Originally Posted by
hangaber
Bobby Sturgill was a college classmate of mine and I remember him as a competent, hard working, intelligent man. The high achiever kind of guy you knew was destined to be in charge of something big and important someday. He had/has my respect.
If you want a Union 'yes-man' or Union 'puppet' you'll want someone else.
My guess is he won't he'll give preferential treatment to pilots over everybody else he has responsibilities to. Just a gut feeling, but I'll bet the list of people better than Bobby is pretty short and the list of people who could do a worse job is quite long.
I personally don't want a union "yes man" for the job. I want someone who has experience as a line pilot and understands the issues that
ALL pilots face every day. I only support Bobby Sturgill because he's been "in the trenches" and may have some degree of understand of what it takes to move aircraft in todays' ATC environment.
I also understand that once anyone gets inside the Beltway, power corrupts and there is a "cone of confusion" that seems to affect decisions made in downtown Washington, no matter who is swinging the gavel.
We can only hope for the best.
G'Day Mates