Originally Posted by TurboFan

I have never seen or heard of a Mesa pilot flipping anyone off or denying a jumpseat based on carrier affiliation. This kind of behavior is childish and does nothing but make you look like an idiot. What if a passenger sees you? We already have a hard enough time trying to make the public aware of how underpaid and undervalued we are. Keep flipping people off from the cockpit and spreading that image of how a "professional airline pilot" acts. By doing so you singlehandedly are lowering public perceptions of pilots and undermining the very ground you claim to so passionately defend. Of course I'm speaking to the extreme minority here. For the rest of you who do act like professionals, thank you. We need all the help we can get.