Originally Posted by
Speedtape
I think "WAS" is the active word here. If CAL and UAL had merged back then
things would have been different, but thats not how it went.
CAL consistently wins awards for customer service from JD Power, Conde Nast, etc. Rated as one of the top companies to work for by Forbes how many years running?
They have the newest fleet, with more on the way, and actually are taking delivery of 787's shortly. Bethune came on board what 12 years ago now, and has been gone for 5 or 6 ? Maybe UAL should have hired him.
Look at how ratty a lot of the UAL airplanes are. Their 75's aren't even etops
and they have old software with the FMA stuff scattered at the bottom of the
PFD. Smaller Pratt & Whitneys. I remember riding in one about 5 or 6 years ago while the CA arrogantly told me how "they were gonna buy us" and I'd "look good in blue"
So its a little more than luck, and if I had a chance to do it all again I'd still be at CAl instead of UAL. My career expectations are and continue to be better.
Speedtape,
As a DAL guy I don't have a dog in this hunt but it appears to me you are referring to things that makes an airline better for passengers vice pilots. Pilots in a merger care mostly about who is bringing what jobs to the table.
All the awards and shiny new planes are great. but the number and quality of pilot positions is the holy grail of criteria for deciding a SLI. Besides, you guys will probably go to arbitration and let a neutral third party decide - it worked fairly well for us at DAL.
Good Luck - Scoop