Originally Posted by LUVGuppy

All I am asking is for you to put yourself in my shoes. It would suck to have someone who hasn't put in the same amount of time be put senior to me as many of the AAI folks deem fair. I didn't say I was going to be a handful but I guarantee there will be some who are if this happens. I didn't say I agree with it either. It's the nature of the beast, ask the former NWA guys how the Republic thing worked out.

I am sick of how some of the AAI guys are allowed to preach what they think is fair but a SWA guys says that ain't fair and all of the sudden we are the evil ones. We have a great culture now, but this thing goes bad and it becomes another job.

Tsquare, you don't even have a dog in this fight. You seem to be spooled up about my post though. The age reference was just there to illustrate that two guys the same age hired at roughly the same time end up with ten years between them and the original SWA guy loses out. This ain't DAL and NWA. The disparity is much greater. You are right, I have no control over it. I do have an opinion just as you have yours.

It is sincerely my hope that we can find a middle ground and this potential mess will be avoided. I have tons of friends at AAI and I look forward to working with them but I think they should put in their time just like I and my fellow SWA pilots have. I know my opinion and and $2.25 will get a Starbucks. I just don't like having someone who got in line after me to get their coffee first.

Back to the coffee line!