Originally Posted by
LUVGuppy
What about it don't you understand? Well, maybe mutiny was a strong word, but I would bet any captain from AAI that is junior in longevity will get a real handful from the right seat. I am not saying it's right but it's reality. Excuse me if I am a bit terse but I had a 35 year old AAI CA tell he fully expected his relative position at SWA. He would have been hired at aged 16 to hold that position at SWA the regular way. He and I are the same age and were hired at our respective companies within a year of each other. All of the sudden he is ten years senior, because he went to the other airline. What is fair about that?
If it's not obvious, he really touched a nerve.
I swore to myself I wouldn't get involved in this thread because it was quite amusing to say the least. Buuuuuuuut.... What does any of the above have to do with the price of tea in Bogota? We all made our choices... you are getting all spun up about something that you have absolutely no say, and furthermore it is all speculation on your part. But just suppose that what you say does come to pass. Are you really so unprofessional... or immature.. that you will act like a total ass in the cockpit toward this guy who also.. I might add... had no say in the way it all came about? really? ATI will not be the only beneficiaries of this thing. SWA gets a hell of a lot in this deal that they would take years to get in organic growth. You are going to have the opportunity to fly some international routes that you might never get without this deal. You are going to gain access to markets that you would take YEARS to get into... which translates into growth at some point. So.. if I were you, I would back off the -I'm gonna rip his ear off- rhetoric and think about what you are really saying. After all... it's just more 737 flying... good grief.
Oh, and since when does age have anything to do with anything either? I will never be number 1 at DAL because there were a bunch of dudes hired before me that were a lot younger than me... big deal.