DH - about that you are right! I should have commented on the author of the article and not GF. Fair enough. Having said that I believe that was my only negative post about GF (don't know where way too many comments come from) and it was NOT negative about upper management - which I think was clear. It was negative about the government (and I should have said the BOD - or at least the old BOD).
The post that you referred to was also cautiously optimistic. The changes are GREAT for the pilots (ie. 340-500) and they should be bloody happy - which was the intent of the last sentance of that post. Pay raises, new aircraft, new routes etc are all a nice change for GF and the boys deserve it.
In any case, one negative post is all I left regarding GF and will be that last. For the record I can't find one post I made that was simply negative for the sake of being negative save this one. If there are negative posts they are all in response to one or two particular issues and the responses are relevant to that topic.
As for how I 'operated' well I am not sure what that means. I applied for a position, didn't get it and then did some work on the pay issues. No politics on my side and blunt honesty in the room when pay was discussed.
Anyway, I think I figured out who you are DH and considering the many converstaions we had I think you know we are on the same wavelength - ie. no ill-will on my part for anyone who is still at GF or for GF itself.
Having said all that I can certainly apologize for the tone of the post I made since I can see how it 'spoils' the nice changes that are happening. I could have written it in a much better way.