Originally Posted by
LonBA
So all management folks are now dirty bastards. I mean really, if you guys hate the folks who run the airlines so much, why are you in this business? I know I couldn't work for an industry, much less a company, where I hated the top executives that much.LonBA
Actually, I see it as purely "business", and don't take it personally. That's their job, to pay their workforce as little as possible. I'm not "in this business" of dealing with "them". I fly airplanes. I enjoy my co-workers, and the tasks I do-flying, and directly related tasks. Everything else is a pain in the ass. I think it's already been explained to you by someone, but it's kind of like flying in the military (USAF for me)...great coworkers, great mission (flying and directly related duties), but all the other crap that came with it....well, that's why their retention rate in my time was only ~ 30%. Now we're tied to seniority, later in life and have financial requirements. Now if the other crap gets too much, pay too little...well many might bail out. Fortunately, there's not one of those "dirty bastards" in my 'office' (cockpit), telling me how "we" cost too much. So, as you see, there's no direct contact with them- just their normal propoganda machine output (papers, daily electronic publications, chief pilot hotlines, etc...) attempting to LOWER my expectations (ie...FUD - fear, uncertainy, & doom - campaign).