You are welcome Westies

[mesaserf]

This thing is close to being over. All of us out east are captains, thats where we were in 2000 and thats where we deserve to be now, regardless of what a senile arbitrator says. You westies can't get it that we hold the keys out east- there isnt anything you can do except enjoy the ride! God I love seeing you all so angry and mad about what has happened. You deserve all of this! You made it! We out east are finishing it and enjoy watching yoru greed get the best of you.
East pilots have always been true major airline pilots, what can your clan say about your bottom feeder wagers and rag-tag flying circus from Phoenix???

No wonder you guys are called the "ME" generation.

 

[scoreboardII]

You guys need to get a room....

 

[becket]

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East pilots have always been true major airline pilots, what can your clan say about your bottom feeder wagers and rag-tag flying circus from Phoenix???

Yep. You've always been the pride of the Industry there "crash gordon". I'm not sure all those decades in a DC-9 going from Pit to Elmira, Rochester, Syracuse, etc. qualifies you as a "major" anything but a major "S???":laugh:

 

[flybywire]

Yep. You've always been the pride of the Industry there "crash gordon". I'm not sure all those decades in a DC-9 going from Pit to Elmira, Rochester, Syracuse, etc. qualifies you as a "major" anything but a major "S???":laugh:

Wow for someone with 12000 hours your not too smart. Not surprising. Decades ago as you put it Rochester flights were always full do to Kodak being there as well as other companies until they left. As for elmira lets throw in Ithaca because we did go pit elm ith and back....again full there's this university up there called cornell. As for making fun of accidents well most good pilots try to learn from others misfortunes or mistakes. And you probably really don't fly because you would know that it's the amount of revenue you make not your flight schedule that makes you a major.

 

[becket]

Wow for someone with 12000 hours your not too smart. Not surprising. Decades ago as you put it Rochester flights were always full do to Kodak being there as well as other companies until they left. As for elmira lets throw in Ithaca because we did go pit elm ith and back....again full there's this university up there called cornell. As for making fun of accidents well most good pilots try to learn from others misfortunes or mistakes. And you probably really don't fly because you would know that it's the amount of revenue you make not your flight schedule that makes you a major.

Oh I forgot how profitable your "major" was. So much so you only went BK 3 times and had to be rescued by a bunch of rookies from the desert. I understand the major/revenue thing...what you need to understand is that in order to not be just another failed airline, you actually need to KEEP some of that revenue. Keep living in the past if it makes you happy. Easties love living in the past. It's a common trait for some reason.

 

[FLYLOW22]

Westicles? Really?!?! HA!

I heard the term Westicle for the first time this week. I spit my coffee.

They don't always come in two's though... :nuts::nuts:

 

[reepicheep]

It's hard to imagine now unless you were there but in the 80's USAir's focus on the ITH's, ELM's, BGM's was not seen as small-town provincialism rather the airline was lauded for staying under the radar and capitalizing on a profitable niche. The trouble was like most niches things changed and management was very slow to adapt and in many cases refused to adapt. Colodny bet the farm on F100's and the PIT hub, in retrospect exactly the wrong moves heading into the 90's. The industry is merciless. A couple wrong moves, some bad luck, some airlines never recover.

 

[captfred]

It's hard to imagine now unless you were there but in the 80's USAir's focus on the ITH's, ELM's, BGM's was not seen as small-town provincialism rather the airline was lauded for staying under the radar and capitalizing on a profitable niche. The trouble was like most niches things changed and management was very slow to adapt and in many cases refused to adapt. Colodny bet the farm on F100's and the PIT hub, in retrospect exactly the wrong moves heading into the 90's. The industry is merciless. A couple wrong moves, some bad luck, some airlines never recover.

Don't forget the Piedmont F-28's. I could those smoke trails all over Florida from 10 miles away. Not such a bright move.

 

[Bringupthebird]

I agree the end is near for USAPA. Look for representation election cards coming to a crew room near you.

 

[PHXFLYR]

Good...now we can try teamsters on for size

PHXFLYR