Bazinga!

 

With all due respect to our former military guys, someone please tell Allegiant management that nobody gives a hoot what this new replacement guy flew in his previous military life. MG's intro letter should have told us stuff more relevant to what he's doing now. Maybe telling us how many carrier landings he had (??) was to cover up the fact he has no commercial time or that his past involved 3 scuttled airlines. Who knows, but former pilots from these now defunct carriers warned us that he's no friend of pilots and avoided commercial flying because he has little regard for us bus drivers other than to line his pockets. We suspected our CEO would only hire like-minded profit robots to whip labor in to shape and this vp's first letter to his pilots confirmed it. Instead of extending an open hand, the hand we felt was a cold slap in the face, all within a week of his arrival. His marching orders were clear: don't wast time gathering the facts or gaining perspective from the pilots, don't try to repair the damage from 4 years of abuse and neglect. This guy was brought in for the sole purpose of busting the union or at least beating us down to a concessionary contract (company calls it a 'successful contract'). If that letter came from 'employee relations' (ford and Harrison), bad on him for having his signature on the bottom. Not sure about vegas, but I would 'guesstimate' over 20% of the dudes walking the line in St Pete came out in response to this guy's letter. Just like MG's letters, this guy has a knack for motivating people. Classic Allegiant.*

 

I have no interest in corporate emails anymore unless they pertain directly to me or my aircraft.

 

Hey, on G4 Connect we can submit some important questions to our new COO! Some recommended relevant questions include:

What is your favorite color?
What is your favorite airport?
What do you like about the airline industry?
What was it like being a Naval Aviator?
What are your hobbies?

Submit today and your question could be chosen!

 

Our new coo dishonors the uniform I and many of my fellow allegiant pilots wore, by aligning himself with modern day money changers. He’s nothing more than a two bit glad-handing used car salesman. Keep one hand on your wallet.

 

69 times out of 69 in a close in fight...the best thing about the F-14 was the Phoenix missile.

 

Fair enough... didn't know the A-10 had the speed capability to keep it a close in fight.

 

Hey, in Vietnam a pair of A-1s shot down a Mig. Its good to have a gun.

 

Yep sure do!!!

 

Xbone,
Actually he's a pilot who figured out the quickest way to personal fortune is to join mgmt and keep labor in check, sort of like a "house slave" of old if you saw Django.
None of it's personal, it's business and they are following the well worn path of why pay $1 when you can get plenty of applicants for $.50. They figure the more they can wring out of labor the more they can lavish upon themselves as stock options and bonuses.
If they knew you and your family, it's not that they would take your dinner, but since you are now just officially "labor" it's much easier to morally validate your actions in your mind if you are mgmt.
Best of luck and across the industry we hope that ALG employees and especially pilots get the rewards they deserve from their hard work they do daily to help ALG make bags of dough.