Carl stick around, I learn from your posts, I learn from just about everyones posts and I know I'm not the only one.

I'd write more but I'm on an iPhone. No Internet at this hotel, first time in a long time I don't have free Internet in a hotel.*
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I'll be honest with everyone- the original Delta is a dinosaur of an airline. I knew that when I got hired but it's still an awesome place to be and you learn to take the good with the occasional oddity. You know who else was a dinosaur?*Northwest. And United. And American. You've got people that have been working at all of these airlines since the 60s. that's old. But you can't clean sheet an airline of this magnitude and people who are a hell of a lot smarter said combine these two dinosaurs, overhaul them and you should have a better and stronger airline than anyone else. I'll take their word and so far I have seen nothing to say the merger was wrong. fwiw I'll take this infighting on this forum then the hellacious family feud i'm in or to be back at a regional where you're taught to hate everybody including yourself- for getting into this career in the first place. For a long time and probably now there is no light at the end of the tunnel for most of these guys.

You guys want to disagree and argue then go for it, I'm fine with it but just remember to be quick to listen. Slow to speak. Slow to anger. Slow to live to poke a coworker in the eye. And happy to be at the best and improving airline in the industry, just remember to look around.