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Originally Posted by Andrew_VT
This is another great thing about AA. When you try to point out how much our contract lags behind to half the pilot group they say things like "Quit then, I have squadron buddies that want to be here" and "It's better than active duty"
I agree with you in saying that response gets old after a while. Comparing apples to thorns when comparing active duty military to the airlines and the whole idea of quitting after more than a year or two is unrealistic BUT...
I think you are missing their overarching point when they make that statement. It’s not that we should settle for our current contract and never try and make it better. We should always try and improve on what we have but in the grand scheme of things, life isn’t as bad as we professional complaining pilots make it out to be. You can still be happy with your career and unhappy with your contract.
The problem with our culture (besides the obvious corporate leadership issue) is we refuse to try and look at the positive. We think if we show one bit of job satisfaction it is going to lead us to stagnation and not an ILC. That is not the case. The problem with the current culture is even if the BOD attempts to solve the problem by having a leadership change, we will just start complaining about the new leadership and using them as a scapegoat.
Fly the contract and let the NC convince leadership why an ILC is important to everything including morale. But don’t be the negativity virus that crushes our morale from the inside and spreads to fellow pilots. Happy with life and satisfied with the contract are not mutually exclusive. If they are to you then no contract is probably going to make you happy.
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