Swayne The Way
 

Look everyone, what's your problem. If what he's doing isn't it your favor and you want him to address something else then any of you can pick your cell phones, address the situation and post it too on YT. Stop ****ing in his cup. Times change and every situation is different. His time is now and to some of us he's given us a clear insight of crew scheduling of being on reserve and holding a line. Plus a bit of pay expectation.
If there are issues with management what has he got to do with it? C'mon guys give him a break and let him enjoy his regional life. The more negative you sound towards him the stronger and smarter he gets.
I'll be 1000% willing to fly with him any day and time.
Do you know how proud my dad will be to see me as the first pilot in an airline environment in the family's entire generation?

From shoving snow in MD to lawnmowing in NC+ Louisiana and FL: All in order to pay for flight training including time 1.5k hours and tell me once if Envoy offers me a job I'll walk away. (Of which I was offered, gladly accepted and signed over a year ago)

Let's all with real here and nothing personal to anyone here. Sorry if I have but it is what it is I guess.

First off, proofread before you go onto a tangent. Not saying I am perfect but your post was hard to read.

Second, most people could care less about the person, his lifestyle, his personality or his YouTube channel. Good on him for making a name and becoming famous in this small world.

The problem people have is that he is an active Envoy recruiting asset that is encouraging, regardless of him actually saying it, people to come here when we are in the midst of contract negotiations. While his videos are not lies, they certainly dont tell the entire story.

They dont tell the issues with the contract, they dont talk about how CS will break the contract when they see fit, they dont talk about how low our pay has become, they dont talk about our crappy reserve rules, they dont talk about our hostile management and hostile CPO's, etc.

He is a recruiting tool for the company, end of story. If he wasn't useful to them, they wouldn't allow him to do it and that is the problem. He is either supporting the company agenda or he is supporting his fellow ENVOY PILOTS agenda. If you can't see that, well that is your problem and not ours.

Thanks for your reply please make a video explaining all this and counter his approach and misleading info out there if that's the case.

Any social media posts about company operations are now a violation of FM1 and you'll most likey be fired for it. Unless, of course, it's positive.

Yep initially his cutesy videos were naive and unrealistic but nominally helpful to newbies and not hurting anyone. No longer the case, currently his management approved recruitment propaganda, is directly working against the MEC and destroying the substantial leverage a lack of applicants produce. His growing influence with so many new pilots means with out any meaningful merit or experience as an aviator, he has become the defacto authority on this industry to many, his intention or not. His large following has provided him a platform to reach many young aviators in a uniquely direct way that when used correctly can be beneficial to all. His followers view and trust him as a reliable source for industry info and believe he is giving an accurate picture. As such he should strive to provide guidance and insight that is balanced, unbiased and not serving a external motive. He owes this to those he “influences” and those already in the industry these things effect. Many in this same thread defend (mostly new young FOs or CFI) defend his videos and say they are helpful and accurate. However more experienced pilots who have been in the industry awhile see them as what they are, recruiting tools that only help management. Unknown or realized by many young viewers, his narrative is greatly biased by his inexperience and commitment to management goals and ideals. To older guys his videos are nothing more then aviation porn exhibiting an inexperienced view point to inexperienced viewers. Although on the surface harmless and entertaining they quickly become quite damaging during negotiations. The blind leading the blind is never good for anyone. His videos lack the truly comprehensive and complete airline info many newbies believe they are receiving. Would you want your doctor prescribing meds from a company they own? Of course not, it’s a conflict of loyalty between patient health and Dr wallet. His videos, unknown to most viewers actually hurt newbies by showing management approved content only and omitting the important but real negative components his viewers deserve . This career is very dynamic and unique and new pilots must be appropriately informed of all aspects not just management approved. Some viewers will be blindsided by all the important info he leaves out in an attempt to pacify management. Aviation can bring so many different career opportunities and expectations that info like his is priceless when properly conveyed. As demonstrated in this thread some young pilots don’t know what they don’t know, and lack the meaningful industry experience to see a problem and state as such on this thread.

No-one has produced an actual counter argument to show how his videos are helping and not hurting pilots. They rely on character attacks calling people salty or jealous if they articulate how his videos are actually hurting pilots.

I’m not allowed too. You have to have Envoys blessing else risk a termination for social media. Hence proving my point even more.

He and he alone is allowed to make those videos.

Why should Envoy, or any other business, trust you to represent them in front of the public after the way you guys have acted on this public thread?

Well Explained
 

Honestly I totally agree with everyone. If He's acting on the blessing of Management to produce their line of words for recruitment purposes, then my opinion, I suggest he should be disregarded and may also wish a senior pilot pull him to the side and have a Father and Son talk. Because in the long run, it's going to hurt all of us.

Thanks to everyone and really appreciate the input. I was wrong earlier and I accept my error in misjudgment.

So you agree that he is an arm of the envoy managment recruiting team?

This times 2499, because that is about the number of other Envoy pilots that would be targeted for termination if they did try and present the rest of the story on any kind of social media that they were identifiable on.