Nice remarks that further enforce my position. Your tone is probably the same way you talk to dispatchers, schedulers, and First Officers and then you wonder why no one wants to work with you.

As a First Officer, I am just as accountable to the company and FAA for my performance, as is the dispatcher, as are you. I think you revealed what the problem is...you maintain that the only person that has input is yourself and thus others aren't worth listening to. I think if you re-read my posting, you'll see that Capt's who have experience know there is a way to finesse the system with better results, as opposed to the yellers and screamers.

As you contend, you have "an accurate view of how the company treats it's Capt's". Please tell me that you aren't one of the few Capt's that think's out of 427,000 employees that the company knows you and is out to get you personally. Usually those Capt's with this perspective are those that are bent at "sticking it to the man", which usually backfires and cost him and his crew pay, missing their jumpseats home or leads to other adverse affects to his crew. That doesn't show experience, that shows selfishness and unprofessionalism.

Finally, as a former 757 passenger Capt and an 747 ACMI Capt flying Worldwide with ZERO support, you can spare me the lecture. The only reason you are the one in a "seat with accountability to the company" is because you were hired before me, not necessarily based on your experience vis-a-vis mine and certaintly not because of your attitude.

With the support that UPS provides to us, this is a cake walk compared to flying for the passenger airlines or ACMIs. You can trumpet your horn about how much experience you have and how no one, but you knows how to be a Capt, but remember the FAA suggested to UPS to hire applicants like myself et. al., into the widebodies flying Int'l out of ANC for a reason.

FF