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Old 01-13-2017, 12:01 PM
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Originally Posted by BigWatchPilot View Post

Whoa whoa whoa...stop the train. I get it y'all think I'm butt hurt over the cookies and the 3 non-executive employees getting their picture taken giving cookies and sharing the collective appreciation with the pilots.

Oh, my mistake. I thought you were talking about cookies. I can't imagine where I got that idea.

Oh, wait.

There's the title of the thread, which you attached to the first post: "Executive Management and Cookies"

Then there was, "Im sure the ramp guy was really excited to get his picture taken with a real life pilot." That was you posting, right, not someone who stole your password?

Then, "... sorry I lack apparition [sic] for them showing up on a Saturday reduced Day sort and a cookie." Again, you, right?

How about this one: " Did Kool-aid come with the cookies?" That was you, wasn't it?

Nice attempt to backtrack.

Happy New Year.




By the way ... Where did you see "3 non-executive employees getting their picture taken giving cookies"? I only see 2. Maybe the Kool-Aid has affected my vision.






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Old 01-14-2017, 08:19 PM
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Nicely said Tony!

Originally Posted by TonyC View Post
I had a Christmas Eve departure. Although the sort was projected to be late, we went to the jet pretty close to on time. When we arrived, it was already loaded. As I walked into the cabin, the ramp agent and a supervisor were waiting, and they explained how they were thanking the pilots with bags of cookies. The red paper sacks had a festive note attached, and the rampers were excited about giving us the cookies, and they wanted to take pictures of them giving us cookies. I wouldn't have thought for a second to insult them by refusing their offer -- they're hard-working employees at the bottom of their food chain just like we are. And guess what, they were working on Christmas Eve, too. They had worked hard to get us out on time, to boot.

I only asked that they take the picture with the much better looking First Officer when he finished his walk-around. They were almost giddy with anticipation, and it was a kick for the FO. (That's him in the picture on the right. He's a 5 million guy.)

Overall, I took it as a nice gesture in the Christmas spirit. Perhaps someone at a senior management level had other intentions (it would have been Ground Operations management, not Flight Management, anyway), but from a couple of grunts in the trenches to another couple of grunts in the trenches, I appreciated the gesture.






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Old 01-14-2017, 09:11 PM
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Actually, I think they have figured us out. Be nice to us, give us organic coffee, cookies, say supportive things to us and we'll do anything. Make us feel threatened, and we react very poorly to that.

I'm good with the cookie approach.
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