Originally Posted by
MoonShot
I just flew with a FNW pilot and asked him about this. He used to be on the 747-400 and flew with all of the senior guys. Anyways, he indicated that the red book / green book hatred runs pretty deep. I guess that the green book guys are just getting on the 747 (or within the last few years) and are staying around (despite almost working for free because of their retirements) hoping to block the red book guys off the 747 until the DL/NW fences fall in four years so that the former Delta guys can bid the airplane and keep the old red book guys out of it.
At least that's how he explained it. Nothing like working for free just out of spite.
A little knowledge might help you here. The redbook/greenbook thing is pretty much dead. On the last Award 747-400, capt went down to 2198 or so and it was a mix of red and green guys. If the above was true it should have been solid former green guys which was no where near the case. There might be 1 or 2 guys out there with this intent but you are way off base on this one.
