American Reaches Agreement in Principal

There seem to be a few butt hurt delta pilots pissed that we didn’t trigger their snap up.

There are pilots who will get butt hurt that the free pizza in the LAX pilot lounge wasn't hand delivered to the cockpit.

"I'm only on a two hour turn, I have to walk all the way to the lounge for a couple slices?! UNITED HAS IT CODIFIED IN THEIR CONTRACT IT GETS DELIVERED!"
 
Snap-ups, in my opinion, are nothing more than chest-bumping internet bravado.

Airline A gets rates 10% higher than Airline B: "We're the highest paid!"

Airline B says "Ha! Not to fast!"

Meanwhile, their underlying work rules are vastly different so the rates don't matter for comparison anyway.
 
There are pilots who will get butt hurt that the free pizza in the LAX pilot lounge wasn't hand delivered to the cockpit.
Wait, you guys get pizza in LA? Us NYC pukes only get slimy turkey sandwiches.

Snap ups are stupid. They exist because large parts of pilot groups are short sighted and have no ability to accept delayed gratification.

I don't think they are entirely stupid with a contract that is already QOL heavy. Every airline is different and if one focuses more on pay rates it could definitely pay some dividends. That said, I only expected a bump of 2-4% max as a result. Nothing too terribly ground breaking.
 
There are pilots who will get butt hurt that the free pizza in the LAX pilot lounge wasn't hand delivered to the cockpit.

"I'm only on a two hour turn, I have to walk all the way to the lounge for a couple slices?! UNITED HAS IT CODIFIED IN THEIR CONTRACT IT GETS DELIVERED!"
It’s amazing what pilots will complain about. That sounds amazing compared to instant coffee and barely passable food (depending on the station) during a 3-4 leg night.
 
Someone sent me this:
Free TACOS on TUESDAYS!

"What are they after?!"
"Southwest gets pizza, unfair!"
"That's cutting into MY profit sharing!"
"I have to drive in from Athens to get a taco, can't they mail it?"
"United has an option between burgers OR tacos"
"Why just tuesday?"
"SOCIALISM!"
"I'm still voting no!"
"It's a cover-up!"
"I hear it's leftover meats from some c-suite party!"
"Don't give 'em your name, it's a setup by UHC to deny benefits!"
"The flight attendants got free tacos too?"
 
Someone sent me this:
Free TACOS on TUESDAYS!

"What are they after?!"
"Southwest gets pizza, unfair!"
"That's cutting into MY profit sharing!"
"I have to drive in from Athens to get a taco, can't they mail it?"
"United has an option between burgers OR tacos"
"Why just tuesday?"
"SOCIALISM!"
"I'm still voting no!"
"It's a cover-up!"
"I hear it's leftover meats from some c-suite party!"
"Don't give 'em your name, it's a setup by UHC to deny benefits!"
"The flight attendants got free tacos too?"

When did you get access to WidgetPilots? :)
 
Someone sent me this:
Free TACOS on TUESDAYS!

"What are they after?!"
"Southwest gets pizza, unfair!"
"That's cutting into MY profit sharing!"
"I have to drive in from Athens to get a taco, can't they mail it?"
"United has an option between burgers OR tacos"
"Why just tuesday?"
"SOCIALISM!"
"I'm still voting no!"
"It's a cover-up!"
"I hear it's leftover meats from some c-suite party!"
"Don't give 'em your name, it's a setup by UHC to deny benefits!"
"The flight attendants got free tacos too?"

“Hey man, we get crew meals on this leg”

“The FAs always take them and give us the left overs”

“No problem man, I’ll hop back and check that they’re boarded and check the contents. When do you want to eat?”

“Don’t bother them.”

“Uh, they’re standing right there. Which meal do you want?”

“I said don’t bother them. I don’t want to make them mad.”

“Bro, these are contractual meals.
You said you could eat.”

“Don’t bother them about it”.

“….”

Reason #242 to upgrade….
 
“Hey man, we get crew meals on this leg”

“The FAs always take them and give us the left overs”

“No problem man, I’ll hop back and check that they’re boarded and check the contents. When do you want to eat?”

“Don’t bother them.”

“Uh, they’re standing right there. Which meal do you want?”

“I said don’t bother them. I don’t want to make them mad.”

“Bro, these are contractual meals.
You said you could eat.”

“Don’t bother them about it”.

“….”

Reason #242 to upgrade….

Have you been hiding in the closet listening on my flights…
 
Have you been hiding in the closet listening on my flights…

I won’t repeat the story that finally made me take an upgrade that might have resulted me in commuting to reserve (it actually didn’t…had a line from day 1).

Suffice to say, the conversation with myself went something like “f$@ this s$@/!”.

The fact that my airplane keeps November Echo up at night was a happy, happy bonus.
 
“Hey man, we get crew meals on this leg”

“The FAs always take them and give us the left overs”

“No problem man, I’ll hop back and check that they’re boarded and check the contents. When do you want to eat?”

“Don’t bother them.”

“Uh, they’re standing right there. Which meal do you want?”

“I said don’t bother them. I don’t want to make them mad.”

“Bro, these are contractual meals.
You said you could eat.”

“Don’t bother them about it”.

“….”

Reason #242 to upgrade….

It seems that negative people generally have negative experiences from flight attendants. Friendly people have good experiences.

Hmm... I wonder what the key is.

"I never get my first choice of meals. Hey, how did you get that? I NEVER GET THAT!"

"I uhh, asked for it nicely? I don't know, while you were playing on your iphone, I was back seeing if the purser needed anything. He's from Missouri and still mispells it, can you believe it?" :)
 
It seems that negative people generally have negative experiences from flight attendants. Friendly people have good experiences.

Hmm... I wonder what the key is.

"I never get my first choice of meals. Hey, how did you get that? I NEVER GET THAT!"

"I uhh, asked for it nicely? I don't know, while you were playing on your iphone, I was back seeing if the purser needed anything. He's from Missouri and still mispells it, can you believe it?" :)

Wasn’t there a ketchup commercial that went “ex-asp-eration….is making you wait”?

No, that’s not it. Meh, I’m going back to my VHS tapes of Hong Kong Phooey and the Banana Splits.
 
It seems that negative people generally have negative experiences from flight attendants. Friendly people have good experiences.

Hmm... I wonder what the key is.

"I never get my first choice of meals. Hey, how did you get that? I NEVER GET THAT!"

"I uhh, asked for it nicely? I don't know, while you were playing on your iphone, I was back seeing if the purser needed anything. He's from Missouri and still mispells it, can you believe it?" :)
That reminds me of talking to a new hire here. This is his first job. He is so afraid of working with women because he might end up in HR. You really might want to evaluate who you are as a person if that is your biggest worry.
 
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