Originally Posted by contrail67

Thought Tilton would be first....guess not.

Originally Posted by Captain Bligh

The post was tongue in cheek... intending to prick the conscience of pilots to be more proactive and involved in labor organization and political action. We can call ERAU the "Harvard of aviation", just like we can call my experience in high school shop class the "Julliard of wood shop 101". These guys really did go to Harvard AND they excelled there. They network with capable business associates and academic contacts simply because of credentials. 20 years after graduation they are still being courted by their universities for awards ceremonies. They "Networked" long before the term networking was a household name more commonly associated with myspace than with business advancement.

Am I singing their praises? Not in so many words. If however you earn a living in the cockpit, never underestimate the people that revolve through the CEO track. They have effectively reduced us to technicians and intentionally distanced themselves from us and distanced us from any managerial capacity. Only one thing will swing this pendulum the other way - iron clad and galvanized unity. Industry wide "These people" have done well in helping to destroy that as well.

Originally Posted by Pharo351

IMHO Gordon just had personality as a CEO where as Kellner had none.

Originally Posted by robthree

The biggest difference wasn't Gordon's personality. Gordo was a builder - that's why his tenure at CAL was one of the best times in the airlines history. He tore the rotten parts out (A300-POS!), and carefully built it back up. Yeah the EMB fleet went from 0 to 3 million, but the 737 and WB fleets grew too.

Larry just squeezes more juice out of the fruit. He hasn't added a dime of value to the airline.