Early Outs
06-29-2020 | 09:50 AM
#21
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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!”
Plus, I'd like to annoy a few more Marvins before I leave.
06-29-2020 | 03:00 PM
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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!!”
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06-29-2020 | 03:25 PM
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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...
06-29-2020 | 03:34 PM
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06-29-2020 | 04:44 PM
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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
06-29-2020 | 05:39 PM
#28
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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!”
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.
United Airlines promoted its new Douglas DC-3 "Mainliners" in this 1937 brochure. With a range of 1,500 miles, the Mainliners flew from New York to San Francisco in less than 16 hours with only three stops along the way. The planes came in three configurations: standard 21-passenger coaches, sleepers with folding berths for 14, and "Skylounges" with deluxe swiveling seats.
06-29-2020 | 07:26 PM
#29
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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.
06-30-2020 | 06:22 AM
#30
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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.
If I get back on the property I am not ever flying with sick pilots again.
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