As an F9 pilot I would rather deal with the grumpy old AA pilots than deal with this joke of an SLI with these RAH idiots. Actually I would love to see all of these RAH guys go back to reality and continue flying their FFD and deal with a fair integration with the eagle pilots.
I can always dream....
Come on man.... Eagle?......I don't kick around on the forums all that often but I browse a bit from time to time. I can honestly say I know, and understand your concern in regards to all this gibberish that's occurring within RAH. It is currently a %^cked up place...... No doubt in this what so over...No one would ever argue that fact. Despite what the 1% of the pilot group represented on these boards tends to post I can tell you no one in a million years saw this coming..........I, along with an overwhelming majority of my coworkers want to see you (F9 and YX) protected and taken care of........ Obviously this is out of our hands and we can only sit back and watch, but don't think our intentions our to come in a knock you guys out...seriously....True, that the IBT's proposal was shooting at the moon, but no one EVER expected that that was going to be the case...just a place to start and work down from. That's what we pay dues for so don't interpret this as in insult or slap in the face. There doing there job and have to prove to management and the pilot group that we will not just simply rollover and take it. Times are a changing.
As someone who's airline career has consisted of being merged, liquidated, bankrupt (twice) and furloughed....I hear what your saying. Believe me.......But don't consider all RAH people to be idiots. 70% of the currently seniority list will be gone within 4-6 yrs. And I know that this falls on deaf ears within the pilot group as a whole....But regardless of how this arbitrator rules we really do need arrive on the same page and fast one way or another.......If there is turmoil between the pilot groups this place will burn.
Personally, I don't mind pouring gas on the fire IF it is for ALL of us pilots working together to right this ship on the proper path. But it pains me to think that we, as pilots, sink this between our own differences......
Seriously man, all BS set aside, were all the same. We wouldn't do this job if we weren't. I love listening to my father (ex Eastern) and all his friends (Pan Am...old school Delta, old school CAL, Western, Florida Air, Kiwi) bitch about how SCREWED they thought they were at one point or another.......and you know what? In the end......they all turned out just fine.....every last one of them.
I'll buy a round (or two...errrrr 3,or to whoever falls face first) for any F9, YX, or Lynx pilot any day of the week.........F9'ers and Lnyx.....Blue Sky Basin?? First one to the bottom with all gear and bones intact can talk smack.......I go fast.
Peace-
