Are you accounting for the air missions and female air missions that leave during training because they receive the call from a real airline? Word has it from friend in training center that having people leave mid class is increasing in number and frequency…

Everyone just CALM down!!! It’s FINE!!! Everything is FINE! There is NOTHING wrong. Ok??!! Now get out there and do the right thing… cause everyone and everything is fine!

Why do all the Air Missions ITT keep posting about me? Did you dare just assume Air Mission-self's mission-status? Now the Air Missions ITT must endure Air Mission's punishment.

When this Air Mission was a CA at this Air Mission's previous 121, AS paid LinkedIn to email this Air Mission asking Air Mission-self to apply, about once every two weeks, from July till December. When this Air Mission updated this Air Mission's profile with this Air Mission's current position (in Air Mission's words: a "real airline"), the emails stopped. Times have definitely changed since AS would get a mountain of Air Mission resumes for only a hundred or so openings.

Every single Air Mission that this Air Mission knows at QX (and all the PNWers at OO) have zero interest in "making the jump" to AS. This Air Mission knows a low-time Air Mission who, with not even an application on-file, turned down an invitation to interview when it was directly offered to that Air Mission. That specific Air Mission is a straight up savage IMO, and didn't even mean to be. How embarrassing must it be to have to confront your in-house regional Air Missions to fill a class, just to have them say "TBNT, Air Mission-self is going to get some left-seat time and go to Air Non-Mission's direct competitor in six months"? That video from Air Line Air Mission's Association with the interviews by those Air Missions from UAL and DL was savage enough.

This Air Mission hopes that Air Mission self's woke company actually wakes up at some point and actually pays their professional Air Missions what their Air Missions are worth. Don't forget to wear a mask

That’s their job to account for. Not mine. But I also know, pilots will be pilots. We could have a kick ass contract and even then why would someone new under 40 stay here when they could go to the big 3 for a 25-35 year career, flying multiple fleet types, wide bodies, and multiple bases? A new contract at AS isn’t going to fix these structural issues. You could sign an awesome TA today and it isn’t going to change a newhire leaving for United, Delta, or American.

I was waiting in line for a ride at the airport. When a cab pulled up, the first thing I noticed was that the taxi was polished to a bright shine. Smartly dressed in a white shirt, black tie, and freshly pressed black slacks, the cab driver jumped out and rounded the car to open the back passenger door for me.

He handed me a laminated card and said: 'I'm Wasu, your driver. While I'm loading your bags in the trunk I'd like you to read my mission statement.'

Taken aback, I read the card. It said: Wasu's Mission Statement:

To get my customers to their destination in the quickest, safest, and cheapest way possible in a friendly environment.

This blew me away. Especially when I noticed that the inside of the cab matched the outside. Spotlessly clean!

As he slid behind the wheel, Wasu said, 'Would you like a cup of coffee? I have a thermos of regular and one of decaf.'

I said jokingly, 'No, I'd prefer a soft drink.'

Wasu smiled and said, 'No problem. I have a cooler up front with regular and Diet Coke, lassi, water, and orange juice.'

Almost stuttering, I said, 'I'll take a lassi since I’ve never had one before.

Handing me my drink, Wasu said, 'If you'd like something to read, I have Good Housekeeping magazine, Reader’s Digest, The Bible, and a Travel + Leisure magazine.'

As they were pulling away, Wasu handed me another laminated card, 'These are the stations I get and the music they play, if you'd like to listen to the radio.'

And as if that weren't enough, Wasu told me that he had the heater on and asked if the temperature was comfortable for me.

Then he advised me of the best route to my destination for that time of day. He also let me know that he'd be happy to chat and tell me about some of the sights or, if I preferred, to leave me with my own thoughts.

'Tell me, Wasu,' I was amazed and asked him, 'have you always served customers like this?'

Wasu smiled into the rear view mirror. 'No, not always. In fact, it's only been in the last two years. My first five years driving, I spent most of my time complaining like all the rest of the cabbies do. Then I heard about power of choice one day.'

'Power of choice is that you can be a duck or an eagle.'

'If you get up in the morning expecting to have a bad day, you'll rarely disappoint yourself. Stop complaining!'

'Don't be a duck. Be an eagle. Ducks quack and complain. Eagles soar above the crowd.'

'That hit me right,' said Wasu. He continued and said, 'It is about me. I was always quacking and complaining, so I decided to change my attitude and become an eagle. I looked around at the other cabs and their drivers. The cabs were dirty, the drivers were unfriendly, and the customers were unhappy. So I decided to make some changes. I put in a few at a time. When my customers responded well, I did more.'

'I take it that has paid off for you,' I said.

'It sure has,' Wasu replied. 'My first year as an eagle, I doubled my income from the previous year. This year I'll probably quadruple it. My customers call me for appointments on my cell phone or leave a message on it.'

Wasu made a different choice. He decided to stop quacking like ducks and start soaring like eagles.


I think the end of this journey will surprise many. That won’t stop the whiners, it won’t bring happiness, no one will find fulfillment from the conclusion. I think some just need unhappiness to prove their unhappiness. Life is short!

Arctic Eagles!!!

LMFAO


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Bravo! Good story. So compelling and insightful, in fact, that as soon as I'm done typing this I'm going to get my block rep on the phone and let him know that the Negotiating Committee can stop what they're doing and go home, because it's now clear to me that making competitive compensation and achieving the QOL I deserve is as easy as just looking inward and changing my attitude! Thanks!

Don’t call your block rep, that’s not the point. Yup, your contract lags most NB operators in our country. Your childish tantrums display who you are. Our union is doing their job, we will gain vast improvements in the next few months. Your whining like a child will have changed absolutely nothing. You will always be unhappy, because you choose each day, to be unhappy.

Genuine question:

whining vs pointing out the obvious discrepancies

Is it whining if it’s on a message board on APC but not if it’s the exact same bullet points by our MEC?

I would lean toward whining is complaining about a situation without doing anything or attempting to do anything about it. If that’s the case how is it “whining” on APC when I haven’t heard anyone say “Here’s what’s wrong with the contract! But, also I don’t have time to listen to a podcast, stay informed, picket etc. I haven’t heard anyone say “This contract sucks so, I’m not gonna apply anywhere else AND, also, I’m just gonna sit on my a$$ and not be engaged.”

So, how is what’s going on whining but the MEC bullet points NOT whining…. If you’re gonna throw around that term at fellow pilots?

The union is direct, establishing our areas of deficiency. On her you have gross generalizations, strawman arguments, and exaggeration. If you can’t distinguish the difference buy perusing a couple of pages on here, well sir there is no way to help you.