There has to be a CORE 4 correlation in that pic. Mandingo?

Easily the only thing the Texans have going for them.

Yup, and still a loser. Keep posting your lame fish chicks while sitting at home alone talking about those fake "There I was story, and who I was with garbage". Grow up and quit acting like a teenager with chic posters all over your wall. Never seen such a continual display of lame, jaded posts by someone that should be enjoying retirement. Again, such a shame. Feel sorry for those around you.

Flight school I worked for went bankrupt. Restarted a year or so later but I left before it finally shut down.

Then went to a sleaze bag 135 operator with marginal planes and pilot pushers and an accident record and body count to show for the effort. They have always been profitable and are still in operation.

Corporation I flew for sold their plane.

The regional I flew for was not bad ... other than low pay ... but they shut down years ago.

Major airline 1 shut down.

Major airline 2 shut down.

Major airline 3 went Bk then terminated pensions but they are still operating.and lasted for my 29 years.

This is a tough bidness.

Skepticism is great, my philosophical heart burn is when you get reflexively pessimistic. There’s a pretty important difference, and although I reckon in your heart of hearts you understand the nuance, many people happily consume and regurgitate other peoples’ opinions as their own, without the benefit of having weighed and balanced the competing ideas that lead to the conclusion. When a guy like you can sow humor, wit and charisma into his arguments, it helps people swallow an idea that is largely devoid of nuance (all management is bad), that reduces our ability to accurately assess what is going on.

I know you understand that Kirby is a different animal than Tilton or Smisek, but your posts don’t reflect that. And as for your beef with TI, I don’t know him personally, but I still haven’t heard or seen anything to indicate he is a bad faith actor.

when everything is a threat, nothing is a threat. That’s where reflexive pessimism gets you. So while I really appreciate your posts as “one take of what’s happening,” I think a lot of people mistake your op-eds for the gospel and become unable to distinguish their frustration with unintended (small) LOA disparities in rewards, from the fact that we are realistically doing WAY WAY better than we should be for a year of sub 50% loads and never before seen cash burn.

I know, I know. You’re a tough guy who has been around forever and seen everything there is to see. How can I thank you? Your tenacity is nothing short of breathtaking.

Apparently the comment to which you are replying went right over your head. TCAS alert DESCEND DESCEND NOW!

He’s agreeing with you sunshine.... If you can hang your shingle and go at it as your own man you’d better do it. Not having to count on corporate dirt bags for your living is a beautiful thing.

And it’s becoming more difficult all the time.

Airhoss, you’re right. I was quick to reply and it didn’t occur to me. I’m thinking this is the way for me to go as well. I will miss the DC contribution to the 401(k) but there’s more to life than money that I probably will never spend.

Since you’re already a millionaire in your 20s, I think you have everything figured out already.

I wish it were that easy. I always find myself thinking I’m not good enough.