Originally Posted by Maingear

A B-scale, at the regionals no less. It's something that runs in the blood at American.

Originally Posted by PilotCrusader

Is that in the contract or one of those "rug" things the company can pull at will? I honestly cannot remember.

Originally Posted by PilotCrusader

The few non-management types that have posted on here are absolutely not representative of the pilot group at all. Some of them are well known self preservationists.
The pilot group as a whole is generally still disgruntled. The super senior guys could care less, but hate and distrust the company for what they have done. The guys soon to flow see the light at the end of the tunnel, but hate and distrust the company for what they have done. The average FO I fly with is looking for a way out rather than wait for the flow, and hates and distrusts the company for what they have done.

It's pretty much "I hate this place and will do as little as possible". You can see that mentality in the gate agents, the ground workers, and even middle management. Everyone does just enough not to get fired. The product has gone down the tubes.

But somehow we still dupe a few individuals every month into this amazing flow! I say dupe because no one discusses how long they will be crew scheduling a ***** in reserve, or how few days off per month they will be getting.

Originally Posted by ORDinary

I would say that this is pretty accurate. There are a handful who are more the cheerleading type, but the majority seem to fit into the above description.

Remember, though, that we have had pretty awesome on time/completion stats in recent months. I've heard from union people that the company interprets those numbers to mean everything is just fine with employee morale. In reality most of have just given up and don't want to get hassled, and so the brakes get dropped. We are a pretty broken pilot group (morale-wise) but the numbers are good so management says "ops check good."

Originally Posted by boiler07

I disagree with dropping the break. If it's not the crew's fault then I've never seen anyone hesitate to put in the delay code. And surprise - if you do that then you don't get hassled.

Originally Posted by ORDinary

Your last sentence is incorrect in my experience.

Originally Posted by boiler07

A lack of information in the M51 will still get you a call. I have yet to get a call any time I enter a description in the remarks.