Hedley

Mako sure is getting some rent free space in some peoples heads. I find this as amusing as some of his sarcastic comments.

123494

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duvie

So, the point of a troll isn’t to best you intellectually, it’s just to steal your time/attention and elicit a reaction.

food for thought

oldmako

So I am a troll because I have a different opinion than you? 40-plus percent of your fellow pilots are trolls? That's a hell of a way to run a union. It's a forum. An exchange of ideas. Not just yours.

Good luck moving forward.

123494

Spot on. Some people make me scratch my head and wonder why they get off on this stuff. I do wonder if they act the same in person as they do on APC.

Air Stang 7

Internet trolls are the worst. I would never post something to waste your time.

biggun

This isn't an ALPA forum right? if it were an ALPA forum we would all have to salute smartly and just say nothing. Do as your told. Think as your told.

biggun

If everyone turned the other cheek and just let bygones be bygones, then this industry would be scab-laden, and management would be incentivized to run a muck. It's management that causes the work rules/conditions, and the degradation of the profession. The irony is that we are disagreeing with the response to management's actions that cause the dysfunction and disarray in our profession. This profession doesn't belong to management, nor does it belong to ALPA. it belongs to the line pilots who built it. Don't let go. Hold on to it, and pass the baton to the next generation.

biggun

That is sage advice.

I started this about 5 years ago. My family and I treat United as a second job, or second career. Being dependent upon management to avoid financial doom, liquidity shortfalls, or their response to Geo-political issues (which to be fair is impossible to predict), world dis-order as in Pandemics (which to be fair is impossible to predict)...It's all about being dependent or not. I get it. Business is a risk. A large business is a big risk. We, are just widgets here at this airline. Our family's and our kids are not. Some how, some way, it is prudent to take proactive precautions to protect your family from others economic decisions. Don't be a slave to the airline. Get some freedom by embarking upon another endeavor that helps protect your bottom line. 14 years to go.

duvie

I wasn’t referring to you bud. My critique is and has always been of the abused rescue dog syndrome. Being extremely skeptical of management isn’t inherently bad, being unable to see when you actually have someone at the helm who has common objectives as you, and subsequently harboring the negativity that comes with that is foolish. Many of you may think that you are emotionally detached from the outcome… But I personally don’t think that distrust, pessimism, etc. do not bleed through to other parts of your life.

Kirby’s motives for running a larger and better airline probably could not be more different than ours. Namely the desire to prove that he is better than Parker, and better than everyone else for that matter. while for us, we are Neck Deep in the operation every day, and it is much more enjoyable to be at work when you are properly supported and can be proud of the product you provide. SK sure could change… But might as well enjoy the good times while they’re here. There will be ample opportunity for distrust and anger towards management in all of our careers


you guys need to quit grouping all people who are critical of your posts into one category ... see the irony there? ;-)