yes, your behavior can be observed in forums and your thoughts can be manifested in your writings.)
The last thing we need is one side or the other intermingling with the other with an air of superiority. All any of us does is fly airplanes. Nothing more and nothing less. The only reason we fly for Delta is because they hired us or bought the company we worked for. In my opinion, you didn't get us payraises any more than we got you access to "SUPER PREMIUM WIDEBODY INTERNATIONAL FLYING!"
(This deal/merger was put together LONG before either pilot group signed off on its concessionary contract)
At any rate, it is just about time for us all to work extra hard to get along. So, why not have a few beers, think of how you dislike New K Now, then rejoice in the thought that the rest of NWA pilots are great guys/gals and are a pleasure to work with. (And just love the pay raises they just got.)
New K Now