Originally Posted by
capncrunch
You are the type of guy who will always say this and never do a thing but complain and b!tch. Always burn off the ear of some FNWA guy about how good it was before the merger. I really do hope you p!ss off, it will be better for the rest of us.
Yeah, that's exactly what they said on the 11th floor of my office building, then I went and flew for the airlines. They thought I was absolutely nuts. My former employer subsequently imploded during this financial downturn and Delta's doing OK. Who'd have thought it?
If the deal starts to stink, I'll find a better deal. The key is flexibility. Been able to do some cool stuff as a result of not getting locked in. Not putting down anyone who chooses to stay... and no, I'd never mention it to a FDAL or FNWA guy on a trip, unless there was something positive to say for both of us, like the $25,000 in Delta stock sitting in the 401K, that was nice.
My point was, I'm not complaining, I'm planning for contingencies should they be necessary to preserve quality of life.
If I was as young as ACL or Superpilot the math would be a lot different due to attrition. However, if over 40 there is not nearly as much time to make up for the move and the displacement that results from all the people left out of position by an arbitration award that failed to provide any deference to status quo.