Fly4hire said:Funny, when ever I have one of you guys on the JS and casually ask if they were former TWA the usual answer is some nonsense like "I'm a real American"
Fly4hire,
I hear the same nonsense coming from you red tails and green books. I also hear it from ex TWA guys and ex OZ guys. In fact, you'll hear this exact same nonsense from just about any airline pilot group that's gone through a merger. Mergers/acquisitions create deep rifts between both pilot groups no matter how the integration went. There will always be the minority that can't let it go.
In my time at AA, I've found the same exact cross section of pilots you'd find anywhere. Great guys for the most, a few numb nuts, and a couple of psychos. (not to mention a public masturbator...)
I've had the pleasure of working with TWA pilots and I have to say they were a great group of guys for the most part. The only time you'll get resistance out of most AA pilots is when one of the few TWA guys start ranting about screw jobs, SNBs, yada, yada, yada. We've all heard it before and we're as ticked off as you are for the same reasons so get over it.
p.s. if you are on my j/s or vice-versa, you won't get any of that immature response, I treat my j/sers the way I want to be treated on their airline, which means a f/c seat if there's room.