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#9162
BS is a very nice guy, he was/is the best person for the job, that is without question. The point of my post was that for the last several updates that he has put out, the overwhelming majority of them are filled with quotes from philosophers and brilliant minds of the past that are in my opinion overused and very unnecessary, it has gotten to the point where it is almost laughable. 80% of the Jet Stream now is fluff and lecture while 10% of it is news we already know and the other 10% is a desperate attempt to keep pilots at this carrier.
I absolutely criticize him for quoting Yoda, a fictional character. This is the largest regional airline in the US who's parent is a publicly traded company, not a Star Wars convention in Des Moines.
#9163
Want something different. Read BB's stuff. Ask any republic person...
Yoda has some good insight.
It's all written literature.
Yoda has some good insight.
It's all written literature.
#9165
Banned
Joined APC: Dec 2014
Posts: 532
BS is a very nice guy, he was/is the best person for the job, that is without question. The point of my post was that for the last several updates that he has put out, the overwhelming majority of them are filled with quotes from philosophers and brilliant minds of the past that are in my opinion overused and very unnecessary, it has gotten to the point where it is almost laughable. 80% of the Jet Stream now is fluff and lecture while 10% of it is news we already know and the other 10% is a desperate attempt to keep pilots at this carrier.
I absolutely criticize him for quoting Yoda, a fictional character. This is the largest regional airline in the US who's parent is a publicly traded company, not a Star Wars convention in Des Moines.
I absolutely criticize him for quoting Yoda, a fictional character. This is the largest regional airline in the US who's parent is a publicly traded company, not a Star Wars convention in Des Moines.
Relax on the yoda thing. He always introduces funny anecdotes into his updates. It's meant to be funny not to make you think he studied Jedi philosophy in college. Relax.
The one thing he fails at is relaying why we don't get new CPA's. He talks every month about how we are the best and how we are bidding on RFP's but never discusses *** they will do if they keep getting outbid. The talk is getting cheap.
#9166
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Aug 2008
Position: FO4LIFE
Posts: 1,531
The reason we are not getting new flying is because we are too expensive and can't compete with airlines like Mesa, GoJet, etc. Our guys can talk about our awesome performance and safety systems all day long, the majors don't give a crap about any of that stuff, its all about cost. They say our good performance has been recognized by our major partners. Great, thanks. If that would be the case, we would have gotten those new CRJ900s from DL, not GoJet. All these updates are a waste of time reading. Their only moral booster right now is EFBs, pretty sad.
#9167
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Mar 2014
Posts: 484
The reason we are not getting new flying is because we are too expensive and can't compete with airlines like Mesa, GoJet, etc. Our guys can talk about our awesome performance and safety systems all day long, the majors don't give a crap about any of that stuff, its all about cost. They say our good performance has been recognized by our major partners. Great, thanks. If that would be the case, we would have gotten those new CRJ900s from DL, not GoJet. All these updates are a waste of time reading. Their only moral booster right now is EFBs, pretty sad.
#9168
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Oct 2014
Posts: 157
The reason we are not getting new flying is because we are too expensive and can't compete with airlines like Mesa, GoJet, etc. Our guys can talk about our awesome performance and safety systems all day long, the majors don't give a crap about any of that stuff, its all about cost. They say our good performance has been recognized by our major partners. Great, thanks. If that would be the case, we would have gotten those new CRJ900s from DL, not GoJet. All these updates are a waste of time reading. Their only moral booster right now is EFBs, pretty sad.
#9169
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Oct 2014
Posts: 157
BS is a very nice guy, he was/is the best person for the job, that is without question. The point of my post was that for the last several updates that he has put out, the overwhelming majority of them are filled with quotes from philosophers and brilliant minds of the past that are in my opinion overused and very unnecessary, it has gotten to the point where it is almost laughable. 80% of the Jet Stream now is fluff and lecture while 10% of it is news we already know and the other 10% is a desperate attempt to keep pilots at this carrier.
I absolutely criticize him for quoting Yoda, a fictional character. This is the largest regional airline in the US who's parent is a publicly traded company, not a Star Wars convention in Des Moines.
I absolutely criticize him for quoting Yoda, a fictional character. This is the largest regional airline in the US who's parent is a publicly traded company, not a Star Wars convention in Des Moines.
And I don't care how good of a place this could be if we all stayed. The line "our mainline partners are noticing our performance" is also getting on my last nerve. I do like Brad, I think he is the right person for the job, but I don't want to hear that again from him, Alex, or other management crony. If they "notice" than where is the flying? "Mainline partners" don't care about performance. They care about dollars and cents...
They continue to paint this company as roses and sunshine to keep attrition to a manageable level. That ship has sailed. No company memo will change how we feel about the future of this company. The only want to slow attrition....maybe....is to award us some flying, upgrade some people and give us tangible positive news. Otherwise, this is the Titanic and we are looking for space on a lifeboat.
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