A330,
I don't think the moderator gave away his identity, his vociferous use of his own personal facts gave him away. Also by searching his posts there were all sorts of links to the articles in the press prior to its publication. He raised his head above the parapet and then everyone else shot it off.
As to being anonymous, I would never post something that is either deceitful or that would be deeply embarassing to me if I were discovered. As soon as personal information is in the public domain (without illegal acquisition) it is fair game and can be used against you. (Remember the Guvnor?)
Just to show you how crazy you have to be to release personal information on the web, I downloaded the site, prior to a flight, to read down route. All the deleting in the world cannot get rid of everything, just ask Gary Glitter, this is what Tartan Guy said that so inflammed the other users:
It seems the common theme on this thread is from people who have become disgruntled with their employer and can't stand someone being happy when they are not.
I have known Brian Murray for nearly 20 years and he was the main reason I came to EK and I'm not a DEC. I know that his parents divorced when he was 11 and he went to work. He put himself through college on a military scholarship, was selected for flight school, flew home during Officer Candidate School to marry his financee who was diagnosed with cancer. He took care of her for the next 6 years before she died at age 29. His youngest son has been battling Leukemia for the past 11 years and has limited use of his hands from a bone-marrow transplant. He loves his family and has found the secret to life. You see everyone is responsible for their own happiness, and not a job, a spouse, a car, or money can provide happiness....it comes from within.
When USAirways began it's slide toward it's second bankrupcy, Brian looked around the world for the best way to support his family in his chosen profession and came upon the best corporation he could find to insure stability and opprotunity and safety for his family. Probably not unlike most of you. The difference between Brian and the unhappy people on this site is he is proud of his choice....it seems most of you are not.
How do I know all of this about Brian Murray? How do I know that he worked at USAirways for 23 years and flew Captain for 20 and over 4 as a check-airman? How do I know that he worked right up until the last two days before he came to Emirates and left behind over 700 hours of sick leave on the books when he left? How do I know that he would trade his Captain's seat with any First Officer right now for his son to have use of his hands again? I was his last student that he gave line-training to. He never wanted anything for free.....he just wants a fair days wage for a fair day's work. Thanks to him I'm now enjoying my dream of flying good equipment, to great places and loving every minute.
Still feeling sorry for yourself or your lot in life? Take a look at the following conditions from some web boards in the states:
Of course as professionals we want to minimize fuel usage and do our best but then I think this company will have me get out of bed at 3am to do one leg with a dh home all to make about 100 bucks for the day. I graduated college 23 years ago this spring yet my services under this circumstance is worth 100 dollars for a days time. Lets see after taxes, something for retirement, something for Mr. Woerths 540,000 salary , something for the disability insurance premium that the AWA pilots dont pay etc. etc. etc. that 100 bucks is maybe 40 dollars. Yup, a tank of gas for getting up in the middle of the night. Im really glad my salesman neighbors who are on average 5 years younger than me with a fraction of my training dont know this fact as it sure would be good laughing material at the summer barbecue. I
guess my counterpart at AWA is worth more or does a better job or something (even though hes 15 years younger) as I feel at this point it is us that is paying for Mr. parkers 5.6 million dollar comp. package. Its time to say "no". No B scale, no rediculous reserve abuse bucket crap etc. No to trashing our longevity for travel purposes. Personally Ive done my B scale stint, sat sideways for a total of ten years and do NOT wish to be Mr. Happy FO for 36 year old Captain X from AWA either. Our age and longevity will be respected.
Let's see, this guy has to drive himself to work and use his own gas at $3.00 per gal.!! Can you believe it? And this guy only gets 50% credit for Dead Head...oh my gosh. And this guy has to pay Union Dues....can't believe it! And this guys is an F/O with 20 years seniority......is it EK? And this guy has to pay for his own health care and only gets 21 days leave......and he's a pilot??? Or how about this one.......
Should we have to choose one more time, as for me goes, I’ll choose to battle and risk the popsicle stand than to give an inch to Glass et tal. We are as we speak operating within the worst psychological conditions as a group who have been wounded and don’t the light of the day when all of this BS will stop.
Or this.......
Paul no one is pleased about the changes in the compensation for our profession, but companies will try to do what they have to survive and gain the financial investment necessary to do so many find it difficult to adjust until they are on the brink of economic collapse. There are always weak companies and market forces frequently offer seats at below cost to gain market share frequently stronger companies purposely take loses in markets to gain market share and this is what I was speaking about last summer. I believe the industry should have a regulated minimum fare based upon the average cost per seat mile times the distance and adding in the taxes, the lower cost carriers would profit more and grow more thus driving down the costs but the huge losses due to these predatory pricing attacks which are made up with bankruptcy, lowered compensation, and increased productivity would come to a stop.
The guys on this site are not happy, but unlike PPRUNE, they are civil and correspond with repect. What would life be without personal attacks, googled newpaper articles, and blatent lies about a persons qualifications.......you will probably never know.
Well, I've made a promise to myself that this will be the last time I will visit or post on this site. I will leave all the "Glass is half-full" guys to drown in their misery and sorrows. To attack each other on a regular basis and only feel good inside when someone else is made to feel bad. For all you unhappy F/O's, if you can fix Brian's son's hands so he can play golf again, call him and I know he'll give you his seat. But until then, I like Brian choose to be happy.....not because of a job, a seat position, the size of my bank account, but just because it makes life so much more fun!
Cheers!