Alaska Hawaiian Merger Serious Version

I had a 1996 C4 Corvette back in college that I got for pretty cheap and fixed up. It was objectively a POS car but was a lot of fun. A C5 these days is about the best smiles per dollar you could get. Plus pop up headlights. Being mostly a Japanese car fan though, ever since I got an LC500 I don't think I'll ever need a different fun car ever again. It's everything I ever hoped it would be, and while far from the best in it's class on the spec sheet, it really does cure all that's wrong in this world when you start it up and make it sing.
 
///AMG said:
Gotta say, I couldn't give a f&&& about when I am senior enough to upgrade. I know not everyone here joined this airline by choice, but for those of us who did, it wasn't because we thought we didn't have one of the longest upgrade times in the present industry. I feel like when I can upgrade will align pretty nicely with when I feel ready, which is not now. I might be an outlier with that opinion, but at the rate I'm actually flying, it'll be years now until I'm even eligible based on the 121 hrs min requirement.
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I get that everyone' circumstances are different, and ultimate faster upgrades means a better schedule in the right seat. That said, I don't get the hyper fixation on upgrade times at a legacy. I finally feel like I can just breathe and let what comes come in due time and just enjoy the ride now, instead of continually chasing a dragon.
 
JordanD said:
I get that everyone' circumstances are different, and ultimate faster upgrades means a better schedule in the right seat. That said, I don't get the hyper fixation on upgrade times at a legacy. I finally feel like I can just breathe and let what comes come in due time and just enjoy the ride now, instead of continually chasing a dragon.
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It's an image thing. They want to boast how they're a legacy captain. It's the same people ruining Instagram with the look at me attitude, while pretending it's all about mentoring.
 
ASpilot2be said:
It's an image thing. They want to boast how they're a legacy captain. It's the same people ruining Instagram with the look at me attitude, while pretending it's all about mentoring.
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Boom mentoured @ShortField
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(Yesh I know this is “power point”)
 
JordanD said:
I get that everyone' circumstances are different, and ultimate faster upgrades means a better schedule in the right seat. That said, I don't get the hyper fixation on upgrade times at a legacy. I finally feel like I can just breathe and let what comes come in due time and just enjoy the ride now, instead of continually chasing a dragon.
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A lot of it just comes down to different personalities, there's not always something nefarious going on. I have many friends in the industry that are in no rush to upgrade, and some that are even contemplating staying as career FOs. Me, personally, I've always been a first available upgrade type. I truly find the job to be much more enjoyable in the left seat. I like being able to set the tone and pace of the operation, and have found on average the people we interact with on a daily basis act a bit more pleasant when I'm running the show compared to when I was an FO. The typical annoying Captain behaviors start to get irritating to me after a while, as is the inability of some people to not make everything about politics, or not being able to avoid getting visibly angry at the slightest inconvenience. Those that like to hang out in the right seat can have that stuff go into one ear and out the other, accepting that they get paid the same whether they engage with it or not. With my personality after a while I can't do it anymore. So I care about upgrade times and switch over as soon as I feel I can do the job competently. Then I try to be the Captain that I always hoped to fly with as an FO. One phrase I heard often is that "this is an easy job most of the time, let's not make it unnecessarily hard", and it's a phrase I live by every time I go to work.
 
luke3 said:
A lot of it just comes down to different personalities, there's not always something nefarious going on. I have many friends in the industry that are in no rush to upgrade, and some that are even contemplating staying as career FOs. Me, personally, I've always been a first available upgrade type. I truly find the job to be much more enjoyable in the left seat. I like being able to set the tone and pace of the operation, and have found on average the people we interact with on a daily basis act a bit more pleasant when I'm running the show compared to when I was an FO. The typical annoying Captain behaviors start to get irritating to me after a while, as is the inability of some people to not make everything about politics, or not being able to avoid getting visibly angry at the slightest inconvenience. Those that like to hang out in the right seat can have that stuff go into one ear and out the other, accepting that they get paid the same whether they engage with it or not. With my personality after a while I can't do it anymore. So I care about upgrade times and switch over as soon as I feel I can do the job competently. Then I try to be the Captain that I always hoped to fly with as an FO. One phrase I heard often is that "this is an easy job most of the time, let's not make it unnecessarily hard", and it's a phrase I live by every time I go to work.
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If we had some kind of words to live by this should definitely be in there.
 
Wardogg said:
This new electric thing is an abomination.
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I won’t call it an abomination, but I can see how it’s not for everybody. They still make the gas powered one though. That would have been like coke/new coke if they’d scrapped the gas for electric only.
 
ASpilot2be said:
It's an image thing. They want to boast how they're a legacy captain. It's the same people ruining Instagram with the look at me attitude, while pretending it's all about mentoring.
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I “went OFF” on the topic on a particular venue.

I said “I see all you guys on instagram showing your new uniform, filming yourself buying a pizza and doing all sorts of stuff under the guise of helping people but when it comes to finding people to actually do some work ALL OF YOU GUYS ARE TOO BUSY”.

If 1% of the “influencers” did any actual work, there’d be a lot less begging for volunteers.
 
Cherokee_Cruiser said:
He’s one of the coolest people I’ve met and an excellent Captain when I flew with him in 2012-2013.
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I have actually watched one of his videos on youtube (I think?) and he seemed pretty reasonable and well spoken. So pretty much the opposite of the "influencer" crowd. I agree, the "encouraging the next generation" is mostly a cover for just bizarre self promotion and attention seeking behavior. Some are actually interested in helping out the kids I'm sure, but those aren't the ones that are popping up on people's feeds, other than maybe Big Ern......I kinda like his youtube videos, they're educational for the inexperienced, and he has a positive attitude......also I don't think it is possible to show off when you are flying a 737 for 3-4 legs a day and every video ends well past darkness.
 
I don’t care what you all say that big Ern guy from Southwest is the best imo. Upbeat, informational and not a total look at me kinda guy. You can tell he genuinely loves his job and works on being better at it just as he does his videos. All the others are just cringe but it floats their boat.
 
Roger Roger said:
Airplane facts with max and stig aviation are the only aviation “influencers” who are worth watching
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Oh yeah, that Stig guy is awesome. Would love to meet him at LAX and let him know I’m a fan of his channel. His attitude and enthusiasm coupled with great knowledge and safety is excellent
 
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