BenderGonzales
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You're confusing Internet Reality with the Real World. Trust me, if message board animosity spilled over into the cockpit there would've been a daily fistfight when the TWAers started flying with nAAtives. That didn't happen. From my USAir Express days I always felt that Mainline guys were cool and except for the usual few exeptions I still feel that way.The only answer that has been proven true by THIS thread is: Q: What will the atmosphere in the USAir cockpits be like once the merger is complete? A: Caustic at best. Dangerous at worst.
You're confusing Internet Reality with the Real World. Trust me, if message board animosity spilled over into the cockpit there would've been a daily fistfight when the TWAers started flying with nAAtives. That didn't happen. From my USAir Express days I always felt that Mainline guys were cool and except for the usual few exeptions I still feel that way.
Interesting.....
The comment of coming back to US and it not being what we left. I believe the majority, if not all of us realize that. Yes, many B*$*# even with A-scale money and pensions.... And now that contract has been decimated, and gutted. Interestingly enough, during that process, the contracts that were continually thrown in AAA Alpa's face was SWA/AWA/JetBlue. Why?? Well their costs were less.....for a number of reasons, but part of it was pay rates and contractural requirements. The east side, gave it up....and many can say, they folded, etc etc, dragged the bar lower, which in some instances happened. But look further back than that. LCC airlines, coming in, competing at lower costs, supplemented by lower labor costs, chiping away at US's east strong hold. A slew or regional jets, flown by pilots willing to sell their soul for that golden PIC shiny jet time, etc etc... If you look around, when was that last carrier to stand for raising the bar? As opposed to individual willing to go to work at substandard rates and conditions??? I think I remember Comair, AA??? The picture is bigger than AWA/US, and the root of the evil definately started prior to this, way prior.....
As to the comment of, working on getting away from the anchor of US, well all of us have tried, but those wonderful shiny jets did a wonderful thing. See after 9/11.....guys with 1000 PIC were getting hired, whereas, those of us that had come up the ranks in a different route, were termed as Non-qualified. 7000hrs of Heavy 80% International time, with 1800+ hours of Airbus time, but no PIC, were termed as Non-qualified......but hey, stick me in a crj200 for 2 yrs as f/o and 1 yr as capt. and I'm golden......
Nope . Opposite.
East thinks they deserve all the left seats ( read the wish list)
West wants a FAIR integration.
Looking at the West proposed sen list with all of the furloughees stapled to the bottom, I would say "Fair" might be a little bit of a stretch.
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How is it not fair? They were furloughed and had no career expectation. How can a person on the street come back and be senior to someone who is active on a seniority list and flying? Especially when all US Air East had planned prior to the merger was more furloughs and US AIR WEST was hiring 30/month. When it comes to it the arbitrator will decide but I just don't get what you guys are thinking with this? Why is that not FAIR?