A term to describe a corporate cheerleader. A koolaid drinker. Someone who is naive enough to believe the manure they spread at the Leap class....”Why is the airplane so stinking hot while we’re waiting to push back? Well, Marvin Mainliner thinks he can save the company by making 200 people miserable, but at least he’s standing at the door wearing his hat!”

Not interested in an early out until I've burned all my sick time. ;) Plus, I'd like to annoy a few more Marvins before I leave.

As usual.. SOMEONE gets it!
;)
Motch

Here’s another Marvin example. “ Hey guys, lets all tune into Scott’s virtual town hall. It sounds like if we can all just come together and give up some scope and pay, we can save some furloughs! Sign me up!!”

My personal Marvin favorite: “ Yea, I feel like crap, but our reserve coverage is low, so I’m just gonna fight through it so I don’t cost the company sick time” Thanks dude, appreciate you infecting the rest of us...

Not sure if I want to laugh or cry from your examples provided. All true, all hilarious and all depressing at the same time! :eek:

On the bright side, having these sick guys “toughing it out” is manpower positive due to additional sick calls from their stick buddies.

Source: less than 40 hours sick bank

To add a bit more context, the “Mainliner” was a marketing trademark/service mark for United going back to at least 1937. The not so affectionate term “Marvin Mainliner” predates “pathetic Kool Aide drinker” by a lot. Mocking the idiot as a “Marvin” who won’t start the APU on a hot day is part of your work DNA.

Well put.

Bah humbug
 

As a new hire I was quickly aware of the correlation between somebody who would show me their pay register and somebody with a ton of unused sick time.

If I get back on the property I am not ever flying with sick pilots again.